SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                DECEMBER 1, 2003
                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)



                              THE CHINA FUND, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



          MARYLAND                       811-6651               000000000
(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission            (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                 File Number)       Identification Number)



225 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS                          02110
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)



                                 1(888) 246-2255
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

      Pursuant to Regulation FD Rules 100-103, The China Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
furnishes the monthly Insight report of the Fund's Listed Investment Manager.






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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 21, 2004



                                            By:/s/ Mary Moran Zeven
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                                               Name:  Mary Moran Zeven
                                               Title: Secretary


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