HONG KONG (Standard&Poor's) April 16, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'AA-' long-term issue rating and 'cnAAA' long-term Greater China regional scale rating to a proposed issue of U.S.-dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes that State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC: AA-/Stable/--; cnAAA/--) will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee. State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., a newly established special purpose entity, will issue the notes. The ratings on the notes are subject to our review of the final issuance documentation. We expect SGCC to use the issuance proceeds for its overseas businesses. The rating on SGCC reflects the company's 'a+' stand-alone credit profile and our opinion that there is an "extremely high" likelihood that the government of China will