Correction of Accounting Errors for Year 2010

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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                        

            ANNOUNCEMENT OF CORRECTION OF ACCOUNTING ERRORS FOR YEAR 2010

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 content 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 (the "Listing 
Rules").                                                                       

Pursuant to document (ShenQiJue (2010) No.468) "Auditing Decisions Pertaining
to the Financial Affairs of Income and Expenditure of China Datang Corporation
for Year 2009", dated 31 December 2010 issued by National Audit Office of the
People's Republic of China, Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.
(the "Company") has made retrospective adjustments to the under-estimates made
earlier on provisions for impairment of fixed assets, provisions for inventory
falling prices and under-provision for depreciation of fixed assets arising
from a delayed transfer to fixed assets of a portion of the closed-down
generation units with spare parts as well as a portion of fixed assets in 2009.
The amounts affected were RMB80,472,971.08, RMB14,667,410.46 and
RMB4,408,215.69 respectively, and the adjustments were made to the opening
balance of year 2010.

In the process of preparing comparative financial figures for the previous year
in the Company's consolidated financial statements for year 2010, correction
has been made to the above-mentioned errors. After correction, inventories at
the beginning of 2010 decreased by RMB14,667,410.46; net fixed assets decreased
by RMB84,881,186.77; deferred income tax assets increased by RMB23,785,095.39;
surplus reserve decreased by RMB7,576,350.18; undistributed profits decreased
by RMB68,187,151.66.

RSM China Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd. considers that the 
above-mentioned correction of the errors made earlier by the Company is in 
compliance with the relevant requirements of Accounting Standards for
Business Enterprises enacted by the government and has objectively and
truthfully reflected the Company's adjustments made according to the major
accounting errors.

The Board is of the view that it is appropriate for the Company to make the
correction of the accounting errors for the above-mentioned items, which helps
to enhance the quality of the accounting information of the Company and to
truthfully reflect the financial position of the Company.

The supervisory committee and the independent Directors of the Company consider
that the above-mentioned correction of the accounting errors is in compliance
with the relevant requirements of the relevant accounting systems and
accounting standards and that the Company is not making use of the correction
of the accounting errors for adjusting the profits of the Company.

                                                          By Order of the Board

                                                                Zhou Gang

                                                         Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 22 March 2011

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, Su Tiegang, Ye Yonghui, Li Gengsheng, Li Yanmeng*, Zhao Zunlian*, Li
Hengyuan*, Zhao Jie*, Jiang Guohua*

* Independent non-executive Directors