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Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc as of 09/07/2010

NYSE / CAF

Asset Class: Pacific Ex Japan Funds

1 YR Lipper Avg: 23.94%

Growth of $10K
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
	10 YR	5 YR	1 YR	YTD
Market Return	--	--	-0.09%	-10.07%
Lipper Pct. Rank	--	--	87	87

NAV Return	--	--	6.16%	-10.24%
Lipper Pct. Rank	--	--	82	91

Premium/Discount History
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg	5 YR Avg	YTD Avg
--	--	3.670%

NAV	$29.20	Market Price	$28.21
Net Change	$0.13	Market Change	-$0.40
Premium/Discount			-3.39%
1 YR NAV Return			6.160%
1 YR NAV Rank			82
12-Mo Yield as of 7/31/2010			Yield Def
Income Only Yield			0.00%
Distribution Yield (Market)			15.39%

Most Recent Income Dividend	$0.158
Ex-Div Date	12/29/2008
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend	$4.263
Ex-Div Date	12/30/2009
Dividend Frequency	Annually
YTD Dividends	--
YTD Capital Gains	--

Inception Date	9/28/2006
Fund Advisor	Morgan Stanley Investment Mgmt Inc
Manager & Tenure	Cheng since 2006 Vasania since 2006
Phone	800-231-2608
Website	www.morganstanley.com/im
Annual Report	Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 8/31/2010		$466.2
% Leveraged Assets as of 12/31/2009		--
Portfolio Turnover		146.00%
Mgmt Fees		1.577%
Expense Ratio		1.740%

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks capital growth. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in A-shares of Chinese companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.

Top Holdings (as of 6/30/2010)
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd ORD	5.39%
Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co Ltd ORD	5.04%
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd ORD	4.94%
Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd ORD	4.23%
Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Co Ltd OR	4.20%
Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai ORD	3.57%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ORD	3.27%
Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Co Ltd ORD	3.19%
Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd ORD	3.01%
China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd ORD	2.98%

Top Sectors (as of 6/30/2010)
Financials	24.05%
Consumer Goods	19.10%
Basic Materials	13.17%
Consumer Services	12.05%
Industrials	10.33%
Health Care	7.84%
Non Classified Equity	1.55%

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