China Light and Power Company
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A CLP Power Shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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| Traditional Chinese | 中電集團.... | ||||||
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| China Light and Power Co., Ltd. | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中華電力有限公司 | ||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | zong1 din6 zaap6 tyun4 |
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| Jyutping | zong1 waa4 din6 lik6 jau5 haan6 gong1 si1 |
The CLP Group (Chinese: 中電集團) and its holding company, CLP Holdings Ltd (: 0002) (Chinese: 中電控股有限公司), is a Hong Kong electric company that has businesses in a number of Asian markets and Australia. It is one of the two main electric power generation companies in Hong Kong. The other is Hongkong Electric Company.
Incorporated in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate, its core business remains the generation, transmission, and retailing of electricity.
The company was founded in Hong Kong in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate with capital provided by Shewan Tomes and Company and the Kadoorie family. In 1903, the company's first power station, with a generating capacity of 75 kW, was commissioned in Hung Hom at the junction of present-day Chatham Road and Princess Margaret Road. By 1919, the company was supplying electricity for street lights in Kowloon.
The Kadoorie family joined the CLP board of directors in 1930 and retains control of the company as of 2013.
In 1983, the company established a joint venture with Guangdong Nuclear Power for the construction and operation of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
On 6 January 1998, CLP Holdings Limited replaced China Light & Power Company, Limited as the new holding company listed on the .
As of 2013, CLP Group is a component of The Global Dow—a 150-stock index of the world's leading blue-chips. The company has been a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), and/or the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific 40 Index (DJSI Asia Pacific 40). Since 2010, CLP has also been listed on the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index and Hang Seng (Mainland and HK) Corporate Sustainability Index.
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