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: 811-6651 ---------------------------------------------- THE CHINA FUND, INC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 225 FRANKLIN STREET BOSTON, MA 02110 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code) (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Copy to: Mary Moran Zeven Leonard B. Mackey, Jr., Esq. Secretary Clifford Chance U.S. LLP The China Fund, Inc. 31 West 52nd Street 225 Franklin Street New York, New York 10019 Boston, MA 02110 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (888) 246-2255 Date of fiscal year end: October 31 Date of reporting period: July 31, 2004 ITEM 1: SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS THE CHINA FUND, INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) ================================================================================ NAME OF ISSUER AND TITLE OF ISSUE SHARES VALUE --------------------------------- ------ -------------- COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS CHINA - SHENZHEN "B" SHARES INDUSTRIALS -- (2.4%) China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. ...... 3,908,395 $ 6,013,069 ------------- TOTAL CHINA - SHENZHEN "B" SHARES -- (COST $2,735,768) 2.4% 6,013,069 ----- ------------- HONG KONG CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY -- (4.8%) Nanjing Dahe Outdoor Media Co., Ltd. *........................ 37,500,000 2,259,673 TCL International Holdings, Ltd. ............................. 32,318,000 9,633,497 ------------- 11,893,170 ------------- CONSUMER STAPLES -- (5.4%) Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Ltd. .................... 43,089,900 11,187,088 Sino Golf Holdings, Ltd. ..................................... 11,835,000 2,139,458 ------------- 13,326,546 ------------- HEALTH CARE -- (3.1%) Golden Meditech Co., Ltd. * .................................. 13,950,000 5,276,097 Natural Beauty Bio-Technology, Ltd. .......................... 32,780,000 2,269,443 ------------- 7,545,540 ------------- INDUSTRIALS -- (7.1%) Beiren Printing Machinery Holdings Ltd. ...................... 7,000,000 2,019,283 China Fire Safety Enterprise Group Holdings Ltd. ............. 50,380,000 2,712,839 China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. * ................... 9,221,000 3,162,411 Proview International Holdings Ltd. .......................... 14,644,000 3,135,398 TPV Technology, Ltd. ......................................... 9,968,000 6,645,504 ------------- 17,675,435 ------------- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- (3.1%) Arcontech Corp. * ............................................ 18,386,000 407,803 Hongkong.Com Corp. * ......................................... 30,232,000 2,635,678 Solomon Systech Ltd. * ....................................... 20,698,000 4,696,974 ------------- 7,740,455 ------------- MATERIALS -- (5.8%) Asia Aluminum Holdings Ltd. .................................. 18,000,000 1,938,511 Asia Zirconium Ltd. .......................................... 13,196,000 1,844,104 China Rare Earth Holdings, Ltd. .............................. 15,254,000 1,838,350 Fountain Set (Holdings), Ltd. ................................ 6,714,000 4,605,233 Ocean Grand Chemicals Holdings Ltd. .......................... 17,379,000 2,183,571 Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. * ............................... 6,000,000 1,884,664 ------------- 14,294,433 ------------- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- (3.3%) Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd. .......................... 15,356,000 8,219,608 ------------- UTILITIES -- (2.7%) Xinao Gas Holdings, Ltd. * ................................... 13,976,000 6,585,015 ------------- TOTAL HONG KONG -- (COST $63,239,670) 35.3% 87,280,202 ----- ------------- See Notes to Schedule of Investments THE CHINA FUND, INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) JULY 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) ================================================================================ NAME OF ISSUER AND TITLE OF ISSUE SHARES VALUE --------------------------------- ------ -------------- HONG KONG - "H" SHARES CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY -- (1.9%) Weichai Power Co. Ltd. *........................................ 2,536,000 4,551,912 ------------- ENERGY -- (2.8%) Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. ........................................ 5,686,000 6,888,984 ------------- INDUSTRIALS -- (5.8%) BYD Co., Ltd.................................................... 3,225,000 9,220,429 Jingwei Textile Machinery Co., Ltd.............................. 3,436,000 792,943 Sinotrans Limited............................................... 12,835,000 4,360,721 ------------- 14,374,093 ------------- UTILITIES -- (6.0%) Anhui Expressway Co., Ltd. ..................................... 17,778,000 7,635,619 Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd. *................................. 21,494,000 7,302,636 ------------- 14,938,255 ------------- TOTAL HONG KONG -"H" SHARES -- (COST $25,458,879) 16.5% 40,753,244 ----- ------------- TOTAL HONG KONG (INCLUDING "H" SHARES) -- (COST $88,698,549) 51.8% 128,033,446 ----- ------------- SINGAPORE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- (0.2%) Autron Corp. Ltd................................................ 2,795,000 447,018 ------------- TOTAL SINGAPORE -- (COST $509,480) 0.2% 447,018 ----- ------------- TAIWAN CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY -- (8.8%) Asia Optical Co., Inc. ......................................... 686,937 3,092,126 Merry Electronics Co., Ltd. .................................... 3,012,016 6,513,186 Synnex Technologies International, Corp. *...................... 