Overview

Investment Objective

Long-term capital appreciation

Strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total net assets in the common and preferred stocks of companies located in Asia excluding Japan, which includes China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam (the “Pacific Tiger” countries).

Portfolio Managers

Lead Managers:
Richard H. Gao
Sharat Shroff, CFA

Co-Manager:
Mark W. Headley

Fees and Expenses

Gross Expense Ratio:¹
Fiscal Year 2009: 1.13%

Portfolio Turnover:²
Fiscal Year 2009: 13.22%

¹ Matthews Asia Funds does not charge 12b-1 fees.

² The lesser of fiscal year 2009 long-term purchase costs or sales proceeds divided by the average monthly market value of long-term securities.