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(a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China)
(Stock Code: 00991)

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcement on Power Generation

for the firstTHREE QUARTERSof 2012

Special Notice

The board of directors (the “Board”) and all directors (the “Directors”) of the Company warrant that there are no false representations and misleading statements contained in, or material omissions from this announcement, and severally and jointly accept the responsibility for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this announcement.

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) announces that, based on the Company’s preliminary statistics, as of 30September 2012, total power generation of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) amounted to 150.0866billion kWh, representing andecrease of approximately0.59% when compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Total on-grid power generation of the Group amounted to141.9040billion kWh, representing andecrease of approximately0.26% when compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

  1. Details of the power generation of the Group were as follows:

Power plant/company / Power generation for the first three quarters of 2012
(billion kWh) / Power generation for the first three quarters of 2011
(billion kWh) / Growth
(%)
Gao Jing Thermal Power Plant / 2.4118 / 2.6408 / -8.67
Dou He Power Plant / 5.9385 / 6.6949 / -11.30
Xia Hua Yuan Power Plant / 0.9032 / 0.8861 / 1.93
Zhang Jia Kou Power Plant / 10.5790 / 10.4581 / 1.16
Tianjin Datang International Panshan Power Generation Company Limited / 5.3028 / 5.2468 / 1.07
Inner Mongolia Datang International Tuoketuo Power Generation Company Limited / 15.6845 / 16.5642 / -5.31
Shanxi Datang International Yungang Thermal Power Company Limited / 4.2426 / 4.5770 / -7.31
Hebei Datang International Tangshan Thermal Power Company Limited / 2.8267 / 2.8139 / 0.45
Shanxi Datang International Shentou Power Generation Company Limited / 4.2023 / 4.1941 / 0.20
Gansu Datang International Liancheng Power Generation Company Limited / 2.3081 / 2.2790 / 1.28
Hebei Datang International Wangtan Power Generation Company Limited / 4.9363 / 4.8601 / 1.57
Zhejiang Datang International Wushashan Power Generation Company Limited / 9.6710 / 9.8886 / -2.20
Guangdong Datang International Chaozhou Power Generation Company Limited / 13.3332 / 14.8213 / -10.04
Fujian Datang International Ningde Power Generation Company Limited / 8.5975 / 11.7835 / -27.04
Yunnan Datang International Electric Power Generation Company Limited / 7.2443 / 7.7459 / -6.48
Jiangxi Datang International Xinyu Power Generation Company Limited / 1.3744 / 1.7079 / -19.52
Shanxi Datang International Yuncheng Power Generation Company Limited / 4.4894 / 3.7992 / 18.17
Inner Mongolia Datang International Hohhot Thermal Power Generation Company Limited / 1.7096 / 1.4575 / 17.30
Chongqing Datang International Pengshui Hydropower Development Company Limited / 5.3782 / 3.2783 / 64.06
Inner Mongolia Datang International Duolun Hydropower Multiple Development Company Limited / 0.0059 / 0.0045 / 31.11
Qinghai Datang International Zhiganglaka Hydropower Generation Development Company Limited / 0.5721 / 0.5127 / 11.59
Inner Mongolia Datang International Wind Power Development Company Limited / 0.2687 / 0.2496 / 7.67
Inner Mongolia Datang International Tuoketuo No.2Power Generation Company Limited / 5.5600 / 5.4052 / 2.86
Liaoning Datang International Jinzhou Thermal Power Generation Company Limited
/ 2.0595 / 2.1759 / -5.35
Shanxi Datang International Zuoyun Wind Power Company Limited / 0.1800 / 0.1839 / -2.10
Hebei Datang International Fengrun Thermal Power Company Limited / 2.6297 / 2.8345 / -7.23
Ningxia Datang International Daba Power Generation Company Limited / 5.4841 / 5.1847 / 5.77
Hebei Datang International Zhangjiakou Thermal Power Generation Company Limited / 2.4554 / 2.4902 / -1.40
Qian’an Datang Thermal Power Generation Company Limited / 0.4696 / 0.6883 / -31.77
Liaoning Datang International Wind Power Development Company Limited / 0.4338 / 0.2691 / 61.20
Fujian Datang International Wind Power DevelopmentCompany Limited / 0.1288 / 0.1272 / 1.28
Jiangsu Datang International Lvsigang Power Generation Company Limited / 11.6514 / 11.0535 / 5.41
Yuneng (Group) Company Limited / 0.7014 / 0.5371 / 30.59
Chongqing Datang International Wulong Xingshun Wind Power Company Limited / 0.0604 / 0.0713 / -15.31
Shanxi Datang International Linfen Thermal Power Company Limited / 2.5894 / 2.5328 / 2.23
Ningxia Datang International Qingtongxia Photovoltaic Power Generation Limited / 0.0367 / 0.0113 / 225.00
Chongqing Datang International Wulong Hydropower Development Company Limited / 2.1885 / 0.4313 / 407.42
Chengdu Liguo Energy Company Limited / 0.4969 / 0.5181 / -4.09
Hebei Datang International Wind Power Development Company Limited / 0.3824 / Not Applicable / Not
Applicable
Shenzhen Datang Baochang Gas Power Generation Company Limited / 0.5985 / Not
Applicable / Not
Applicable
Total / 150.0866 / 150.9784 / -0.59%
  1. Brief Analysis on Power Generation
  1. As a result ofadjustment on economic structure, slowdown of economic growth,decline on the growth of the total powerutilization level from the whole society, as well as the plan of the Group to carry out maintenance of the Group’s thermal power generation units, the average utilization hours of the Group’s thermal power generation units declined, thereby leading to adecline in the power generation ofpart of the thermal generationunits of the Company.
  1. The Group’s hydro-electricpower generation units were affected by an increase in inflow water in the basin where the generation units are situated and the expansion in the capacity ofthe generation unitson a year-to-year basis. The power generation provided by the hydro-electric power generation units demonstrated an a more substantial increase of approximately4128% on a year-to-year basis.
  1. Since the capacity and efficiency of the Group’s wind power generation units were enhanced on a year-to-year basis, the wind power generation demonstrated an increase of approximately 61% on a year-to-year basis.

By Order of the Board

Zhou Gang

Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 12October 2012

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are:
Liu Shunda,Hu Shengmu,Cao Jingshan, Fang Qinghai,Zhou Gang, Liu Haixia, Guan Tiangang, Mi Dabin, Ye Yonghui, Li Gengsheng, Li Yanmeng*, Zhao Zunlian*, Li Hengyuan*, Zhao Jie*, Jiang Guohua*

* Independent non-executive Directors

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