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(Stock Code: 01088)

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

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The "Announcement Regarding the Approval for the Construction of the New Project of Shengli Power Plant " as published in Chinese in the China Securities Journal, the Shanghai Securities News, the Securities Times and the Securities Daily and on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn) on 7 May 2015 is enclosed hereto as overseas regulatory announcement.

Beijing, 6 May, 2015

By Order of the Board

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

Huang Qing

Secretary to the Board of Directors

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following: Dr. Zhang Yuzhuo, Dr. Ling Wen, Mr. Han Jianguo and Mr. Wang Xiaolin as executive directors, Mr. Chen Hongsheng as non-executive director, and Ms. Fan Hsu Lai Tai, Mr. Gong Huazhang and Mr. Guo Peizhang as independent non-executive directors.

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Stock Code: 601088 Stock Short Name: China Shenhua No. of Announcement: Lin 2015-032

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited Announcement Regarding the Approval for the Construction of the New Project of Shengli Power Plant

The board of directors and all directors of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited guarantee that the information set out in this announcement does not contain any false statements, misleading representations or material omissions, and severally and jointly accept

responsibility as to the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the content herein.

Recently, China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (the "Company") obtained approval from the Development and Reform Commission of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region regarding the construction of the new project of Shengli Power Plant (the "Project"). The major details of the approval document (Document No.: Nei Fa GaiNeng Yuan Zi [2015] No. 481) are as follows:
(I) In order to implement the Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Air Pollution to alleviate air pollution in regions including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong, enhance the stability of power supply, and effectively turn the resource advantages of Xilingol League coal-fired power base into economic advantages, the construction of the Project has been approved.
(II) The Project is to be constructed and operated by Shengli Energy Branch of the Company. The location of construction is Xilinhot City, Xilingol League.
(III) The Project is to build 2×660 MW ultra-supercritical indirect air cooling coal-fired generating units. After commencing production, the Project will use 5.47 million tonnes of lignite annually, which will be mainly supplied by the Shengli Open-cut Mine of the Company, and will be transported to the plant by conveyor belts.
(IV) The Project uses advanced water conservation technologies, requiring external supplement of water of about 975,500m3, and the water for production mainly comes from coal mine drainage water. Highly efficient devices for dedusting, desulphurization, denitrification and continuous online monitoring of smoke and flue gas will be installed for the Project. After commencing production, the various emission limits of the generating units shall meet the emission standards required by gas turbines. With enhanced management of energy conservation, various energy consumption indicators of the Project relating to power supply and coal consumption shall meet relevant requirements of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after
commencing production.

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(V) The total dynamic investment of the Project is approximately RMB5.6 billion, approximately 20% of which will be capital funds and the remaining funds required will be financed by way of bank borrowings.
By order of the board of directors China Shenhua Energy Company Limited Huang Qing
Secretary to the Board of Directors
6 May 2015

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