Resolution of the Board of Directors

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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)                              
                                                                               
                       OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT                        

                          ANNOUNCEMENT ON RESOLUTION   
                           OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                           

Special Notice:                                                                
                                                                               
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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.                          
                                                                               
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Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited 
(the "Listing Rules").                                                         


The ninth meeting of the seventh session of the Board (the "Meeting") of Datang
International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (the "Company") was held by way of
written correspondence on Friday, 6 May 2011. There were 15 Directors eligible
for attending the Meeting and all of them attended the Meeting. The Meeting was
held in compliance with the provisions stipulated in the "Company Law of the
People's Republic of China" and the "Articles of Association of Datang
International Power Generation Co., Ltd.". The following resolution was
approved unanimously at the Meeting:

1. "The Resolution on the Increase in Capital Contribution to China Datang
   Finance Company Limited" was considered and approved.

   Voting results: 12 voted in favour, 0 voted against and 3 abstained from voting

   (1) The Board agreed the Company to increase its capital contribution of RMB280
       million in China Datang Finance Company Limited ("Datang Finance Company")
       according to the existing capital contribution ratio. Upon completion of 
       the increase in capital contribution, the equity interests held by the 
       Company in Datang Finance Company will remain at 20%.

   (2) The Directors (including independent Directors) considered that such 
       increase in capital contribution is conducted on normal commercial terms 
       and is in the ordinary course of business of the Company, and the relevant 
       transaction is fair, reasonable and in the interests of the shareholders of
       the Company as a whole.

   (3) The above-mentioned increase in capital contribution constitutes a
       connected transaction of the Company and the connected Directors Mr. Liu
       Shunda, Mr. Hu Shengmu and Mr. Fang Qinghai abstained from voting on this
       resolution.

For details of the increase in capital contribution, please refer to the
announcement published by the Company on the same day.

                                                          By Order of the Board
                                                                Zhou Gang
                                                         Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 6 May 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