2009-08-18 20:49:03 -

NEWARK, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 08/18/09 -- The Board of Directors of The Greater China Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: GCH), today declared a dividend of $0.082 per share of ordinary income. The dividend is payable on September 9, 2009 to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2009. The ex-dividend date is August 28, 2009.



The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing substantially all of its assets in listed equity securities of companies which derive or are expected to derive a significant portion of their revenues from goods produced or sold, investments made or services performed in China. The Fund's investment manager is Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited.

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