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Li Xiaolin, Board Chairwoman and CEO of Hong Kong-based China Power International Development Ltd., features on a Fortune magazine's list of the 25 most influential business leaders in Asia released in April.

China Power International Development Ltd. is the flagship company of China Power Investment Corp. (CPI Group), one of five leading national power-generating groups in the country.

In 2010, the operating income of China Power International Development Ltd. reached $2.2 billion, a 32-percent increase year on year while profit has reached $131 million, a 57-percent increase year on year. Li managed to push forward China's clean energy undertaking while at the same time sustaining profit, said Fortune magazine on the reasons for Li's being listed.

Li, 50, graduated from Tsinghua University with a master's degree in power systems and automation. After that, she became a visiting scholar at the Sloan Business School of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After serving in various positions in government departments, including head of the International Economic and Trade Division of the Ministry of Electric Power Industry and deputy head of the International Economic and Trade Division of the Ministry of Energy, Li has worked for CPI Group since its foundation in 2002. She has become board chairwoman of China Power International Development Ltd. since January 2008.