China Hydroelectric Corporation to Attend Investor Conferences in November

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Hydroelectric Corporation (NYSE: CHC, CHCWS) ("China Hydroelectric" or "the Company"), an owner and operator of small hydroelectric power projects in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced it will attend the following conferences in November:

Conference participation is by invitation only and registration is mandatory. For more information on the conferences, contact your Stifel Nicolaus, Jefferies, or Brean Murray representatives.

About Stifel Financial Corp.

Stifel Financial Corp. is a full-service regional brokerage and investment banking firm, established in 1890 and based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services through its wholly owned subsidiaries, primarily Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.  For more information on Stifel Financial Corp. and the Alternative Energy Conference 2010, please visit www.stifel.com.

About Jefferies

Jefferies, a major global securities and investment banking group, has served companies and their investors for nearly 50 years and operates in more than 25 cities around the world. We provide world-class investment banking, sales & trading, research and asset management to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net worth individuals. We are industry experts, specializing in aerospace & defense, business services, consumer energy, financial services, gaming & leisure, healthcare, industrials, maritime, media, real estate & lodging, technology and telecommunications, with a dedicated private equity coverage group.  For more information on Jefferies and the 10^th Global Clean Technology Conference, please visit www.jefferies.com.

About Brean Murray Carret & Co.

Brean Murray, Carret & Co. (BMC) is a research-driven investment bank and asset management firm, dedicated to Small and Midcap growth companies and their investors. BMC focuses on delivering high quality investment ideas and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients in the following 5 verticals: Consumer Products and Retailing, Healthcare, Natural Resources, Technology and private/publicly traded Chinese Companies. Services include equity research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading, and asset management. Headquartered in New York City, the company also maintains offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Beijing, China. For more information on Brean Murray and the 2010 China Growth Conference please visit http://www.breanmurraycarret.com.

About China Hydroelectric

China Hydroelectric Corporation ("CHC" or the "Company") is an owner, consolidator, developer and operator of small hydroelectric power projects in the People's Republic of China. Led by an international management team, the Company's primary business is to identify and evaluate acquisition and development opportunities and acquire, and in some cases construct, small hydroelectric power projects in China. China produces approximately 22% of its total energy from hydroelectric energy. The Company currently owns sixteen operating hydropower projects (consisting of 21 operating stations) in China with total installed capacity of 493.4 MW. These projects are located in four provinces: Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan and Sichuan.

For further information about China Hydroelectric Corporation, please visit the Company's website at http://www.chinahydroelectric.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

Statements contained herein that address operating results, performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to the Company's business strategies and plan of operations, the Company's ability to acquire hydroelectric assets, the Company's capital expenditure and funding plans, the Company's operations and business prospects, projects under development, construction or planning and the regulatory environment. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Among the factors that could cause actual results to materially differ include: supply and demand changes in the electric markets, changes in electricity tariffs, hydrological conditions, the Company's relationship with and other conditions affecting the power grids we service, the Company's production and transmission capabilities, availability of sufficient and reliable transmission resources, our plans and objectives for future operations and expansion or consolidation, interest rate and exchange rate changes, the effectiveness of the Company's cost-control measures, the Company's liquidity and financial condition, environmental laws and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in China, and other factors affecting the Company's operations that are set forth in the Company's Prospectus dated January 25, 2010 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and in the Company's future filings with the SEC. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE China Hydroelectric Corporation

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