We view Hero Asia as a "highly strategically important" subsidiary of China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd. We are assigning our 'BBB' long-term corporate credit rating and 'cnA' long-term Greater China regional scale rating to Hero Asia, which is Longyuan's sole offshore investment and financing platform. We are also assigning our 'BBB-' issue rating and our 'cnA-' Greater China regional scale rating to Hero Asia's proposed senior unsecured notes. The stable rating outlook on Hero Asia reflects the outlook on the parent company, Longyuan. HONG KONG (Standard&Poor's) June 6, 2013--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'BBB' long-term corporate credit rating to Hero Asia Investment Ltd. The outlook is stable. At the same time, we assigned our
