N-Q 1 d383206dnq.htm JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-06686

 

 

JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

One Beacon Street, 18th Floor

Boston, MA 02108

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441 9800

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2017

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

The Schedule(s) of Investments is attached herewith.


JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

AT MARCH 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

DESCRIPTION

   HOLDINGS
(IN SHARES)
     VALUE
(IN US$)
 

COMMON STOCK

     

CHINA (67.4%)

     

Airlines (0.6%)

     

Spring Airlines Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     148,529        748,701  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components (1.4%)

     

Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd.

     1,150,000        1,695,812  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles (1.9%)

     

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

     654,000        1,093,997  

SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., ‘A’

     338,600        1,246,941  
     

 

 

 
        2,340,938  
     

 

 

 

Banks (11.2%)

     

Bank of China Ltd.

     12,462,000        6,189,708  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     574,000        2,345,043  

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd.

     1,676,500        4,433,131  

Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     366,100        861,093  
     

 

 

 
        13,828,975  
     

 

 

 

Beverages (1.3%)

     

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     29,580        1,658,279  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.6%)

     

Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     327,150        797,962  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals (1.0%)

     

Kangde Xin Composite Material Group Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     467,063        1,295,778  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (2.0%)

     

Beijing Originwater Technology Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     432,718        1,018,411  

China Everbright International Ltd.

     1,073,000        1,444,197  
     

 

 

 
        2,462,608  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.4%)

     

China Telecom Corp. Ltd.

     3,502,000        1,707,853  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (1.2%)

     

Guoxuan High-Tech Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     106,400        509,784  

Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     259,913        954,148  
     

 

 

 
        1,463,932  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (4.5%)

     

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     214,000        2,504,446  

GoerTek, Inc., ‘A’

     206,400        1,019,451  

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     428,370        1,982,792  
     

 

 

 
        5,506,689  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (1.7%)

     

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

     594,000        2,101,911  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.9%)

     

China Resources Phoenix Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd. (a)

     862,500        1,059,882  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.9%)

     

China CYTS Tours Holding Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     339,300        1,074,744  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables (1.2%)

     

Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     200,350        1,441,911  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (1.7%)

     

CGN Power Co. Ltd. (e)

     3,973,000        1,226,945  

China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     440,300        847,787  
     

 

 

 
        2,074,732  
     

 

 

 

Insurance (5.1%)

     

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd. (a)

     582,000        1,409,411  

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., ‘A’

     901,152        4,839,322  
     

 

 

 
        6,248,733  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (3.0%)

     

Ctrip.com International Ltd. (a)

     28,200        1,386,030  

JD.com, Inc. (a)

     73,400        2,283,474  
     

 

 

 
        3,669,504  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (15.0%)

     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     77,900        8,399,957  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     352,100        10,094,304  
     

 

 

 
        18,494,261  
     

 

 

 

Machinery (2.0%)

     

China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd.

     459,000        901,285  

Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     398,204        1,517,865  
     

 

 

 
        2,419,150  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.9%)

     

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (a)

     2,304,000        1,126,578  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (2.4%)

     

CNOOC Ltd.

     2,460,000        2,937,502  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (2.3%)

     

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

     463,000        820,966  

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     258,793        2,040,138  
     

 

 

 
        2,861,104  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (2.1%)

     

China Resources Land Ltd.

     416,000        1,124,108  

Poly Real Estate Group Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     1,089,750        1,506,909  
     

 

 

 
        2,631,017  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.5%)

     

Daqin Railway Co. Ltd., ‘A’

     566,200        621,918  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities (0.6%)

     

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.

     922,000        683,358  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CHINA

        82,953,832  
     

 

 

 

HONG KONG (21.6%)

     

Banks (0.9%)

     

Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd.

     577,200        1,137,837  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets (1.9%)

     

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     94,181        2,370,431  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.9%)

     

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     891,000        1,148,790  
     

 

 

 

Food Products (0.8%)

     

WH Group Ltd. (e)

     1,155,500        996,185  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.6%)

     

Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd.

     218,000        713,903  

Sands China Ltd.

     525,200        2,432,890  
     

 

 

 
        3,146,793  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables (0.8%)

     

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     235,000        951,007  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (2.2%)

     

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     171,000        2,103,532  

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.

     1,752,000        619,958  
     

 

 

 
        2,723,490  
     

 

 

 

Insurance (3.9%)

     

AIA Group Ltd.

     765,400        4,825,915  
     

 

 

 


JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

AT MARCH 31, 2017 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

DESCRIPTION

   HOLDINGS
(IN SHARES)
     VALUE
(IN US$)
 

COMMON STOCK — continued

 

Media (0.8%)

 

IMAX China Holding, Inc. (a) (e)

     177,500        913,594  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (1.2%)

     

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

     1,724,000        1,419,752  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (3.2%)

     

Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.

