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Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang’an Demonstration

Area Infrastructure Development Project

Social Impact Assessment Report

(Revised Draft)

People’s Government of Qianfeng District/Linshui County

July 2014

RP1688 V2

Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation (Guang'an) Demonstration Area Infrastructure Construction Project Funded by World Bank Loan – Social Impact Assessment Report

CONTENTS

CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................. 1

1 BASIC INFORMATION OF THE PROJECT......................................................................................5

1.1 BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................................5

1.2 OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................5

1.3 ASSESSMENT SCOPE OF PROJECT IMPACT..........................................................................................8

1.3.1 Directly affected areas of the Project.......................................................................................81.3.2 Assessment scope of the report...............................................................................................8

2 INDICATORS AND SURVEY FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.............................................9

2.1 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODS..............................................................................................9

2.2 INDICATORS FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT...................................................................................9

2.3 SURVEY AND IDENTIFICATION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.....................................................11

2.3.1 Scope of survey........................................................................................................................112.3.2 Recognition and appeal of interest groups............................................................................15

2.4 REGIONAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT................................23

2.4.1 Social and economic development status in the city of the Project...................................232.4.2 Social and economic development status in the districts and counties of the project.....24

3 ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND MUTUAL ADAPTABILITY OF THE PROJECT30

3.1 SUSTAINABILITY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT..........................................................30

3.1.1 Economic sustainability............................................................................................................303.1.2 Social sustainability..................................................................................................................303.1.3 Impact of the affected groups on the sustainability of the project......................................31

3.2 ANALYSIS OF MUTUAL ADAPTABILITY..................................................................................................32

3.2.1 Analysis of mutual adaptability by stakeholder.....................................................................323.2.2 Analysis of Mutual adaptability with local social organizations and groups......................343.2.3 Analysis of organizations and groups with local technical and cultural conditions...........34

4. SOCIAL IMPACT AND MEASURES ANALYSIS.............................................................................35

4.1 SUMMARY OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS..................................................................35

4.1.1 Positive impacts........................................................................................................................354.1.2 Negative impacts......................................................................................................................37

4.2 IMPACT ON RESETTLED PERSONS OF THE PROJECT.........................................................................38

4.3 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.................................................................................................38

4.3.1 Promote local economic development and enhance residents incomes...........................394.3.2 Attract enterprises settling upon completion of the Project, and provide job opportunities.

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4.4 IMPROVEMENT ON LIVING FACILITIES AND SERVICE..........................................................................43


4.4.1 Social conditions on living service in project area................................................................434.4.2 Changes and impacts of the Project......................................................................................44

4.5 LIVELIHOOD RECOVERY AND TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES....................................45

4.5.1 Applicable livelihood recovery plan of the Project................................................................454.5.2 Training on agricultural technologies......................................................................................454.5.3 Social impacts of training on agricultural technologies........................................................49

4.6 ROAD ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES..........................................................................50

4.6.1 Traffic conditions.......................................................................................................................504.6.2 Current conditions on road traveling of residents.................................................................514.6.3 Public investigation opinions on roads and facilities............................................................534.6.4 Improvement of road construction on traveling in project area...........................................53

4.7 PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES OF THE RESIDENTS....................................................................................54

4.7.1 Residents altitude to the Project.............................................................................................544.7.2 Social adaptability to identity transformation.........................................................................54

4.8 40 PERCENT BOTTOM INCOME GROUP..............................................................................................54

4.8.1 Review on development effects of Industrial Park at earlier stages...................................554.8.2 Analysis on impacts of the vulnerable groups in “40 percent Bottom Income Group”.....59

4.9 WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT AND BENEFIT STATUS...............................................................................62

4.9.1 Women’s development status in the project area.................................................................624.9.2 The Project provides opportunities for women’s development...........................................65

5 SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION............................................................67

5.1 OPTIMUM PROPOSAL OF PROJECT DESIGN.......................................................................................67

5.2 COMPENSATION FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION..............................................................67

5.2.1 Compensation for land acquisition and relocation will be in strict accordance with legal procedure...................................................................................................................................................675.2.2 Site selection for resettlement will take opinions of the public into consideration............675.2.3 Providing multiple options........................................................................................................675.2.4 Shortening transitional period to the greatest extent............................................................68

5.3 MITIGATION MEASURES AGAINST SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT..............................................68

5.3.1 Safety management at construction stage of the Project....................................................685.3.2 Dust and noise control management at construction stage of the Project........................695.3.3 Construction personnel management....................................................................................705.3.4 Enhancement road safety management during the project operation...............................705.3.5 Public participation plan...........................................................................................................71

5.4 IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN............................................................................75

5.4.1 Responsibilities of PMO...........................................................................................................75

5.4.2 Responsibilities of Functional Departments of Government...............................................765.4.3 Responsibilities of primary-level organization and village/group cadres...........................785.4.4 The Contractor..........................................................................................................................785.4.5 Technical consultation agencies.............................................................................................79


6 COMPLAINT AND GRIEVANCE MECHANISM..............................................................................80

6.1 METHOD OF COLLECTING DISCONTENTS AND COMPLAINTS.............................................................80

6.2 COMPLAINT AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES......................................................................................81

6.3 PRINCIPLES FOR HANDLING COMPLAINTS..........................................................................................81

6.4 CONTENT AND METHOD OF REPLY TO COMPLAINTS.........................................................................81

6.4.1 Reply content.............................................................................................................................816.4.2 Reply method............................................................................................................................82

6.5 RECORDING, TRACKING AND FEEDBACK OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES...................................82

7 MONITORING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN...............................83

7.1 INTERNAL MONITORING.......................................................................................................................83

7.1.1 Purpose of internal monitoring................................................................................................837.1.2 Method of internal monitoring..................................................................................................837.1.3 Content of internal monitoring.................................................................................................837.1.4 Internal monitoring cycle and report.......................................................................................84

7.2 EXTERNAL MONITORING......................................................................................................................84

7.2.1 Subject of external monitoring.................................................................................................847.2.2 Purpose of external monitoring...............................................................................................847.2.3 Method and content of external monitoring...........................................................................847.2.4 External monitoring cycle and report......................................................................................84

8 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.............................85

8.1 CONCLUSIONS.....................................................................................................................................85

8.2 SUGGESTIONS.....................................................................................................................................85

8.2.1 Preliminary public participation and propaganda..................................................................858.2.2 Reduction of impact during the project construction............................................................858.2.3 Reduction of impact of land acquisition and demolition.......................................................868.2.4 Improvement of management capacity of agencies during the project operation period868.2.5 Enhancement of practicality of rural migrant worker training and mutual adaptability of enterprise....................................................................................................................................................87

ANNEXES.................................................................................................................................................. 88

