Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd

XMUN:BJI

Business Description

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Utilities

Headquarters

China CN

Employees

27 149

IPO date

Mar 21, 1997

Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd is a large Chinese electricity producer. It builds and runs power plants, mainly coal-fired stations, and also has some hydro, wind, and solar assets. Its core job is to turn fuel and other energy inputs into electricity and sell that power into China’s grid.

The company makes money mostly by selling electricity under grid dispatch and long-term power arrangements, and in some cases by selling heat to nearby industrial or district-heating customers. Its main customers are utility grid operators, power traders, and large users that need steady bulk electricity. Because power generation is a utility business, the company’s earnings depend on how much electricity its plants produce and the prices and terms set by the power market and regulators.

What sets Datang International apart is its role as an owner and operator of large-scale generation assets rather than a consumer brand or a technology vendor. It sits in the middle of the power supply chain: it owns the plants, buys fuel or develops renewable sites, and delivers electricity into the system that households and businesses rely on. That makes it a straightforward infrastructure and energy supplier with a business model centered on asset operation and power sales.