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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: 00991)
   
                                       ANNOUNCEMENT 
                          EXPLANATION IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL
                           INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ARRANGEMENTS
                                FOR 2010 HSHARE DIVIDENDS

Reference is made to the Announcement of 2010 Annual Results dated 22 March 2011 
and the Announcement on Resolution Passed at the 2011 Second Extraordinary 
General Meeting dated 26 August 2011 by Datang International Power Generation 
Co., Ltd. (the "Company"). The Company hereby announces further information in 
relation to the payment of 2010 H-share dividends as follows: 

The profit distribution proposal for 2010 of the Company was approved at the 2011 
second extraordinary general meeting of the Company. The Company will pay the 
dividends for the year ended 31 December 2010 of RMB0.07 per share (tax 
inclusive)(the "2010 Dividend") in Hong Kong dollars on Friday, 21 October 2011 to 
holders of H shares whose names appear on the register of members of the Company 
at the close of business, i.e. 4:00 p.m., on 4 May 2011 (the "Record Date"). The 2010 
Dividend payable by the Company to holders of H shares in Hong Kong dollars shall 
be converted at the average closing exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to Renminbi 
as announced by the People's Bank of China over each of business days within the 
week immediately preceding 26 August 2011 (i.e., the date on which the 2011 Second 
Extraordinary General Meeting was convened). Accordingly, the applicable exchange 
rate for the payment of the 2010 Dividend was determined as HK$1=RMB0.82036, 
and the 2010 Dividend of H shares of the Company shall be approximately 
HK$0.08533 per share (tax inclusive). 

Due to the recent changes in PRC tax laws and regulations, the "Circular on the 
Questions Concerning Taxes on Pro?ts Earned by Enterprises with Foreign 
Investment, Foreign Enterprises and Individual Foreigners from Transfer of Stocks 
(Stock Rights) and on Dividend Income" (Guo Shui Fa [1993] No.45) issued by the 
State Administration of Taxation (the "Circular") was repealed pursuant to the 
"Announcement on the List of Fully and Partially Invalid and Repealed Tax 
Regulatory Documents". According to the Circular, individual foreigners who are 
holders of H shares are temporarily exempted from individual income taxes in respect 
of the dividend (bonus) paid by PRC domestic enterprises which issued such H 
shares. As the Circular has been repealed, the Company can no longer rely on the 
Circular as the basis for the individual shareholders who hold the Company's H shares 
and whose names appear on the register of holders of H shares of the Company on the 
Record Date (the "Individual H Shareholders") to be exempted from 
individual income tax when the Company distributes the 2010 Dividend. 

Pursuant to the "PRC Individual Income Tax Law", the 
"Implementation Regulations of the PRC Individual Income Tax Law", 
the "Notice of the State Administration of Taxation in relation to 
the Administrative Measures on Preferential Treatments Entitled by 
Non-residents under Tax Treaties (Tentative)" (Guo Shui Fa [2009] 
No.124) (the "Tax Treaties Notice"), other relevant laws and 
regulations and the relevant rules promulgated by the State 
Administration of Taxation, as the Circular has been repealed, the 
Company shall withhold and pay the individual income tax in respect 
of the dividend (bonus) received by the Individual H Shareholders from 
the Company. The Individual H Shareholders of the Company are 
entitled to the relevant tax preferential treatments pursuant to the 
tax treaties between the PRC and the countries where the Individual H 
Shareholders are domiciled and the tax arrangements between Mainland 
China and Hong Kong (Macau). The Company will determine the country 
of domicile for the Individual H Shareholders based on the registered 
addresses as recorded in the register of holders of H shares of the 
Company on the Record Date. Detailed arrangements are as follows:

-- For an Individual H Shareholder who is a Hong Kong or Macau 
   resident or whose country of domicile is a country which has 
   entered into a tax treaty with the PRC stipulating a dividend tax 
   rate of 10%, the Company will withhold and pay individual income 
   tax at the rate of 10% on behalf of the Individual H Shareholder;

-- For an Individual H Shareholder whose country of domicile is a 
   country which has entered into a tax treaty with the PRC 
   stipulating a dividend tax rate of less than 10%, the Company 
   will withhold and pay individual income tax at the rate of 10% on 
   behalf of the Individual H Shareholder. If the relevant 
   Individual H Shareholder would like to apply for a refund of the 
   excessive amount of tax withheld and paid, the Company can handle 
   the application for the preferential treatment under the relevant 
   tax treaty on behalf of such Individual H Shareholder, provided 
   that the shareholder shall submit to the Company the information 
   required under the Tax Treaties Notice within the period stated 
   below. Upon examination and approval by the competent tax 
   authorities, the Company will assist in refunding the excessive 
   amount of tax withheld and paid;

-- For an Individual H Shareholder whose country of domicile is a 
   country which has entered into a tax treaty with the PRC 
   stipulating a dividend tax rate of more than 10% but less than 
   20%, the Company will withhold and pay individual income tax at 
   the actual tax rate stipulated in the relevant tax treaty; and

-- For an Individual H Shareholder whose country of domicile is a 
   country which has entered into a tax treaty with the PRC 
   stipulating a dividend tax rate of 20%, or a country which has 
   not entered into any tax treaties with the PRC, or under any 
   other circumstances, the Company will withhold and pay individual 
   income tax at the rate of 20% on behalf of the Individual H 
   Shareholder. 

If the domicile of an Individual H Shareholder is not the same as the 
country shown in the registered address of such shareholder as 
recorded in the register of holders of H shares of the Company or if 
the relevant Individual H Shareholder would like to apply for a 
refund of the excessive amount of tax withheld and paid, the 
Individual H Shareholders shall notify and provide relevant 
supporting documents to the Company on or before 21 October 2011. 
Upon examination of the supporting documents by the competent tax 
authorities, the Company will strictly follow the guidance given by 
the tax authorities to implement the relevant tax withholding 
provisions and arrangements. Individual H Shareholders may either 
personally or appoint a representative to handle the relevant 
procedures in accordance with the relevant requirements under the Tax 
Treaties Notices if they are not able to provide the relevant 
supporting documents to the Company within the period stated above.

Shareholders are recommended to consult their tax advisers regarding 
the PRC, Hong Kong and other tax implications arising from their 
holding and disposal of H shares of the Company.


                                            By Order of the Board 
                                                  Zhou Gang
                                            Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 10 October 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* and Jiang Guohua*.
* Independent non-executive Directors