Zou Lei took over as the new National Energy Group, and Lu Jun took over as Party Secretary and Chairman of Datang Group

Source: Visual China

Blue Whale News, February 14 (Reporter Zhai Zhichao)Today, Blue Whale News reporter learned exclusively through internal employees of Datang Group that Zou Lei, former chairman and party secretary of Datang Group, has been transferred to chairman and party secretary of the National Energy Group.

According to the internal employee,“Although Datang Group has not released internal documents, Zou Lei announced the news at the headquarters this morning. In addition, a farewell party was held within Datang Group this afternoon, and it should have begun to take office by now. rdquo;

According to data, Zou Lei was born in 1966 and started working in 1988. He has worked in a large power generation equipment group for more than 30 years. He started working in Harbin Electric Group. In February 2015, he served as chairman and party secretary of Harbin Electric Group. In the following year, he was transferred to Dongfang Electric Group Chairman and Party Secretary. On December 7, 2020, Zou Lei was transferred to the post of Chairman and Party Secretary of Datang Group.

During his tenure at Datang Group, Zou Lei proposed a secondary entrepreneurship strategy to vigorously promote the group’s transformation into green and low-carbon. When Zou Lei first took charge of Datang Group, the total installed capacity of power generation at that time was approximately 159 million kilowatts. Today, the total installed capacity has strongly exceeded the 200 million kilowatts mark, and the new installed capacity has exceeded 40 million kilowatts, successfully entering the 200 million kilowatts club. At the same time, Datang Group is making great strides on the road of optimizing and upgrading the energy structure. The proportion of clean energy installed capacity has steadily climbed from the initial approximately 38% to nearly 50%, a full increase of approximately 12 percentage points.

According to operating data, Datang Group’s fixed asset investment in 2024 will increase by 39.56% year-on-year; in 2024, Datang Group will achieve a total profit of 20.367 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.99%, and the net profit attributable to the parent company will be 5.066 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 114.98%.

At the same time, Datang Group is also actively expanding international cooperation. In 2023, Datang Group’s business covers 10 countries and regions, with overseas installed capacity reaching 2.714 million kilowatts, and in-service installed capacity increasing by 50%. At the beginning of 2025, Datang Cambodia Company won the first new substation scientific and technological innovation achievement award.

As of now, Datang Group has five listed companies, namely Datang Power, Guiguan Power, Huayin Power, Datang New Energy and Datang Environment.

People familiar with the matter told Blue Whale News thatZou Lei’s evaluation of himself is that I have no level in the first place. I am just an ordinary person with an ordinary mentality and just a good job in grass.

Regarding the reasons for Zou Lei’s transfer, a reporter from Blue Whale News called the Propaganda Department of Datang Group, and the staff said that“We will publicly release specific information in the future”。The above-mentioned person familiar with the matter revealed to Blue Whale News that“The CEOs of central enterprises generally change every four years. rdquo;Zou Lei left this time and worked in Datang Group for exactly four years.

Among the five major power groups, the National Energy Group ranks first in terms of installed power generation capacity. It is understood that the National Energy Group was formed by the merger of Guodian Group and Shenhua Group. It has a profound heritage. The thermal power assets are huge and account for a large proportion of the group’s energy structure. In recent years, with the acceleration of energy transformation, the National Energy Group has made significant efforts in the field of renewable energy, and its installed capacity has grown rapidly. As of the end of 2024, the total installed capacity of renewable energy has successfully exceeded 140 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 40% of the total installed capacity.

An energy industry expert said in an interview with Blue Whale News that“The business of the National Energy Group covers many fields such as coal, electricity, and natural gas. Zou Lei’s arrival is expected to accelerate the development of the Group in renewable energy and clean energy technologies, and promote the diversification and modernization of the energy structure. rdquo;

In addition, according to the above-mentioned internal employees,“Next, Lu Jun will take over as Party Secretary and Chairman of Datang Group.Data show that Lu Jun, male, Han nationality, China nationality, born in 1967 in Xinji, Hebei Province, graduated from China Agricultural University with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering. He is currently an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee and was previously the former Party Secretary and Chairman of COFCO Corporation.