SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 77 GRACECHURCH STREET (Street) LONDON X0 EC3V0AS (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CHINA FUND INC [ CHN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/12/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								308,857	I	By: Emerging (BMI) Markets Country Fund(2)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								116,563	I	By: Emerging Markets Free Fund(3)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								250,030	I	By: Emerging Markets Global Fund(4)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								172,029	I	By: Emerging Markets Investable Fund(5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)	01/12/2018		P		4,225	A	$22.85	340,344	I	By: Global Emerging Markets Fund(6)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								168,067	I	By: The Emerging World Fund(7)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								158,448	I	By: Emerging Free Markets Country Fund(8)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								305,041	I	By: Emerging Markets Country Fund(9)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								46,658	I	By: Investable Emerging Markets Country Fund(10)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								42,096	I	By: The EM Plus CEF Fund(11)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)								2,293,373	I	By: unaffiliated third-party segregated accounts(12)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 77 GRACECHURCH STREET (Street) LONDON X0 EC3V0AS (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 77 GRACECHURCH STREET LONDON ENGLAND (Street) LONDON X0 EC3V0AS (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Silver Richard (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE ASSET MGMT. 345 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10154 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is filed jointly by City of London Investment Group, PLC ("CLIG"), City of London Investment Management Company Limited ("CLIM"), Julian Reid, and Richard A. Silver (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Each of the Reporting Persons is a member of a Section 13(d) group that collectively owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein. No one direct beneficial owner of the reported securities owns more than 5% of the outstanding securities of the Issuer.

2. These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging (BMI) Markets Country Fund.

3. These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging Markets Free Fund.

4. These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging Markets Global Fund.

5. These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging Markets Investable Fund.

6. These securities are beneficially owned by Global Emerging Markets Fund.

7. These securities are beneficially owned by The Emerging World Fund.

8. These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging Free Markets Country Fund.

9. These securities are beneficially owned by by Emerging Markets Country Fund.

10. These securities are beneficially owned by Investable Emerging Markets Country Fund.

11. These securities are beneficially owned by The EM Plus CEF Fund.

12. These securities are beneficially owned by unaffiliated third-party segregated accounts.

	/s/ Barry Olliff, Director- City of London Group PLC	01/16/2018
	/s/ Barry Olliff, Director- City of London Investment Management Company Limited	01/16/2018
	/s/ Julian Reid	01/16/2018
	/s/ Richard A. Silver	01/16/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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