0000923184 2025-12-31 2025-12-31 0000923184 mif:S000032816Member 2025-12-31 2025-12-31 false 2025-12-31 497 0000923184 N-1A <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">dba MATTHEWS ASIA FUNDS </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">(the “Trust”) </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Supplement dated July 24, 2026 </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">to the Prospectus and </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Statement of Additional Information dated April 30, 2026, as supplemented </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic">For all existing and prospective shareholders of Matthews China Innovators Fund – Investor Class (MCSMX) and Institutional Class (MICHX) </span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">At the Special Meeting of Shareholders of Matthews China Innovators Fund<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-style:italic"> </span></span>(the “Fund”) held on May 14, 2026, as adjourned to July 7, 2026, shareholders of the Fund approved a proposal to change the Fund’s sub‑classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, from “diversified” to “non‑diversified” as described in the Proxy Statement dated March 25, 2026. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">Accordingly, effective July 24, 2026, the following changes are made to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">In the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “<span style="font-weight:bold">Principal Investment Strategy</span>,” the following is added: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:5%;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">The Fund is non‑diversified, which means that it may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">In the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “<span style="font-weight:bold">Principal Risks of Investment</span>,” the following is added: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:5%;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">Non</span><span style="font-weight:bold">‑Diversification Risk:</span> The Fund may be more susceptible to any single economic, political or regulatory event than a diversified fund because a higher percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">dba MATTHEWS ASIA FUNDS </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">(the “Trust”) </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Supplement dated July 24, 2026 </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">to the Prospectus and </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Statement of Additional Information dated April 30, 2026, as supplemented </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic">For all existing and prospective shareholders of Matthews China Innovators Fund – Investor Class (MCSMX) and Institutional Class (MICHX) </span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">At the Special Meeting of Shareholders of Matthews China Innovators Fund<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-style:italic"> </span></span>(the “Fund”) held on May 14, 2026, as adjourned to July 7, 2026, shareholders of the Fund approved a proposal to change the Fund’s sub‑classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, from “diversified” to “non‑diversified” as described in the Proxy Statement dated March 25, 2026. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">Accordingly, effective July 24, 2026, the following changes are made to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">In the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “<span style="font-weight:bold">Principal Investment Strategy</span>,” the following is added: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:5%;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">The Fund is non‑diversified, which means that it may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;">In the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “<span style="font-weight:bold">Principal Risks of Investment</span>,” the following is added: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:5%;font-size:11pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">Non</span><span style="font-weight:bold">‑Diversification Risk:</span> The Fund may be more susceptible to any single economic, political or regulatory event than a diversified fund because a higher percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers. </div> MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 2026-04-30