Announcement on Obtaining The Waiver

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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 ON OBTAINING THE WAIVER OF THE 
                     OBLIGATION FOR MAKING A GENERAL OFFER BY   
                     CHINA DATANG CORPORATION ON THE SHARES OF 
                   DATANG INTERNATIONAL POWER GENERATION CO.,LTD.
                                                                      

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 Rules 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") recently
received the "Approval of the Waiver of the Obligation for Making a General
Offer by China Datang Corporation on the Shares of Datang International Power
Generation Co., Ltd." (Zheng Jian Xu Ke[2010]No.1119) from China Securities
Regulatory Commission (the "CSRC"), and the main contents are as follows:

After a review on the "Application Report on the Waiver of the Obligation for
Making a General Offer by China Datang Corporation on the Increase in
Shareholding by China Datang Foreign Investment Company Limited in the H Shares
of Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd." filed by China Datang
Corporation, the CSRC granted the following approval:

"Your company has been granted an approval on the waiver of fulfilling an
obligation for making a general offer relating to the increase in the holding
of 246,000,000 shares by your company in Datang International Power Generation
Co., Ltd. through share trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited,
which resulted in a total control of 4,439,921,160 shares of such company,
representing approximately 36.07% of the total share capital of such company."




                                                          By Order of the Board
                                                                Zhou Gang
                                                         Secretary to the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 24 August 2010

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