Datang
Corporate brand
UnclaimedA centrally administered Chinese state-owned enterprise focused on power generation and related energy businesses.
Last updated October 9, 2026
Overview
China Datang Corporation is a major Chinese state-owned power-generation group and one of the country’s five large-scale electricity generation enterprises. The group was established in 2002 on the basis of assets and operations transferred from the former State Power Corporation of China, following the restructuring of China’s electricity industry. It operates as a centrally administered enterprise under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC). The corporation’s principal business is electricity generation. Its portfolio includes thermal power and renewable-energy activities, with operating companies and subsidiaries responsible for developing, owning, and managing generating assets. The group’s role is primarily industrial and infrastructure-oriented: it supplies electricity to the Chinese power system, invests in generation capacity, and manages a diversified portfolio of energy assets rather than presenting itself as a consumer-facing electricity brand. A core subsidiary is Datang International Power Generation Company, which accounts for approximately one third of China Datang Corporation’s thermal installed capacity according to the referenced Wikipedia material. The subsidiary is an important vehicle for the group’s thermal-generation activities and has its own public-company identity. Another significant group company is Datang Renewable Power Company, which was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2010. Its listing reflects the group’s participation in capital markets through selected subsidiaries while the parent remains a state-owned enterprise. China Datang Corporation is therefore best understood as a corporate energy group and state-authorized investment platform. Its activities are connected to China’s national electricity infrastructure, including the development and operation of generation facilities and the expansion of renewable-power capacity. The group is distinct from China’s transmission and distribution networks, which are associated with other large state-owned infrastructure enterprises such as State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid. Publicly available reference material supplied for this entry provides limited detail on the corporation’s individual plants, generation technologies, financial results, leadership roster, campaigns, controversies, and current operating footprint. Those areas are consequently not expanded with unsupported claims. The available evidence does establish the corporation’s 2002 formation, central-government ownership and supervision, electricity-generation focus, principal subsidiary relationships, and participation in renewable-energy investment.
History
China Datang Corporation was created in 2002 as part of the reform of China's electricity sector. The restructuring divided the former vertically integrated State Power Corporation framework into separate generation companies and grid enterprises. Datang became one of the major centrally administered power-generation groups created through that process, alongside other large national generators. The group developed a diversified generation portfolio rather than limiting itself to one technology. Its business has included coal-fired and other thermal generation, hydropower, wind power, solar power, and associated energy infrastructure. Like other large Chinese generation groups, it has operated through subsidiaries and project companies, some of which have had their own corporate identities or stock-market listings. This creates an important distinction between the Datang parent brand, listed affiliates carrying Datang in their names, and individual power stations. Datang has also been connected with nuclear-power development and investment, but the available reference material does not support describing the entire corporation as a dedicated nuclear-power brand. Nuclear activity should therefore be recorded as one part of the group's wider energy portfolio unless a more specific Datang nuclear subsidiary or project is identified. The corporation is generally described as a central state-owned enterprise under the supervision of China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Its strategic role is tied to national electricity supply, energy security, infrastructure development, and the gradual expansion of lower-carbon generation. The supplied information does not provide sufficient evidence for a complete account of individual nuclear projects, leadership changes, campaigns, controversies, or recent operating results. Those areas remain open for verification against official corporate disclosures and authoritative Chinese-language sources.
- 2002
China Datang Corporation established
[1]The Datang group was formed during the restructuring of China's electricity industry and the separation of generation assets from the former State Power Corporation system.
Products and positioning
A centrally administered Chinese energy group focused on power generation and related infrastructure, with a diversified portfolio spanning conventional and renewable sources.
Utility service
Electricity generation
The core activity associated with China Datang Corporation is the development, ownership, and operation of power-generation assets supplying electricity to China's power system. The portfolio is diversified across multiple generation technologies and is delivered primarily through subsidiaries and project companies rather than as a consumer packaged product.
Renewable energy
Renewable power
Datang-related operations have included hydropower, wind power, and solar power. These activities place the group within China's broader transition toward a more diversified generation mix, although the supplied material does not quantify the capacity or geographic distribution of individual renewable businesses.
Nuclear energy
Nuclear-power projects and investments
Nuclear power is associated with the supplied industry classification and with the wider activities attributed to Datang-related energy entities. The available material is insufficient to identify a specific flagship reactor, operating station, or dedicated nuclear subsidiary with confidence, so this item is recorded as a business area rather than a confirmed standalone product brand.
Controversies
2026
Former senior executive Kou Wei sentenced to death with reprieve at first instance for bribery, embezzlement, and other crimes
On April 1, 2026, the Hinggan League Intermediate People's Court, in the first instance, combined punishments for Kou Wei's crimes of accepting bribes, accepting bribes through influence, embezzlement, and abuse of power by personnel of a state-owned company, and decided to execute a death sentence with reprieve. The relevant acts spanned his tenures at Huaneng, State Grid, and Datang; the embezzlement and other facts involved Lancang River Hydropower, and the crimes and all amounts cannot be attributed to each group.
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