ANNEX 1 QUESTIONNAIRE ON PUBLIC OPINION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT......88

ANNEX 2 QUESTIONNAIRE IN VILLAGES/GROUPS FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT...92

ANNEX 3 SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT...........98

ANNEX 4 MAIN STATISTICAL RESULTS OF PUBLIC OPINION QUESTIONNAIRES..............101

ANNEX 5 ASSESSMENT REPORT ON EQUIPMENT PURCHASE LIST OF LINSHUI PUBLIC TRAINING CENTER................................................................................................................................ 108

ANNEX 6 ATTENDANCE TABLE FOR CERTAIN MEETINGS OF FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTS AND VILLAGE/GROUP CADRES.............................................................................109


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1 Basic Information of the Project

1.1 Background

Guang’an Prefecture is located in the south-east of Sichuan Province on the border with Chongqing Municipality. Qianfeng District of Guang’an Prefecture, bordered by Huaying Mountains to the east and Huaying City to the south and bounded by Qujiang River to the west, is the youngest district-level administrative unit in Sichuan Province (by separating from Guangan District in 2013). Qianfeng District has one neighborhood committee, seven towns and five villages. In 2012, Qianfeng District had a registered total population of 364,000, permanent population of 250,000 and an urban population of 64,000 with an urbanization rate of 25.6 percent. Linshui County, located in the east of the Sichuan Basin and at the eastern foot of the Huaying Mountains is Sichuan’s closest county to Chongqing’s downtown area and Langjiang New Area. Linshui County includes 18 towns and 27 villages with a total population of 970,000, covers an area of 1,919.22km2, with a built up urban area of 14.28km2 and permanent urban population of 150,000.

China’s “11th Five Year Plan” states that Sichuan and Chongqing are to become new national growth poles, with Chongqing and Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan) being identified as a pilot area for urban-rural development. Based on this policy and the areas urbanization potential, a new development corridor is being established along the Chongqing- Guang’an- Dazhou Development Zone, which is a key area within the recently established Sichuan-Chongqing Economic Zone. Guang’an prefecture forms an important part of this development corridor and is a key part of this Chongqing- Guang’an- Dazhou Development Zone as it is within close proximity to Chongqing. It is expected that with further reforms and economic development in Chongqing there will be positive spillover effects and opportunities for Guang’an Prefecture. However, Guang’an currently is lagging behind in its urban infrastructure construction, which has begun to seriously hinder economic and social development. According to notices issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Finance (MOF), a World Bank loan is proposed to support the development of infrastructure services in Qianfeng District and Linshui County. The proposed project is titled the Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang'an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project.

The proposed Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation: Guang'an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project will have a total investment of approximately CNY 1.5 billion, with CNY 642 million for Qianfeng District project and CNY 842 million for Linshui subproject.

1.2 Overview

The proposed Project has two subproject locations: Qianfeng District Town and Linshui County Town. In Qianfeng District there three construction works are proposed, namely roads, wastewater interceptors with (retroactive financing) and Luxi River landscape renovation works. The road construction includes three new roads (Industry Avenue,

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North Binhe Road and South Binhe Road) and ancillary works, with a total road length of 11.54km and width of 18-30m. For the wastewater interceptor construction, two new wastewater interceptors, with a length of 13,440m and diameter of d400~d1,200 are planned along the South and North Binhe Road including a planned cross road. Luxi River landscape renovation works refers to landscaping on both banks of the upstream area of Luxi River in Qianfeng District.

Linshui County subproject includes four activities, namely, roads construction, wastewater interceptors, incoming pipe and outflow pipe works for the wastewater treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant works as well as support (technical assistance and goods) to the Linshui County Public Training Center. This subproject includes the construction of 5 new roads, namely, Roads 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with total length of 11.64km and width of 16-40m; two wastewater interceptors along both sides of the Shiba River with a length of 13,066m and diameter of DN400-DN1,200; incoming pipe and outflow water discharge works for the waste water treatment plant with a the length and diameter of 1,800m and D800, and 2,650m and DN600 respectively; construction of new No. 3 Waste Water Treatment Plant in Linshui County with a short-term capacity of 4,500m³/d and the potential to be expanded to 10,000m³/d in the near future; support to Linshui Vocation School to develop their Public Training Center through surveys of enterprise demand, training of managers and teachers, improving and implementing training courses, developing materials and purchasing technical training equipment. All project details are shown in Table 1-1:

Table 1-1 Project Overview

Project Name Components Sub-components

Construction Contents

Impact on the Resettled Persons

Sichuan

Chongqing

Cooperation

Guangan

Demonstration

Area Infrastructure

Development

Project

1. Qianfeng

District Town

Road works

Build 3 new roads

including Binhe Road

North and South and

Industrial Avenue,

with total length of

11.54km and width of

18-30m.

319 mu of permanently acquired collectively-owned land plus 169,179m2 of residential houses for demolition in rural areas and 421 affected households

Main

intercepting

sewer works

(retroactive

financing)

Build 2 wastewater

interceptors along

the Binhe Road

North and South and

Guihua 1st Cross

Road, with length of

9,680m and diameter

of d800-d1,200.

No land acquisition or demolition involved

Luxi River

landscape

Landscaping on both

sides of the upstream


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improvement

work

section of Luxi River,

with a length of

1,230m and width of

about 20-60m.

2.Linshui County

Town and

Industrial Park

Road works

Build 5 new roads,

namely, Roads 1, 2,

3, 4 and 5, with total

length of 11.64km

and width of 16-40m.

861mu of permanently acquired collectively-owned land plus 161,369m2 of residential houses for demolition in rural areas and 704 affected households

Main

intercepting

sewer works

Build two wastewater

interceptors along

both sides of the

Shiba River, with a

length of 13,066m

and diameter of

DN400-DN1,200;


Incoming pipe

and outflow pipe

works for

wastewater

treatment plant

The length and

diameter of the

incoming pipe of

No.3 Waste Water

Treatment Plant is

1,800m and D800,

and the outflow

discharge pipe is

2,650m and DN600


Wastewater

treatment plant

works

The short-term

capacity of the new

No.3 Wastewater

Treatment Plant in

Linshui County is

4,500m³/d with the

potential to be

expanded to

10,000m³/d when

capacity is reached

20mu of permanently acquired collectively-owned land in Xinhe Village, Chengnan Town, Linshui County

Linshui Public

Training Center

Support to Linshui

Vocational Middle

School for

developing their

Public Training

Center in terms of


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surveys of industry

needs, training of

managers and

teachers,

improvement and

implementation of

training courses and

materials and

purchase of training

equipment

1.3 Assessment Scope of Project Impact

1.3.1 Directly affected areas of the Project

The directly affected areas of the Project refer to the following 18 villages: Longzhen Village and Jijian Village in Qianfeng Town of Qianfeng District, Chunlei Village, Jingwan Village, Xinqiao Village, Yongxing Village, Suzhai Village and Eli Village of Xinqiao Township, Poshi Village, Wenxing Village, Dafosi Village, Wucha Village, Zhengjia Village, Paifang Village and Xinhe Village in Chengnan Town, Yun’an Village of Xitian Township and Mahe Village of Moujia Town of Linshui County.

