Exhibit 23.1
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

                  We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration
Statement No. 33-97030 of AES China Generating Co. Ltd. Incentive Stock Option
Plan on Form S-8 dated September 18, 1995 of our report dated January 31, 1997
appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of AES China Generating Co. Ltd.
for the year ended November 30, 1996.


Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Hong Kong
February 28, 1997