Clarification Announcement

Beijing Datang Power Generation Com
20 March 2003

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                BEIJING DATANG POWER GENERATION COMPANY LIMITED
    (A Sino-foreign Joint Stock Limited Company incorporated in the People's
                               Republic of China)

                           CLARIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

The board of directors of Beijing Datang Power Generation Company Limited (the
'Company') refers to the Company's announcement of 2002 annual results dated 3
March 2003 (the 'Announcement') and wishes to clarify a clerical error which
appeared in the Announcement.

The board of directors of the Company (the 'Board') refers to the Company's
announcement of 2002 annual results dated 3 March 2003 and wishes to clarify a
clerical error which appeared in the Announcement.

The Board hereby clarifies that the second paragraph under the section entitled
'Surplus reserve and statutory public welfare fund' under Note 5 'Profit
appropriation' to the Consolidated Income Statement contained in the
Announcement should be 'The Board recommends no appropriation of profit to the
discretionary surplus reserve for the Year. Such recommendation is subject to
shareholders' approval at the general meeting.' instead of 'The appropriation of
profit to the discretionary surplus reserve and its utilisation are made in
accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors and is subject to
shareholders' approval at the general meeting. Appropriation of profit of
approximately Rmb509,077,000 (2001 - Rmb258,331,000) to the discretionary
surplus reserve for the Year is subject to shareholders' approval at the general
meeting.'.

                                                           By Order of the Board
                                                                Yang Hongming
                                                             Company Secretary


Beijing, the People's Republic of China, 19 March 2003



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