1.3.2 Assessment scope of the report

The assessment scope of the report is not only the land acquisition and demolition area of the directly affected area, but also the area covering the whole Linshui Industrial Park (including already developed areas and areas to be developed) and the project area of Qianfeng District.

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2 Indicators and Survey for Social Impact Assessment

The Project social impact assessment refers to the comprehensive assessment of the projects social impacts, focusing on the interests of individuals and groups, methods for mitigating possible negative impacts and for reducing social issues. The goal is to take social impacts into account during planning and implementation to help realize social interest objectives.

This social impact assessment focuses on analyzing the Project from the basis of local social and cultural characteristics, implementation methods for local area development and emphasizing key groups and public participation.

2.1 Social Impact Assessment Methods

In general, the most commonly used comprehensive methods in social impact assessment include the “Basic Problem Method”, “No-Action Alternative Method” and “Logical Framework Approach”.

Basic Problem Method aims to combine the social assessment, plan and development to seek a balance between research and action. The main feature of this approach is “Problem Orientation” and involves focusing the research around the main social problems.

No-Action Alternative Method aims to compare the actual situation after the implementation of the policy or project with the situation if there were no external intervention. This approach helps to determine the actual benefits, impacts and role of the Project. This is a common method used in the early stages of social impact assessment.

Logical Framework Approach is mainly used for monitoring and evaluating a project, and is commonly used by international organization for assistance projects. The logical framework approach has a vertical and horizontal logic structure.

The aim of this report is to conduct a social impact assessment following a combination of the above methods. Social assessment is an important tool for clarifying the relationship between the means and the goals, analyzing uncertainties in the Project and in the economy, society, politics and environment of the project area and comparing the Project before and after implementation. This helps develop a comprehensive assessment of the Project’s social impact and helps better ensure social objectives are met.

2.2 Indicators for Social Impact Assessment

Eight areas of social impact were assessed including: resettlement, economic conditions, living facilities and social services, methods of livelihood recovery and training on agricultural technologies, road accessibility and supporting facilities, psychological state of the residents, bottom 40 percent income group and women’s development and benefit status, as shown in Summery of Social Assessment Indicator System:

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Table 2-1 Summery of Social Assessment Indicator System

Basic Categories

Social Objectives Assessment Indicators

Resettlement

Guarantee that the living

standard of resettled persons

is not lower than that before

displacement

Affected population; compensation and resettlement

standards for land acquisition and relocation;

demolition and resettlement; employment; payment of

compensation etc.

Economic

Status

Promote economic

development of the project

area

Change of natural resources (mainly impacts due to

the change of land resources); employment effects;

main economic sources (income level); job

opportunities offered by the Project

Methods of

Livelihood

Recovery and

Trainings on

Agricultural

Technologies

Ensure farmers in the industrial

part obtain stable and effective

source of income after losing

farmland; sustainability of

Linshui Public Training Center

Composition of the economic income of famers in the

project area, livelihood recovery policy of the

government (social security placement and career

guidance and training); analysis of operation pattern

and capital source of Public Training Center etc.

Living Facilities

and Services

Ensure the basic living

conditions of residents in the

area; basic conditions for the

local economic and social

development; environmental

carrying capacity

Analysis of resulting effects after construction of the

road; drinking water and sewage status of local

residents in subprojects of Linshui, the economic

benefits thereof and fees and payment willingness

after construction of Linshui wastewater treatment

plant; the benefit and social effect of the Luxi River

landscape renovation works in subprojects of

Qianfeng District

Road

Accessibility

and

Convenience

Ensure roads are suitable for

the disabled, elderly and

children

Provision of convenient public transport for residents

surrounding the roads, comparison of travel times,

ways and expenses after and before road

construction; road connection between the proposed

roads and main populated areas

Psychological

States of the

Residents

Ensure residents can accept

the Project and adapt to it with

the identity transformation and

other effects

Supportive attitudes of residents to the Project;

satisfaction of the social development objectives;

psychological states during project construction;

adaptability due to identity transformation

bottom 40

percent income

group

Concerning the bottom income

groups, all policy guarantees

and interest appeals of

disabled and poor households

in the Project

Vulnerable groups are included in the 40 percent

bottom income group; whether the implementation of

the Project will produce active social effects on the

bottom income groups in the industrial park.

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Women’s

Development

and Benefit

Status

Ensure that women can

actively take part in project

activities and obtain certain

economic benefits.

The status and role of women in local political and

economic activities; employment; economic benefits

obtained by the project

A discussion on the Bottom 40 percent Income Group is provided below. The assessment indicator aims at understanding the demands and aspirations of the Bottom 40 percent Income Group (including vulnerable groups) with the project objectives. Special attention shall be paid to any resulting effect of the Project on Bottom 40 percent of the Income Group.

Vulnerable groups include disabled people, households receiving the minimum living guarantee, households receiving ‘the five guarantees’. According to the requirements of WB, special attention shall be paid to the Bottom 40 percent Income Group in the project area. Based on above definitions, vulnerable groups are included in the Bottom 40 percent Income Group.

Therefore, the paper will give special attention to vulnerable groups. For example, necessity for construction of sidewalks and blind sidewalks for meeting disabled persons needs shall be analyzed according the contents for disabled-friendly road construction (including distribution of the blind or the lame in the project area and their travel modes). In addition, special attention shall be paid to supportive policies for vulnerable groups (including disabled, households receiving the minimum living guarantee and five guarantees) provided by the government as well as the implementation effect of these.

2.3 Survey and Identification for Social Impact Assessment

2.3.1 Scope of survey

The social impact assessment for the Project is surveyed from the following aspects:

I. Functional Departments of Government

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Currently, there is no agreement on the definition of the “bottom 40% income groups” in China. WB experts believe that most rural residents belong to this group. In addition, some low income groups of urban residents can fall into this category. The Project area is located in a rural area, so most of the affected residents in the assessment scope of the report would be considered in the bottom 40 percent income group.


The Project Team visited each functional department in Qianfeng District and Linshui County. Because Qianfeng District was established only recently, the work of part of the functional departments is not fully launched. Therefore, the work of the functional departments in Qianfeng District shall be stated in detail.

Figure 2-1 Seminar between the Project Team and Functional Departments in Qianfeng District and Linshui County

Qianfeng District was established recently, so the work of some of the functional departments and social organizations is still at the early stage. There is a need to explain the work of HR and Social Security Bureau (HRSSB) and Statistical Bureau (SB) in Qianfeng District.

