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Overview

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Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund

Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund

Inception Date: 9/12/94

Geographic Focus: Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Benchmarks: MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index, MSCI All Country Far East ex-Japan Index

Fund Assets: $2.1billion (as of 03/31/08)

Symbol: MACSX

CUSIP: 577-130-206

Investment Objective

Long-term capital appreciation. The Fund also seeks to provide some current income.

Strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total net assets in dividend-paying equity securities and the convertible securities, of any duration or quality, of companies located in Asia, which includes China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Portfolio Managers

Lead Manager:
Andrew T. Foster

Co-Manager:
G. Paul Matthews

Fees and Expenses

Gross Expense Ratio1: 1.15%
Fiscal Year 2007 (ended 12/31/07)

1 Ratio has been restated to reflect current management and administrative and shareholder servicing fees expected to be incurred by the Funds and paid to the Advisor. Matthews Asian Funds do not charge 12b-1 fees.

Portfolio Turnover1
Fiscal Year 2007 (ended 12/31/07): 27.93%

1 The lesser of fiscal year 2007 long-term purchase costs or sales proceeds divided by the average monthly market value of long-term securities.