Appointment of Joint Company Secretary

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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

APPOINTMENT OF JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY

Reference is made to the announcement of Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (the "Company") dated 23 September 2015 in relation to the resignation of executive director and company secretary of the Company. The board of directors (the "Board") of the Company announces that Mr. Ying Xuejun ("Mr. Ying") (Note 1) and Mr. Mok Chung Kwan, Stephen ("Mr. Mok") (Note 2) were appointed as the joint company secretary of the Company with effect from 22 December 2015 (the "Appointment Date").

Pursuant to Rules 3.28 and 8.17 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the "Listing Rules") on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), the Company must appoint a company secretary who, by virtue of his/her academic or professional qualifications or relevant experience, is, in the opinion of the Stock Exchange, capable of discharging the functions of company secretary. Mr. Ying has abundant experience in management of power generation enterprises and is familiar with the operations of the Company. However, given that Mr. Ying does not possess the relevant qualification as required under the Listing Rules, his appointment as company secretary alone does not strictly comply with the requirements under Rules 3.28 and 8.17 of the Listing Rules.

The Company has made application to the Stock Exchange for and the Stock Exchange has granted a waiver from strict compliance with the requirements under Rules 3.28 and 8.17 of the Listing Rules. The waiver is valid for a period of three years from 2 October 2015 (the "Waiver Period"), on the conditions that (i) Mr. Ying will be assisted by Mr. Mok, who possesses all the requisite qualifications required under Note 1 to Rule 3.28 of the Listing Rules during the Waiver Period. The waiver will be revoked immediately if and when Mr. Mok ceases to provide assistance to Mr. Ying to discharge his duties as a company secretary of the Company; (ii) the Company should notify the Stock Exchange at the end of the Waiver Period to revisit the situation. The Stock Exchange expects that the Company will be able to satisfy the Stock Exchange that Mr. Ying can satisfy Rules 3.28 and 8.17 of the Listing Rules at the end of the Waiver Period, having had the benefit of Mr. Mok's assistance, such that a further waiver would not be necessary; and (iii) the Company will disclose details of the waiver, including reasons for the waiver and the waiver conditions, in an announcement.

By Order of the Board
Chen Jinhang    
Chairman       

Beijing, the PRC, 22 December 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are:
Chen Jinhang, Hu Shengmu, Wu Jing, Liang Yongpan, Ying Xuejun, Cao Xin,
Cai Shuwen, Liu Haixia, Guan Tiangang, Yang Wenchun,
Jiang Guohua*, Feng Genfu*, Luo Zhongwei*, Liu Huangsong*, Jiang Fuxiu*

* Independent non-executive Directors

Note

1. Mr. Ying is a senior engineer with university education. He is currently the Director and the Chief Economist of the Company. Mr. Ying served as Deputy Manager of the production department of Tangshan Power Plant; Deputy Manager of production technology department, Deputy Manager and Manager of facilities department, Deputy Chief Engineer and Manager of facilities department, and Deputy General Manager of Dou He Power Plant; Deputy General Manager and General Manager of Inner Mongolia Datang International Tuoketuo Power Generation Company Limited; Deputy General Manager of Inner Mongolia Branch Company of Datang. Since December 2008, he served as the Chief of integrated planning department, Deputy Chief Economist and the Chief of integrated planning department of the headquarter of the Company. He was appointed the Chief Economist in January 2015. Mr. Ying has worked within the Company for 30 years and has years of experience in production, operation and management of power generation companies, especially in production, operation and management of the Company, and extensive theoretical and practical experience in production, operation and management of power generation companies. Meanwhile, Mr. Ying is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company and is familiar with modern corporate governance structure and standardized operation. Mr. Ying has obtained the qualification certificate of Board Secretary from Shanghai Stock Exchange.

2. Mr. Mok is a solicitor as defined in the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and currently a partner of Eversheds. Mr. Mok graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/ Bachelor of Laws degrees. Mr. Mok possesses qualifications as a practicing solicitor in England and Wales, New South Wales of Australia, and Hong Kong. Mr. Mok has extensive experience in general business practices and corporate financial transactions, such as assisting corporations on listing their shares on the Stock Exchange, merger and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, organising joint ventures, and compliance with the Listing Rules and securities-related laws of Hong Kong. Mr. Mok was the joint company secretary of the Company for the period from 30 June 2007 to 22 March 2011. Mr. Mok has also been the legal adviser of the Company since the listing of the Company on the main board of the Stock Exchange in 1997.