China Power International Dev. Ltd. : The First 1000MW Coal-fired Generating Unit of Changshu Power Plant Commenced Commercial Operation

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(8 Jan 2013, Hong Kong)China Power International Development Limited (the "Company", stock code: 2380) today announced that the first 1000MW ultra supercritical coal-fired generating unit of the expansion project of the associated company, Jiangsu Changshu Power Company Limited ("Changshu Power Plant"), of which 50% equity interest is owned by the Company, passed the 168-hour full load pilot run and commenced commercial operation on 3
January 2013. Thus far, China Power has an attributable installed capacity of
12,631MW.

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The shares of the Company have been listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 15 October 2004. The Company is the flagship company of China Power Investment Corporation (one of the five national power generation groups in China) and its principal business is to develop, construct, manage and operate power plants in China. The Company wholly-owned or has controlling interest in seven large-capacity coal-fired power plants under commercial operation, and 50% equity interest in each of the associated companies, Changshu Power Plant and Xintang Power Plant. The Company also owns a 63% controlling interest in Wuling Power Corporation, which is one of the leading hydropower companies in China. In addition, the Company owns a 18.86% stake in Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd, which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Currently, the Company has an attributable installed capacity of approximately 12,631 MW, among which the hydropower attributable installed capacity is approximately
2,914MW and hence the Company has the highest percentage of hydropower installed capacity among the Chinese power companies listed overseas.
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E-mail: rfshou@chinapower.hk / hzhao@chinapower.hk

Ms Linda Wong / Ms Alice Wang / Ms Gigi Tsang
Tel: (852) 2851-1038 Fax: (852) 2865-1638
E-mail: lindawong@wsfg.hk / alicewang@wsfg.hk / gigitsang@wsfg.hk

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