Firstly, the Project Team found out from HRSSB that the compensation and resettlement standards for land acquisition in Qianfeng District are still subject to that of the standards of Guang’an City and Guang’an District. Compensation and resettlement measures for land acquisition shall refer to Notice of the People’s Government of Guang’an on the Issuance of Land Acquisition Compensation and Resettlement Measures (GAFF [2013] No.13; the unemployment insurance for the affected and unemployed farmers shall refer to Notice of Human Resources and Social Security Bureaus of Guang’an City on Unifying the Measuring Standard of Unemployment Insurance Expense for Affected and Unemployed Farmers (GARS [2012] No.83) and Report of Human Resources and Social Security Bureaus of Guang’an District of Guang’an City on Measuring Standard of Unemployment Insurance Expense for Affected and Unemployed Farmers (GQRE [2012]No.87).

The Project Team has collected the Statistical Yearbook from the Statistics Bureau of Guang’an District in 2013 when surveying the economic statistic data in Qianfeng District. Before 2013, there were no Statistical Yearbooks published for Qianfeng District.

The Project Team has collected complete data from the Social Security (LSSB) and Civil Affairs Bureaus (LCAB) of Linshui County.

II. Interview with key informants

The interview with key informants mainly relates to the opinions and suggestions of village cadres in the directly affected towns about the implementation of the Project.

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Table 2-2 Meeting Minutes of Investigation of Government Agencies and Villages/Groups

Components Date Location Surveyed Unit Contents

Subprojects

in Linshui

December 23,

2013

Guang’an

Development

and Reform

Commission

(GDRC)

Linshui Development and

Reform Bureau (LDRB),

Land and Resources

Bureau (LLRB)) and

Administrative Committee

of Linshui Economic

Development Zone

(ACLEDZ)

Understand project

progress and basic

information and

assign investigation

tasks

December 24,

2013

The People’s

Government of

Linshui County

LLRB, All-China

Women's Federation

(ACWF), township

cadres, HRSSB, Linshui

Employment Service

Management Bureau

(LESMB) and county

government office

Provide project

training, explain WB

policies and assign

tasks

December 25,

2013ACLEDZ

The cadres of the

affected villages/groups

Understand the basic

economic status of

the village and fill in

the questionnaire in

villages/groups for the

social impact

assessment

December 25,

2013

The People’s

Government of

Chengnan Town

of Linshui

County

The cadres of the


Understand the basic

economic status of

the village and fill in

the questionnaire in

villages/groups for the

social impact

assessment

February 21,

2014ACLEDZ LESMB

Understand the

operation

arrangements and

capital sources of

Linshui Public

Training Center

April 14, 2014 ACLEDZ

LDRB, Linshui Public

Security Bureau (LPSB),

Linshui Statistical Bureau

There was a need to

reconvene the

coordination meeting

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(LSB), LESMB, Linshui

Urban Management

Bureau (LUMB), Linshui

Environmental Protection

Agency (LEPA), Linshui

Social Security Bureau

(LSSB) and Linshui

Water Conservancy

Bureau (LWCB)

due to a project

change. Collect

related information to

conduct

supplementary

investigation.

Subprojects

in Qianfeng

December 23,

2013

Guang’an

Development

and Reform

Commission

Development and Reform

Bureau, Land and

Resources Bureau,

Administrative Committee

of Qianfeng District

Understand project

progress and basic

information and

assign investigation

tasks

On the morning

of December 24,

2013

Qianfeng

District of

Guang’an City

ACWF, China Disabled

Persons Federation

(CDPF), Social Security

Bureau, Civil Affairs

Bureau and SB

Have interview with

functional

departments,

understand local

policies and collect

secondary data

December 24,

2013

Administrative

Committee of

Guang’an

Economic

Development

Zone

(ACGEDZ)

Representatives of


The Project Team has

preliminary

communication with

representatives to

understand the basic

economic status of

the affected

villages/groups.

February 19,

2014ACGEDZ

Representatives of


Determine the

affected

villages/groups and

assign field sampling

task for the next day

April 16, 2014

Xinqiao

Township,

Qianfeng Town,

Qianfeng

District,

Guang’an City

New representatives of

the affected

villages/groups after the

change of the project

There is a need to

reconvene the

coordination meeting

due to project

change. Collect

related information to

conduct

supplementary

investigation.

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III. Survey of Public Opinions of Affected Persons

One point to note is that the social impact assessment is carried out for the whole urban-industrial expansion area. Therefore, the Project Team not only surveys the directly affected groups, but also other groups in the industrial park. The independent questionnaire is used to survey public opinions of affected persons. During the field investigation, the information about the Project is shared and the public takes part in the activities. Effective questionnaires (150) were collected during the survey. See Annex 1 for questionnaire samples and Annex 2 for main statistical results.

A survey is carried of the Bottom 40 percent Income Groups. Taking Linshui Economic Development Zone as a pilot, the Project Team investigates the factories and previously developed resettlement communities of Linshui Economic Development Zone through 110 independent questionnaires with 96 valid questionnaires. See Annex 1 for questionnaire samples and Annex 2 for main statistical results.

Figure 2-2 Survey on Social Public Opinions

2.3.2 Recognition and appeal of interest groups

This part divides interest groups into seven categories. To avoid confusion among resettled persons, other affected persons, bottom 40 percent income group and vulnerable groups, see Venn diagram below:

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Figure 2-3 Venn Diagram for Interest Groups of the Project

The diagram shows that the biggest ellipse represents all the residents in the industrial park. B represents the resettled persons of the Project, i.e. the persons directly affected by land acquisition and demolition; D represents the bottom 40 percent income group including vulnerable groups C.

I. Governmental agencies

(I) Government agencies and functional departments can fully manage the Project through administrative, legal and economic means and coordinate and provide services during all stages of construction. Their support plays an important role in the project construction, especially district government agencies and township governments. Leading Groups and Project Management Office (PMO) are locally established in Linshui County and Qianfeng District. The leading group includes representatives from all key governmental agencies. The District/County Development and Reform Commissions (DRC) have set up a local PMO.

In general, the Project has a positive effect on government agencies and related functional departments. Scientific and democratic policies during planning and preparation can promote and guarantee the successful implementation of project planning and approval process. In addition, legal policies and effective implementation shall be guaranteed during implementation.

From the point of view of social stability, it has a strong effect on the functional departments in terms of project approval, land acquisition and demolition, environmental effect and direct contact with affected groups and moderate effect on the functional departments for coordinating and providing the services. (See Table 2-3 for details)

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(II) The expectation of governmental agencies in the Project lies around the fundamental interest of the government to successfully construct the Project as soon as possible, thereby improving local infrastructure construction, promoting local employment, improving the investment environment and promoting economic development. Project construction can improve the government’s capability and level of service. Meanwhile, local governmental agencies lack technical strength for sufficiently implementing the Project, so they need help from processional consulting agencies and implementing units.

