JPMorgan China Region Fund : May 10, 2017 – Announcement of Enhanced Discount Management Measures

JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Simon Crinage, President and Interested Director Lucy Dina, Secretary

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Website: http://www.jpmchinaregionfund.com

JPMORGAN CHINA REGION FUND, INC. ANNOUNCES ENHANCED DISCOUNT MANAGEMENT MEASURES May 10, 2017 BOSTON, MA, JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc. (the 'Fund') announced today that,

at its scheduled quarterly meeting, the Board of Directors (the 'Board') of the JPMorgan China Region Fund, Inc. (the 'Fund') received an update from the Fund's Investment Advisor, JF International Management Inc., on recent performance and its constructive outlook for the Greater China markets as well as the improving structural growth opportunities there.

Following this encouraging report, the Board has agreed to a program of enhanced discount management measures seeking to limit the size of the discount to better protect stockholders' interests.

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 Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in equity securities of companies with substantial assets in, or revenues derived from, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau-collectively, the China Region.

Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by the Fund are available free of charge on the Fund's internet website at http://www.jpmchinaregionfund.com

JPMorgan Fund Services, in Boston, MA is the Fund's accounting and administrative agent.

This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy, nor shall there be any sale of Fund securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of such state or jurisdiction.

Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the Fund. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.

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