4,059,640 6,150,970 Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. *................................... 1,478,520 2,196,683 Taiwan Hon Chuan Enterprise Co., Ltd............................ 4,179,435 3,799,486 ------------- 21,752,451 ------------- FINANCIALS -- (6.0%) Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. ............................. 3,862,000 6,362,812 Fubon Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. ............................. 5,453,952 4,492,811 Polaris Securities Co., Ltd. *.................................. 8,859,377 3,909,699 ------------- 14,765,322 ------------- INDUSTRIALS -- (3.3%) Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. ........................... 3,305,974 4,211,494 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. .................................. 3,001,152 3,840,839 ------------- 8,052,333 ------------- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- (8.3%) Allied Material Technology Corp. *.............................. 4,000,000 1,606,355 CMC Magnetics Corp. ............................................ 8,100,000 3,538,835 Data Systems Consulting Co., Ltd. .............................. 3,968,339 2,229,929 See Notes to Schedule of Investments THE CHINA FUND, INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) JULY 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) ================================================================================ NAME OF ISSUER AND TITLE OF ISSUE SHARES VALUE --------------------------------- ------ -------------- Soft-World International Corp. .................................. 790,000 1,510,738 Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. * ...................... 1,831,200 5,279,718 Tripod Technology Corp. ......................................... 2,503,413 2,474,689 Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. * .................... 6,000,000 1,932,921 Wintek Corp. .................................................... 2,421,104 2,022,929 ------------- 20,596,114 ------------- MATERIALS -- (3.1%) China Metal Products Co., Ltd. .................................. 6,325,659 6,290,299 Yieh United Steel Corp. * ....................................... 3,500,000 1,482,789 ------------- 7,773,088 ------------- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- (0.9%) Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ...................................... 1,408,000 2,216,181 ------------- TOTAL TAIWAN -- (COST $62,995,437) 30.4% 75,155,489 ----- ------------- UNITED STATES - "N" SHARES CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY -- (2.6%) Chindex International, Inc. * ................................... 42,987 311,656 Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. * ......................... 324,300 6,161,700 ------------- 6,473,356 ------------- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- (4.4%) Sohu.com Inc. * ................................................. 526,286 10,904,646 ------------- TOTAL UNITED STATES - "N" SHARES -- (COST $4,876,163) 7.0% 17,378,002 ----- ------------- TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS -- (COST $159,815,397) 91.8% 227,027,024 ----- ------------- DIRECT INVESTMENTS FINANCIALS -- (1.2%) Captive Finance, Ltd., (acquired 5/24/02) (1)*+ ................. 2,000,000 3,045,000 ------------- INDUSTRIALS -- (2.6%) Tomoike Industrial (H.K.) Ltd., (acquired 2/21/03) (1)+ ......... 825,000 6,331,234 ------------- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- (1.4%) Global E Business Svcs., (acquired 6/18/04) (1)* ................ 40,000 3,000,077 teco Optronics Corp., (acquired 4/26/04) (1)* ................... 1,500,000 441,306 ------------- 3,441,383 ------------- TOTAL DIRECT INVESTMENTS -- (COST $8,856,425) 5.2% 12,817,617 ----- ------------- TOTAL INVESTMENTS -- (COST $168,671,822) (Note E) 97.0% 239,844,641 ----- ------------- OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 3.0% 7,470,020 ----- ------------- NET ASSETS 100.0% $ 247,314,661 ----- ============= See Notes to Schedule of Investments THE CHINA FUND, INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) JULY 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) ================================================================================ NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS * Denotes non-income producing security (1) Direct investments are generally restricted as to resale and do not have a readily available resale market. On the date of acquisition of each direct investment, there were no market quotations on similar securities, and such investments were therefore initially valued at acquisition cost. These direct investments are valued at fair value as determined by the Board of Directors as discussed in Notes A and B to the Financial Statements in the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports. + Affiliated Issuer ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (a) The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)). (b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. ITEM 3. EXHIBITS The certification required by Rule 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is attached as an exhibit to this filing. 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. THE CHINA FUND, INC. By: /s/ Gary L. French --------------------------------------- Gary L. French President and Chief Executive Officer Date: September 29, 2004 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. By: /s/ Ann. M. Casey --------------------------------------- Ann M. Casey Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Date: September 29, 2004 By: /s/ Gary L. French --------------------------------------- Gary L. French President and Chief Executive Officer Date: September 29, 2004