File No. _________________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                                    FORM U-57

                 NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS

                        Filed under section 33(a) of the

             Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended

                   ANHUI LIYUAN-AES POWER COMPANY LIMITED AND
                      HEFEI ZHONGLI ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED
                        (Name of foreign utility company)

                               THE AES CORPORATION
    (Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)


ITEM 1

     Foreign utility status is claimed by Anhui Liyuan-AES Power Company Limited
("Liyuan-AES")  and Hefei Zhongli  Energy  Company  Limited  ("Zhongli  Energy")
located  in  Anhui  Province,  the  People's  Republic  of China  ("PRC").  Both
Liyuan-AES  and  Zhongli  Energy are the owners and  operators  of an  oil-fired
combined  cycle power plant  consisting  of 2 x 38.2 MW gas turbines  generating
units ("gas turbine unit") and a 38.8 MW heat recovery steam turbine  generating
unit ("steam  turbine unit") and  associated  interconnection  facilities  under
construction in Hefei, Anhui Province, PRC. The gas turbine unit of the facility
is scheduled to be completed in the third  quarter of 1997 and the steam turbine
unit is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 1998.

     Both  Liyuan-AES  and Zhongli Energy are 16-year  sino-foreign  cooperative
joint venture  enterprises  formed among Anhui Liyuan Electric Power Development
Company Ltd.  ("Anhui  Liyuan"),  Hefei  Municipal  Construction  and Investment
Company ("Hefei  Construction")  and AES Anhui Power Company Ltd. ("AES Anhui").
AES Anhui is a wholly owned  subsidiary of AES China  Generating  Co. Ltd. ("AES
Chigen").  Each party's respective  ownership interest in Liyuan-AES and Zhongli
Energy is as follows:  (i) Anhui Liyuan, 20%, (ii) Hefei Construction,  10%, and
(iii) AES Chigen,  70%.  Effective on October 29, 1997, the AES Corporation owns
100% of AES Chigen's outstanding voting shares.

ITEM 2

         Not Applicable.

EXHIBIT A
                                                     
         Not Applicable.

     The undersigned  company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                     By : __________________________
                                          William R. Luraschi
                                          General Counsel
                                          The AES Corporation
                                          1001 N. 19th Street
                                          Arlington, Virginia 22209
                                          (703) 522-1315


Dated :     October 29, 1997