JPMorgan China Region Fund Declares Amendment to Fund’s By-Laws

JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JFC; the “Fund”) announced today that Section 1.05 (“Quorum; Voting”) of the Fund’s By-Laws has been amended to change the voting standard for Director elections from a plurality vote to a majority vote (please see below for full text).

“SECTION 1.05. Quorum; Voting. Subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and unless statute or the Charter provides otherwise, at a meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting constitutes a quorum, and a majority of all the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is sufficient to approve any matter which properly comes before the meeting.”

No further changes have been made. The Fund’s amended By-Laws will be available on its website at: www.jpmchinaregion.co.uk

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund trades under the symbol “JFC.”

The JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc. invests primarily in equity securities of companies with substantial assets in, or revenues derived from, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao--collectively, the China Region.

J.P. Morgan Fund Services, in Boston, MA is the Fund’s accounting and administrative agent.

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JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc.Simon Crinage, President and Interested DirectorLucy Dina, SecretaryTelephone: [phone]Email: [e-mail]: http://www.jpmchinaregion.com