Approval for the Non-public Issue of A Shares

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                  DATANG INTERNATIONAL POWER GENERATION CO., LTD.                                           
   (a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's    
                              Republic of China)                               

                               (Stock Code: 991)                               

                       OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT                        

APPROVAL BY THE SASAC OF THE PRC STATE COUNCIL REGARDING THE NON-PUBLIC ISSUE  
                                 
                           OF A SHARES BY THE COMPANY  
                 
                                                                

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") has been
notified by its controlling shareholder, China Datang Corporation (the "CDC"),
that CDC has recently received the "Approval for Certain Matters on the
Non-public Issue of A shares by Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd"
by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ("SASAC")
of the PRC State Council, pursuant to which, the SASAC has approved in
principle the overall proposal regarding the non-public issue of A shares by
the Company.

                                                          By Order of the Board
                                                                Zhou Gang
                                                         Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 8 June 2010

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are:
Zhai Ruoyu, Hu Shengmu, Cao Jingshan, Fang Qinghai, Zhou Gang, Liu Haixia, Guan
Tiangang, Su Tiegang, Ye Yonghui, Li Gengsheng, Xie Songlin*, Liu Chaoan* Yu
Changchun*, Xia Qing* and Li Hengyuan*.

* Independent non-executive Directors