Table 2-3 Analysis of State Organs and Functional Departments

Stakeholder Functions

Effects on Agencies

Positive (+) Negative (-)

Interest Appeal

Municipal

Development and

Reform Commission

(PMO)

Organize, coordinate and

manage the Project funded by

WB loan, assign

responsibilities to all functional

departments, plan, research

and prepare the

countermeasures

(＋)

They hope that the

Project can be

completed earlier, so as

to improve local

infrastructure,

investment environment

and government’s

capability and level of

services

District (County)

Development and

Reform Commission

Implement decisions,

organize, coordinate, manage

and implement the Project,

carry out project bidding,

assign responsibilities to all

the functional departments

(＋) Do

District (County) Land

and Resources

Bureau

Provide policy support for land

use and acquisition and

reference standards for land

use, plan, adjust and apply for

acquisition of the land and

take charge of resettlement,

land acquisition and

demolition

(＋) Do

District (County) HR

and Social Security

Bureau

Take charge of social security

and resettlement of affected

farmers

(＋) Do

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District (County)

Employment Service

Management Bureau

Provide career guidance and

training for affected farmers (＋) Do

District (County)

Transport Bureau

Keep the road clear during

and after construction (＋) Do

Administrative

Committee of

Industrial Park

Administrative Committee of

Qianfeng District and ACLEDZ

shall provide assistance for

WB project in the District

(County)

(＋) Do

Demolition

Institutions

Key PMO shall be responsible

for demolition of Qianfeng

District and Township

Government shall be

responsible for Linshui

County.

(＋) Do

Township

Government

Coordinate the tasks of the

whole town, implement

advance publicity of the

Project and arrange the

villages to carry out the project

activities

(＋) Do

II. Project Owner

(I) It has been determined that the People’s Governments of Qianfeng District and Linshui County are the Owners of the Project.

Xinhong Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. in Qianfeng District and Yuanfeng Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in Linshui County are the project implementing units of Qianfeng District and Linshui County respectively. Both companies are fully invested by Qianfeng Finance Bureau (QFB) and Linshui Finance Bureau (LFB) respectively, and they shall use the investment for infrastructure construction.

Xinhong Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. in Qianfeng District, founded in May 2010 with registered capital of CNY 80 million, is a wholly State-owned limited liability company approved by People’s Government of Guang’an District. As an independent economic entity, the Company is the main body of development and construction and also the financing platform for raising construction funds in Qianfeng District. The Company is mainly responsible for investment, construction and financing of infrastructure construction as well as investment, financing and capital operation of industrial output in Qianfeng District, and actively exercising the responsibilities of the Owner for construction works funded by the government. After establishment, the Company runs well, thereby actively implementing construction in Qianfeng District.

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Yuanfeng Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in Linshui County, founded on July 7, 2005 with registered capital of CNY 100 million, is a state-owned limited liability company invested by LFB and under the jurisdiction of ACLEDZ. The Company runs according to the unified investment and financing system of “financing, construction, operation and debt payment” and is an independent entity, main body of development and construction and the financing platform for raising construction funds in the economic development zone. The Company is mainly responsible for constructing and providing investment and financing services for water, electricity, gas, road, land leveling and communications in the ACLEDZ and public service platforms of small and medium-sized enterprise incubators, public logistics, technology R&D and information network, and inspecting the parts of automobiles and motorcycles. After establishment, the Company runs well, thereby actively implementing construction in the economic development zone. By the end of 2013, the assets of the Company reached CNY 845 million.

(II) The Owner, as a governmental agency, is the financing platform for the Project. The expectations of the company is to look forward to successfully completing the Project with a high quality as soon as possible, thereby obtaining certain economic benefits, promoting image building and enhancing the social influence of the Company.

Table 2-4 Analysis of the Owners of the Project

Stakeholder Functions

Effects on Agencies


Interest Appeal

The OwnerFinance and construct

the Project (＋)

They hope that the Project

can be completed early, so

as to improve local

infrastructure, the investment

environment and

government’s capability and

level of services

III. Resettled persons

(I) The resettled persons are the directly affected persons of the Project. The attitude of the affected persons largely depends on the effects of the Project.

(II) The expectations of the resettled persons is for: land acquisition and demolition to be carried out by the government in accordance with set standards and polices and that they can be reasonably compensated and resettled. It is hoped that compensation and resettlement for land acquisition shall be realized in the form of social security. As for compensation for demolition, the resettled persons hope that the resettlement housing shall be built as soon as possible, shortening the transitional period. According to the survey, partial residents in

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the project area hope to improve living conditions through land acquisition and demolition.

Table 2-5 Analysis of Resettled Persons

Stakeholder Relevant Concerns

Effects on Agencies


Interest Appeal

Resettlement

Acceptance of land

acquisition,

demolition and

resettlement

(＋) (-)

The relocation households

hope to get reasonable

compensation and

resettlement for land

acquisition and hope that

resettlement housing shall be

built as soon as possible,

shortening the transitional

period.

IV. Other persons affected

(I) Other affected persons include groups with transportation directly affected by the Project construction and other residents in the whole industrial park.

Other affected residents include groups affected by traffic during construction and current residents (including residents without local registered residence) in the project area and the residents to be settled in the future.

Different from the relocation households directly affected by land acquisition, this groups will benefit from the implementation of the Project. Specially, upon the completion of the Project, it will be more convenient to travel. Furthermore, local land and house prices are expected to increase through the project construction in the industrial park which will result in more employment opportunities and increased income.

(II) The expectations of this group are: they hope that the Project can be completed early so as to improve living conditions, develop the regional economy and facilitate road traffic. Meanwhile, they hope to reduce the noise, dust and road congestion during the construction. Upon the completion of the Project, they hope governmental agencies can strengthen the supervision of roads to solve road safety and hope to build sidewalks and bicycle lanes for meeting travel demand.

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Table 2-6 Analysis of Other Persons Affected


Effects on Agencies


Interest Appeal

Affected Groups

during the

Construction

Travel inconvenience or

noise during project

construction

(＋) (-)

Hope that the Project can

be completed early,

thereby receiving benefits

and hope to reduce

negative effects during the

construction.

Other Local

Residents

Promote employment

during construction and

improve infrastructure after

construction, bringing

convenience for living and

leading to small amounts

of potential risks.

(＋) (-)

Hope that the Project can

be completed early,

thereby receiving the

benefits and hope to avoid

road safety risks.

