09:59     DATANG POWER<00991> - Announcement (7)                              

    Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders.             
                                                                              
    Shareholders whose names appear on the H Share register of                
    members of the Company at the close of business on 20 May 2005            
    are entitled to attend and vote at the 2004 AGM and the 2005              
    CSMs. The Company's H Share register of members will be closed            
    from 21 May 2005 to 21 June 2005, both days inclusive, during             
    which period no transfer of any H Share will be registered.               
    Shareholders of the H Shares intending to attend the 2004 AGM             
    and/or the 2005 CSM should have lodged their respective                   
    instrument(s) of transfer and the relevant share certificate(s)           
    to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the H Share         
    registrar of the Company, by 4:00p.m. on 20 May 2005 (Friday).            
                                                                              
    Pursuant to the announcement of the Company dated 28 March 2005,          
    the Board has recommended a dividend of RMB0.22 per share for             
    the year ended 31 December 2004, which will be paid on 30 June            
    2005. Holders of H Shares whose names appear on the H Share               
    register of members of the Company at the close of business on            
    Friday, 20 May 2005 are entitled to such dividends.                       
                                                                              
    DEFINITIONS                                                               
                                                                              
    In this announcement, the following expressions have the                  
    meanings set out below unless the context requires otherwise:             
                                                                              
    "2004 AGM"      the annual general meeting of the Company for the         
    year ended 31 December 2004 proposed to be held on 21 June 2005           
                                                                              
    "2004 CSMs"     the class shareholders meeting of the Company for         
    each of the holders of H Shares and holders of domestic shares            
    of the Company held on 22 June 2004                                       
                                                                              
    "2004 EGM"      the extraordinary general meeting of the Company          
    held on 22 June 2004                                                      
                                                                              
    "2005 CSMs"     the class shareholders meeting of the Company for         
    each of the holders of H Shares and holders of domestic shares            
    of the Company proposed to be held on 21 June 2005                        
                                                                              
    "A Share(s)"    the domestic ordinary share(s) of the Company with        
    a nominal value of RMB1.00 each which are to be subscribed in             
    RMB and are proposed to be issued by the Company to (i) part              
    of the existing holders of domestic shares of the Company (in             
    the form of unlisted domestic shares) and (ii) natural person             
    and institutional investors in the PRC                                    
                                                                              
    "A Shares Issue"        the proposed issue of A Shares to (i) part        
    of the existing holders of domestic shares of the Company (in             
    the form of unlisted domestic shares) and (ii) natural person             
    and institutional public investors in the PRC by the Company.             
    The A Shares to be issued under the Public Subscription Tranche           
    are proposed to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange                  
                                                                              
    "associates"    having the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing       
    Rules                                                                     
                                                                              
    "BEIH"  Beijing Energy Investment Holding Company Limited (*), is a       
    substantial shareholder of the                                            
    Company. Beijing Energy Investment Holding Company Limited is             
    a state-owned enterprise resulted from the merger between the             
    Company's original shareholder Beijing International Power                
    Development Investment Company and Beijing Integrated                     
    Investment Company. Beijing International Power Development               
    Investment Company originally held 13.01% of the Company's                
    issued