Non-Public Issuance of Debt Financing Instruments

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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 NON-PUBLIC ISSUANCE OF 
                          DEBT FINANCING INSTRUMENTS


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 content of this 
announcement.

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing 
the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.


As resolved at the 2011 fourth extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") 
of Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (the "Company") held on 
6 December 2011, the Company is approved to apply to the National 
Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors to for registering 
the issue limit of the non-public issuance of debt financing instruments 
with a principal amount of not exceeding RMB10 billion for a period of 
12 months from the date of approval of the EGM and to be issued in 
tranches within the effective period of the registration. On 26 March 
2012, the Company received a "Notification on Acceptance of Registration" 
(Zhong Shi Xie Zhu PPN No.16 of 2012) from the National Association of 
Financial Market Institutional Investors confirming the registration of 
the Company's non-public issuance of debt financing instruments.

The Company has completed the issuance of "The First Tranche of Datang 
International Power Generation Co., Ltd.'s non-public issuance of debt 
financing instruments in 2012" (the "First Tranche Debt Financing 
Instruments") on 18 April 2012. The issuance amount for the First 
Tranche Debt Financing Instruments was RMB5 billion with a maturity 
period of three years. The unit nominal value is RMB100 and the issuing 
interest rate at 5.08%.


China Construction Bank Limited and Agricultural Bank of China Limited 
shall act as the joint lead underwriters for the First Tranche Debt 
Financing Instruments for the specific placement to investors. Proceeds 
from the First Tranche Debt Financing Instruments will be used by the 
Company principally to replenish the working capital and replace the 
due borrowings of the Company, support the Company's rapid development, 
lower its financing costs and further adjust its debt structure so as to 
strengthen the Company's competitiveness.



                                                   By Order of the Board  
                                                          Zhou Gang     
                                                   Secretary to the Board 


Beijing, the PRC, 18 April 2012
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors 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