V. Bottom 40 percent income group and women

(I) This part aims at understand the demands and aspirations of the “bottom 40 percent income group” (including vulnerable groups) in the industrial park with the project objectives. Special attention shall be paid to any resulting effect of the Project on the “bottom 40 percent income group” in the industrial park.

The vulnerable groups include the disabled, households receiving the minimum living guarantee, and households receiving the five guarantees. According to WB requirements, special attention shall be paid to the “bottom 40 percent income group” in the project area. Based on said definition, the vulnerable groups are included in the “bottom 40 percent income group”.

For example, the necessity for construction of sidewalks and blind sidewalks for meeting disabled needs shall be analyzed according to the contents with most significance (including distribution of blind or the lame in the project area and their travel modes). In addition, special attention shall be paid to supportive policies for vulnerable groups (including the disabled, the households receiving the minimum living guarantee and households receiving the five guarantees) provided by the government as well as the implementation effect.

Also, there is a need to know the effect of the Project on the directly affected women and other women in the whole industrial park. Participation in economic activities and community management activities by women in all villages of the industrial park shall be investigated. The effect of the Project on the development of women shall be

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analyzed.

(II) the 40 percent bottom income group and women are expected that road construction shall meet the travel needs of the disabled (including construction of blind sidewalks for the blind). More attention shall be paid to affected households receiving the minimum living guarantee and households receiving the five guarantees. Women want to get jobs locally. They can obtain certain economic benefits, but also can take good care of the family.

Table 2-7 Analysis of bottom 40 percent income group and Women


Effects on Agencies


Interest Appeal

40 percent Bottom

Income Group

The Project will have

some effects (including

positive effects and

negative effects) on

the bottom 40 percent

income groups in the

industrial park. The

concerns of the

vulnerable groups are

included.

(＋) (-)

The Project shall meet the

economic development

requirement of the bottom 40

percent income groups in the

industrial park. More attention

shall be paid to the affected

households receiving the

minimum living guarantee and

the households receiving the

five guarantees from the

government.

Women

Bring economic

benefits, improve the

status of women and

change ideas and

thoughts of the women

(＋) (-)Realize local employment and

increase the economic income

VI. Local enterprises

Local enterprises refer to the enterprises in the industrial park, including settled enterprises and enterprises to be settled. The Project will positively promote the development of local enterprises, facilitate enterprise development and bring development opportunities, including improvement in infrastructure such as traffic and provision of sufficient talent for enterprise development.

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Table 2-8 Analysis of Local Enterprises

Stakeholder

Relevant Concerns

Effects on Agencies


Interest Appeal

Local

Enterprises

The Project will positively promote the

development of local enterprises,

facilitate enterprise development and

bring development opportunities,

including improvement of infrastructure

such as traffic and provision of sufficient

talents for enterprise development.

(＋) (-)

Local enterprises hope

that the project

construction will improve

the investment

environment, enjoy

preferential policy and

promote enterprise

development.

2.4 Regional Social and Economic Development Status of the Project

2.4.1 Social and economic development status in the city of the Project

Located in the east of the Sichuan Basin, Guang'an City is one of seventeen prefecture-level cities in Sichuan Province. It is also the hometown of Deng Xiaoping, Chief Architect of China's Socialist Reform and Opening Up Period and is known as the “Gate of East Sichuan”. Guang'an was formally established in July 1998, with jurisdiction over Guang'an District, Yuechi County, Wusheng County and Linshui County. In February 2013, Qianfeng District separated from Guang’an District and came under the jurisdiction of Guang'an City. Guang'an City covers an area of 6344km2 and has a total population of 4.7 million. It is located in the hilly transition zone of Sichuan Basin with higher elevations in the west and lower in the east, ranging from 185m to over 1700m. Qujiang River runs through the central part of the City from north to south, and the Jialing River runs through the western part of the city from north to south. Guang'an City is a production base for grains, silk, rape seed oil, pigs, and fruit. It also has large reserves of high grade mineral resources such as coal, iron, limestone and petroleum.

In 2011, the GDP of Guang'an City reached CNY 65.6 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 15 percent. The general budgetary has grown by an average annual growth rate of 24.2 percent. The gross industrial value of industrial enterprises above the designated size is CNY 90 billion. Guang'an Economic Industrial Park was elevated to the status of National Economic and Technological Industrial Park, with the industrialization rate increasing from 28.6 to 40.2 percent. Due to Guang’an’s status as the hometown of Deng Xiaoping it is also emerging as an important red tourism site (i.e. locations of historical importance to Chinese communism) and the area around the Jujube Hill Modern Logistics Park is under construction to support this. The service industry has an average annual added value growth rate of 11.5 percent. The total accumulative investment in fixed assets of the whole city is CNY 131.57 billion with an average annual growth rate of 27.1 percent. The total investment in urban and rural construction is CNY 24.91 billion, and the

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area designated as urban has increased by a further 55km2, with a 9.4 percent increase in the urbanization rate. The coverage rate of the pilot insurance system now covers 80 percent of urban and rural residents, and rural people of pensionable age are participating in the new rural pension system. The average annual growth rate of per-capita disposable income of urban residents is 13.2 percent, and that of per-capita net income of rural residents is 14.3 percent.

2.4.2 Social and economic development status in the districts and counties of the project

I. Social and economic status of Qianfeng District

Qianfeng District, formerly known as Qianfeng Town, Guang’an District, was established as a town in 1968. Under the approval of the State Council in 2013, the Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province zoned the area of Qianfeng District which is bounded to the east by Qujiang River and covers a total area of 505 km2. It has jurisdiction over seven towns, i.e. Kuige Neighborhood Committee, Qianfeng Town, Daishi Town, Guantang Town, Hu'an Town, Guangxing Town, Guange Town and Guixing Town and five townships, i.e., Guanghui Township, Longtan Township, Xiaojing Township, Xinqiao Township and Hucheng Township, and has a population of 370,000 by the end of 2013. Qianfeng Disrict has developed as a distribution center for northeastern Sichuan. The Xiangyang to Chongqing Railway, Guangqian Avenue and Quxian to Huaying Highway cross the district and Guang’an Railway Station is situated here. Qianfeng District is endowed with a unique geographical advantage because of its well-developed transport network.

Qianfeng District enjoys a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons. It has abundant natural resources and produces agricultural products like grain and oil, vegetables, fruits, animal products, aquatic products and forest products and has featured products such as walnuts, pepper, tea and goats. It is rich in mineral resources including coal, iron, phosphorus, potassium, petroleum, limestone, sandstone ore, shale and natural, Within the district, there are a number of ecological and historical tourism resources such as the Qujiang River, Huaying Mountains and Daliang Town which have potential for tourism development. Guang’an Thermal Power Plant, the largest thermal power plant in southwestern China is located in Qianfeng District.

