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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-019923
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240213
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240213
GROUP MEMBERS:		MELINDA FRENCH GATES
GROUP MEMBERS:		WILLIAM H. GATES III

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHINA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845379
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-52873
		FILM NUMBER:		24626420

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617 772 1616

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001166559
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				911663695
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2365 CARILLON POINT
		CITY:			KIRKLAND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98033
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4258897900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2365 CARILLON POINT
		CITY:			KIRKLAND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98033

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GATES BILL & MELINDA FOUNDATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020205
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Which Requires Filing of this Statement)</P>

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this Schedule is filed:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*The remainder of this cover page&nbsp;shall be filled out for a reporting
person&rsquo;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing
information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Names of
    Reporting Persons<BR>
    Bill&nbsp;&amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust</FONT></TD></TR>
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    a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Use Only</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Citizenship
    or Place of Organization <BR>
    State of Washington</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
    Shares<BR>
    Beneficially<BR>
    Owned by<BR>
    Each<BR>
    Reporting<BR>
    Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Voting Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Voting Power <BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Aggregate
    Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person<BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Check
    if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Percent
    of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (9)<BR>
    5.3% <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Type
    of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
    OO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">For purposes
of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), all shares of common stock (&ldquo;Common
Stock&rdquo;) of The China Fund, Inc. (the &ldquo;Issuer&rdquo;) beneficially owned by Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (the
 &ldquo;Trust&rdquo;) may be deemed to be beneficially owned by William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates as Co-Trustees of the Trust.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Based on 9,994,140 shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2023, as reported by the Issuer.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Names of
    Reporting Persons<BR>
    William H. Gates III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of
    a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SEC
    Use Only</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Citizenship
    or Place of Organization <BR>
    United States of America</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
    Shares<BR>
    Beneficially<BR>
    Owned by<BR>
    Each<BR>
    Reporting<BR>
    Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Voting Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
Voting Power <BR>
530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Aggregate
    Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person<BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Check
    if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Percent
    of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (9)<BR>
    5.3% <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Type
    of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
    IN</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Trust beneficially owns 530,907 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. For purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, all Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Trust may be deemed to be beneficially owned by William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates as Co-Trustees
of the Trust.</TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Based on 9,994,140 shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2023, as reported by the Issuer.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CUSIP No.&nbsp;169373107</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Names of
    Reporting Persons<BR>
    Melinda French Gates</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of
    a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SEC
    Use Only</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Citizenship
    or Place of Organization <BR>
    United States of America</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
    Shares<BR>
    Beneficially<BR>
    Owned by<BR>
    Each<BR>
    Reporting<BR>
    Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Voting Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Voting Power <BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    -0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Aggregate
    Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person<BR>
    530,907 <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Check
    if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Percent
    of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (9)<BR>
    5.3% <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Type
    of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
    IN</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 3pt; width: 82%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Trust beneficially owns 530,907 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. For purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, all Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Trust may be deemed to be beneficially owned by William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates as Co-Trustees
of the Trust.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Based on 9,994,140 shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2023, as reported by the Issuer.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
    1.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(a)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name
    of Issuer:</B><BR>
    The China Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Issuer&rdquo;)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(b)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Address of Issuer&rsquo;s Principal
    Executive Offices:</B><BR>
    50 Post Office Square <BR>
Boston, MA 02110</Font></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
    2.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(a)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name
    of Person Filing:</B><BR>
    Bill&nbsp;&amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (the &ldquo;Trust&rdquo;), William H. Gates III (&ldquo;WHG&rdquo;), and Melinda French
    Gates (&ldquo;MFG&rdquo;, and together with the Trust and WHG, the &ldquo;Reporting Persons&rdquo;) <SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(b)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Address of Principal Business
    Office or, if none, Residence:</B><BR>
    The Trust &ndash; 2365 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">WHG &ndash; 500 Fifth Avenue North,
    Seattle, Washington 98109</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MFG &ndash; 500 Fifth Avenue North,
    Seattle, Washington 98109</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(c)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Citizenship:</B><BR>
    The Trust is a charitable trust organized under the laws of the State of Washington.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">WHG is a citizen of the United States
    of America.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MFG is a citizen of the United States
    of America.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(d)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title
    of Class&nbsp;of Securities: </B><BR>
    Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(e)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CUSIP Number:</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">169373107</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
    3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>If
    this statement is filed pursuant to &sect;&sect; 240.13d-1(b)&nbsp;or 240.13d-2(b)&nbsp;or (c), check whether the person filing is
    a:</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
    Applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
    4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ownership.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Provide
    the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item
    1.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount beneficially owned:</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 9 on the
    attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Percent of class:</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 11 on
    the attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Number
    of shares as to which the person has:&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; width: 83%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole power to vote or to direct
    the vote</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 5 on the
    attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared power to vote or to direct
    the vote</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 6 on the
    attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sole power to dispose or to direct
    the disposition of</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 7 on the
    attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iv)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shared power to dispose or to direct
    the disposition of</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">See the responses to Item 8 on the
    attached cover pages.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Neither the present filing nor anything contained herein shall be construed as an admission that the Reporting Persons constitute a &ldquo;group&rdquo;
for any purpose and each expressly disclaims membership in a group.</FONT></TD>
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    5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt; width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ownership
    of Five Percent or Less of a Class.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If this statement
is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of the class of securities, check the following <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 6.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ownership
    of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
    7.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification
    and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 8.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification
    and Classification of Members of the Group.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 9.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Notice
    of Dissolution of Group.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 10.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Certification.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By signing
    below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held
    for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired
    and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: February&nbsp;13, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">BILL&nbsp;&amp; MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TRUST <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Alan Heuberger <SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2</FONT>)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Attorney-in-fact for each of the Co-Trustees, William H. Gates
    III and Melinda French Gates</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">WILLIAM H. GATES III <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MELINDA FRENCH GATES <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 13.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This Amendment is being filed jointly by the Reporting Persons pursuant to the Joint Filing Agreement dated December 28, 2015, and included
with the signature page to the Reporting Persons&rsquo; Schedule 13G with respect to the Issuer filed on December 28, 2015, SEC File No.
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behalf of William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates as Co-Trustees, filed as Exhibit 99.5 to Cascade Investment, L.L.C.&rsquo;s Schedule
13D with respect to Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on May 7, 2009, SEC File No. 005-60431, and incorporated by reference herein.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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