Private company

China Guodian Corporation

Chinese power corporation

China Guodian Corporation (Guodian; Chinese: 国电) is one of the five largest power producers in China, administrated by SASAC for the State Council. It is engaged in development, investment, construction, operation and management of power plants and power generation for electricity supply in Northern China, Northeast China, Central China, East China. Sichuan and Chongqing, Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Xinjiang, as well as in Myanmar.2 It employed about 124,000 people.1 It ceased to exist in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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China Guodian Corporation (Guodian; Chinese: 国电) is one of the five largest power producers in China, administrated by SASAC for the State Council. It is engaged in development, investment, construction, operation and management of power plants and power generation for electricity supply in Northern China, Northeast China, Central China, East China. Sichuan and Chongqing, Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Xinjiang, as well as in Myanmar. The installed capacity of company power plants is exceeding 100,000 MWe. On August 28, 2017, SASAC announced that China Guodian Corporation and Shenhua Group will be jointly restructured. Shenhua Group will become China Energy Investment Corporation and will absorb China Guodian Corporation.2

Corporate structure

China Guodian Corporation sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • China Guodian Corporation Beijing
    • Longyuan Power Subsidiary · Beijing
      • Longyuan SA Subsidiary · South Africa

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What China Guodian Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • electric power

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries

A summary of the corporate structure may be found on page 4 of the document.

Listed subsidiaries

Guodian Power Development Company Limited (SSE: 600795), which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, is the Group's major thermal power subsidiary.

China Longyuan Power (SEHK 00916) - runs the group's wind farms.

Guodian Changyuan Electric Power (SZSE: 000966)

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Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Energy (SZSE: 000780)

Ningxia Younglight Chemicals (SZSE: 000635)

Guodian Technology & Environment Group (SEHK: 01296)

Unlisted subsidiaries

Guodian United Power is responsible for the development and manufacture of wind turbines.

They mainly produce onshore wind turbines of size 1500 kW (designed by the German development company aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH).

In addition there a new turbines 2MW, 3MW, and a 6MW offshore turbine in development.

They are among the top wind turbine manufacturers by annual market share (November 8, 2012).

Old Mutual – Guodian is an insurance company.

Insurance business

China Guodian Corporation is setting up a property insurance company in Beijing to diversify the business into other areas, trying to aid its move towards becoming more comprehensive energy conglomerate. China Guodian will hold the majority stake in the proposed new insurance company, whose registered capital is expected to reach 1 billion yuan ($146 million).

In the first half of 2008, China Guodian invested in a life insurance company. Later in September, the group purchased a 19.6 percent stake in a city commercial bank in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei province, becoming the bank's largest shareholder.

Prior to China Guodian, the State Grid Corp and several other energy groups also expanded their businesses to the financial sector. They have established a number of insurance companies and hold stakes in securities and futures brokerages.

From Wikipedia’s article on China Guodian Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by CHN Energy1

Timeline

  1. 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2002Founded Founded1

Sources

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