     357,500        2,408,174  

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     183,000        1,570,623  
     

 

 

 
        3,978,797  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (0.7%)

     

Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.

     367,000        865,141  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.7%)

     

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

     417,000        461,455  

Regina Miracle International Holdings Ltd. (e)

     838,000        645,901  

Samsonite International SA

     249,300        907,829  
     

 

 

 
        2,015,185  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HONG KONG

        26,492,917  
     

 

 

 

SINGAPORE (0.7%)

     

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.7%)

     

BOC Aviation Ltd. (e)

     168,800        900,310  
     

 

 

 

TAIWAN (17.1%)

     

Auto Components (0.6%)

     

Tung Thih Electronic Co. Ltd.

     80,000        689,462  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.5%)

     

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     1,498,000        631,932  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment (0.5%)

     

Wistron NeWeb Corp.

     241,180        678,014  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (2.7%)

     

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

     21,000        3,308,231  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (1.3%)

     

President Chain Store Corp.

     190,000        1,565,461  
     

 

 

 

Insurance (1.4%)

     

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     1,690,000        1,670,924  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (10.1%)

     

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     1,241,400        1,585,375  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp.

     23,205        1,084,834  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     1,576,057        9,817,081  
     

 

 

 
        12,487,290  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL TAIWAN

        21,031,314  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

(106.8% of Net Assets)

(Cost $100,389,999)

        131,378,373  
     

 

 

 

Liabilities in excess of other assets

(-6.8% of Net Assets)

        (8,360,126
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (100.0%)

      $ 123,018,247  
     

 

 

 

 


JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

AT MARCH 31, 2017 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

As of March 31, 2017, aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes was $100,389,999. The aggregate unrealized gain for all securities is as follows:

 

Excess of market value over cost

   $ 33,860,834  

Excess of cost over market value

     (2,872,460
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain

   $ 30,988,374  
  

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS:

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(e) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Unless otherwise indicated, this security has been determined to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
A China A – shares.

A.        Valuation of Investments – All securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sales price prior to the time of determination or, if no sales price is available at that time, at the mean between the last current bid and ask prices. Securities that are traded over-the-counter are valued, if bid and ask quotations are available, at the mean between the current bid and ask prices. Certain investments of the Fund may, depending upon market conditions, trade in relatively thin markets and/or in markets that experience significant volatility. As a result of these conditions, the prices used by the Fund to value securities may differ from the value that would be realized if these securities were sold and the differences could be material. All other securities and assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. It is possible that the estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and such differences could be material. In valuing the Fund’s assets, quotations of foreign securities in a foreign currency are translated to United States dollar equivalents at the prevailing exchange rate in effect on the valuation date. Investments in open ended mutual funds are valued at current day’s closing net asset value per share.

JF International Management Inc. (the Investment ‘Advisor’), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. has established the Asian Fair Valuation Committee (“AFVC”) to assist the Board with the oversight and monitoring of the valuation of the Fund’s investments. The Advisor implements the valuation policies for the valuation of investments, as directed by the Board. The AFVC oversees and carries out the policies for the valuation of investments held in the Fund. This includes monitoring the appropriateness of fair values based on results of ongoing valuation oversight, including but not limited to consideration of macro or security specific events, market events and pricing vendor and broker due diligence. The Advisor is responsible for discussing and assessing the potential impacts of the fair values on an ongoing basis, and at least on a quarterly basis with the AFVC and the Board.

Valuations reflected in this report are as of the report date. As a result, changes in valuation due to market events and/or issuer related events after the report date and prior to issuance of the report are not reflected herein.

The various inputs that are used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input, both individually and in the aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following table represents each valuation input as presented on the Investment Portfolio:

 

     Level 1
Quoted prices
     Level 2
Other significant
observable inputs
     Level 3
Significant
unobservable inputs
     Total  

Investments in Securities (a)

   $ 131,378,373      $      $      $ 131,378,373  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Portfolio holdings designated in level 1 are disclosed individually in the Investment Portfolio. Please refer to the SOI for industry specifics of the portfolio holdings.

There were no transfers among any levels during the period ended March 31, 2017.

 


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)    The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

(b)    There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

(a) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

/s/ Simon Crinage

Simon Crinage

Director, President and Principal Executive Officer

of the JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc

May 26, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Simon Crinage

Simon Crinage

Director, President and Principal Executive Officer

of the JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc

May 26, 2017

/s/ Neil Martin

Neil S. Martin

Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer of

the JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.

May 26, 2017