Table 2-1 Socio-Economic Status of Qianfeng District (Year 2013)Item Indicators Qianfeng District

Population

Total population (×10,000) 36.8

Male (×10,000) 18.1

Female (×10,000) 18.7

Non-agriculture population (×10,000) 6.7

Population of labor resources (×10,000) 22

Arable Land

Total area of arable land (×1,000ha.) 11.45

Paddy field (×1,000ha.) 8.93

Dry land (×1,000ha.) 2.52

Grain output (×10,000t) 13.3

Output Value GDP (CNY 100 million) 125.5

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Primary Industry

Output value (CNY 100

million)12.9

Proportion ( percent) 10.2

Secondary Industry


million)95.5


Tertiary Industry


million)17.1


Per capita GDP (CNY) 50045

Revenue

The per-capita disposable income of urban

residents (CNY)24088

The per-capita net income of rural residents

(CNY)7790

Based on the Guang'an District Statistical Yearbook, the regional GDP of Guang'an District in 2012 was CNY 21.96 billion, up by 14.1 percent over the previous year, of which the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached CNY 3.29 billion, CNY 11.71 billion and CNY 6.95 billion respectively, representing increases of 4.8 percent, 18.6 percent and 11.2 percent. The ratio of the three industrial structures was 15.0︰53.3︰31.7. The per-capita disposable income of rural residents was CNY 6,915, an increase of CNY 898 over the previous year, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was CNY 21,642, an increase of CNY 3,232. The proportion of food expenses of the living expenses of rural residents and urban residents was 35.6 percent and 16.4 percent respectively.

Figure 2-4 Proportion of Added Value of Three Industrial Sectors of Guang'an District in 2012

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According to the Guang'an District Statistical Yearbook 2013, the arable area of Qianfeng Town at the end of 2012 was 11,629 mu, and the sown area was 31,453 mu, the grain output was 9,707 tons, and the per-capita net income of farmers reached CNY 7,331. The grain output of Xinqiao Township in 2012 was 6,777 tons, and per-capita net income of farmers reached CNY 7,137.

(3) According to the government work report of the First National People's Congress of Qianfeng District in August 2013, the GDP of Qianfeng District reached CNY 5.38 billion, increasing by 11.5 percent. The added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached CNY 460 million, CNY 4.27 billion and CNY 650 million respectively, increasing by 4.8 percent, 18.6 percent and 11.2 percent. The proportion of the added-value of three industries was 8.6 ︰ 79.4 ︰ 12.0. In the first half of 2013, the total public financial revenue of Qianfeng District was CNY 115 million, increasing by 18.1 percent, and the total investment in fixed assets was CNY 3.78 billion, increasing by 38.9 percent. The per-capita cash income of rural residents was CNY 4,191, increasing by 12.5 percent, and the per-capita disposable income of urban residents was CNY 13,044, increasing by 10.2 percent. The growth rate of regional GDP and total investment in fixed assets ranked first in the city.

Figure 2-5 Proportion of Added Value of Three Industrial Structures of Guang'an District in the First Half of 2013

II. Social and Economic Status of Linshui County

Linshui County, located in the east of the Sichuan Basin, is under the jurisdiction of Guang'an City. It is the county of Sichuan located nearest to the downtown of Chongqing Municipality. It borders with Dianjiang County, Changshou District and Yubei District of Chongqing Municipality in southeast, and links to Huangying City, Qianfeng District and Dazhou City in the northwest, with a low hilly topography typical of East Sichuan. The anticline of the Huaying Mountains, Tongluo Mountains and Mingyue Mountains run through Linshui County in parallel, forming an area with hills, valleys and plains. Linshui County has jurisdiction of 27 townships in 18 towns.

It has a population of 1.03 million and covers an area of 1,919.22km2. The built-up area of county seat covers an area of 18.12km2, with a permanent population of 170,000. Linshui

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County has a long history and abundant natural resources. It has 27 proven mineral resources, mainly coal, natural gas, pyrite and phosphorus iron ore, in which coal has the most abundant reserves, of almost up to 400,000,000 tons. With an annual output of raw coal of 1,500,000 tons, it is one of the top 100 coal producers in China. It also has large natural gas reserves with annual output of 400,000,000m3. It is the major gas field for mining in East Sichuan.

The GDP of the whole county was CNY 14.82 billion in 2012, increasing by 13.9 percent over the previous year, in which, the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached CNY 3.21 billion, CNY 7.17 billion and CNY 4.43 billion respectively, increasing by 4.6 percent, 20 percent and 11.1 percent. The total public financial revenue was CNY 489 million, increasing by 18 percent, including tax revenue of CNY 328 million with an increase of 20 percent, and non-tax revenue of CNY 161 million with an increase of 14.1 percent. The local public expenditure reached CNY 2.829 billion, up 20.9 percent.

The annual per-capita disposable income of urban residents was CNY 19,274, increasing by 15.7 percent, while the per-capita net income of farmer was CNY 7,404, with an increase of 14.7 percent. Employees with basic endowment insurance amounted to 83,177 (including the emeritus and retired), 192,950 persons had basic endowment insurance, 39,204 employees had basic medical insurance and 13,593 had unemployment insurance, and 839,099 persons were participating in the New Rural Cooperative Medical System.

Table 2-2 Socio-Economic Status of Linshui County Affected by the Project (Year 2012)

Item Indicators Linshui County

Population

Total population (×10,000) 103.26

Male (×10,000) 54.33

Female (×10,000) 48.93

Non-agriculture population (×10,000)

17.09

Population of labor resources (×10,000)

45.3

Arable Land

Total area of arable land (×1,000ha.)

41.3

Paddy field (×1,000ha.) 23.8

Dry land (×1,000ha.) 17.5

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Grain output (×10,000t) 40.7

Output Value

GDP (CNY 100 million) 148.1

Primary Industry

Output value (CNY 100 million)

32.1

Proportion ( percent)

21.6

Secondary Industry


71.7


48.4

Tertiary Industry


44.3


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Per capita GDP (CNY) 20972

Revenue

The per-capita disposable income of urban residents (CNY)

19274

The per-capita net income of rural residents (CNY)

7404

Introduction of three industrial structures

According to statistics, the GDP of the whole county was CNY 14.82 billion in 2012, increasing by 13.9 percent over the previous year. In which, the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached CNY 3.21 billion, CNY 7.17 billion and CNY 4.43 billion respectively, increasing by 4.6 percent, 20.0 percent and 11.1 percent. The contribution rate of three industrial structures to the economic growth was 7.1 percent, 68.0 percent and 24.9 percent respectively, promoting economic growth by 1.0 percent, 9.4 percent and 3.5 percent. The ratio of three industrial structures was 21.7︰48.4︰29.9.

