BEIJING (XFN) – Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd (SZ A 000539; SZ B 200539) said net profit rose 12.17% year-on-year to 1.18 billion yuan for 2002 from 1.052 billion a year earlier, under international accounting standards, due to steady growth in power generation and acquisitions of a number of power plants. (US$1=8.28 yuan). According…