Agricultural, industrial and financial incomes

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The grain output of Linshui County in 2012 reached 480,900 tons, the industrial added-value was CNY 5.57 billion, increasing by 22.8 percent, and the contribution rate to economic growth was 58.7 percent. The total investment in fixed assets was CNY 10.16 billion, increasing by 23.1 percent. The total public financial revenue of Linshui County was CNY 489 million, increasing by 18.0 percent, including tax revenue of CNY 328 million, and nontax revenue of CNY 161 million.

Figure 2-6 Proportion of Three Industrial Structures of Linshui County in 2012

Expenditure of residents' income

The per-capita disposable income of urban residents was CNY 19,274, increasing by 15.7 percent, including wage income CNY 14,364, increasing by 12.3 percent, operational income CNY 2,588, increasing by 15.8 percent, property income CNY 289, increasing by 8.1 percent and transfer income CNY 3,617, increasing by 8.0 percent. The per-capita living expenses reached CNY 11,564, including food expenses of CNY 49,401, with Engel's coefficient of 42.7 percent.

The per capita net income of farmers reached CNY 7,404, with an increase of CNY 949, increasing by 14.7 percent. In which, wage income was CNY 3,307, increasing by 17.2 percent, operational income CNY 3,545, increasing by 11.2 percent, property income CNY 40, increasing by 81.4 percent and transfer income CNY 512, increasing by 20.6 percent. The per capita living expenses of rural residents reached CNY 4,063, including food expenses of CNY 2,064, with Engel's coefficient of 50.8 percent.

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3 Analysis of Social Sustainability and Mutual Adaptability of the

Project

3.1 Sustainability of Social Development of the Project

3.1.1 Economic sustainability

It is estimated that the GDP of Qianfeng District and Linshui County of Guang'an City will increase by 0.6 percent in the short term after implementation of the Project, and the per-capita income of farmers will increase by CNY 300. With the improvement of project infrastructure, the economic development of Qianfeng Industrial Park and Linshui Industrial Park will speed up. The total investment of this Project is CNY 1.5 billion, including CNY 100 million loans from the World Bank.

According to the review of Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics, the GDP of Guang'an City in 2012 was CNY 75.22 billion, increasing by 14.0 percent over the previous year. The total public financial revenue of Guang'an City was CNY 3.28 billion, increasing by 18.1 percent over the previous year. In which, the tax revenue was CNY 2 billion, increasing by 21.6 percent, accounting for 60.9 percent of the total public financial revenue of Guang'an City, and 1.7 percentage higher than that in 2011. In addition, the repayment period for the loan funded by World Bank is relatively longer, so this Project is within the economic affordability range of Guang'an City. Therefore, from the economic point of view, this Project is sustainable.

3.1.2 Social sustainability

From field surveys, the transportation facilities in the Project area are outdated and the transport is inaccessible in some regions, which will restrict local social and economic development. This Project has received broad support from various groups within the project area, and all of them think that this Project will be able to promote local economic development.

This Project will improve the environment of the directly-affected area, and new roads will provide great convenience for students going to school, for residents going to see the doctor, etc. Wastewater Treatment Plant and waste water interceptors to be constructed will reduce the impact of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater on local residents, and further improve the environment of Linshui County. The Comprehensive Service Center for Rural Migrant Workers of Linshui County will expand efforts to attract industry and lure investments. Such enterprises will not only provide jobs for rural migrant workers, but also promote the economic development of Linshui County.

It shall be noted that the Project will also result in a negative impact at the same time, mainly reflecting in the environment and traffic safety, including noise pollution, air pollution and traffic congestion during construction, as well as some traffic safety troubles after the completion of the Project.

To sum up, the positive social impacts of the Project far outweigh the disadvantages, so

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the Project is considered social sustainability.

3.1.3 Impact of the affected groups on the sustainability of the project

I. Project beneficiaries

At present, as the facilities within the Project area are old-fashioned, the construction of the Project will improve traffic conditions and living surroundings for residents in the Industrial Park. Only the payment of travelling expenses and wastewater discharging expenses shall be hereby taken into consideration.

The roads built in this Project aim to improve the local highway traffic network, and facilitate traveling of residents. Upon the completion of the Project, the travel time will be directly shortened, and the transportation expenses reduced. Thus, the construction of roads will reduce travelling expenses, so there are no issue of willingness to pay and affordability of residents.

The investigation shows that residents in Nanya Village, Chengnan Town, Linshui County will pay CNY 5/month for waste water discharge (including water charge), and the Dafosi Community and Sanhe Community close to No. 3 Waste Water Treatment Plant will also pay CNY 5/month for waste water discharge. If relevant fees require payment after completion of Waste Water Treatment Plant, 87.5 percent of interviewees are willing to pay discharge fees upon completion, and the average affordable payment sum of residents is CNY 5.1/month.

In addition, the Linshui Public Training Center is just used as the training center for rural migrant workers according to the present planning, so there are no issues on payment willingness and capability of residents.

II. Project affected parties

Directly affected parties refers to households relocated due to land acquisition. The plan for land acquisition and resettlement will strictly comply with current laws and policies. The compensation standards for the Project are set out in the Resettlement Action Plan so that the living standard of residents will not be reduced. As per the investigation, the Project Team found that residents in the Project area have high expectations for the Project and want to improve their living standard by getting compensation for land acquisition and relocation.

Project indirectly affected parties are those that will be affected by disruptions to local transportation and the environment within the Project area during construction. The residents living around the Project are may suffer from travel inconveniences, obstructed traffic, noise and dust pollution during construction, moreover, large construction vehicles may pose a traffic safety hazard. However, the negative effects are short-lived. Upon completion of the Project, such positive effects as the improvement of the living environment and convenience of traffic conditions will be realized.

Based on discussions with the groups directly affected and indirectly affected, residents are more in support of the Project than opposing.

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3.2 Analysis of Mutual Adaptability

3.2.1 Analysis of mutual adaptability by stakeholder

I. Functional government departments

(I) Development plan for Guang'an City

According to the Outline of the ‘12th Five Year’ Development Plan of Guang'an City, the main economic and social development objectives for of Guang'an City are:

To complete the construction of the Guang’an section of the economic growth pole of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economy Zone (Cheng-Yu Economic Zone) and ensure economic production increased rapidly and economic efficiency will improve continuously;

To ensure GDP reaches CNY 140 billion, increasing by 17 percent and per-capita GDP reaches CNY 39,000 and meeting the average of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economy Zone;

New industrial bases are developed as part of the Cheng-Yu Economic Zone including: fine chemicals, new energy, new materials, non-ferrous metal processing, automobile and motorcycle parts manufacturing, special agricultural products processing and supply, red tourism and trade logistics;

Complete an integrated transportation hub in eastern Sichuan and ensure the southeast passage is unimpeded. Explore the development of Northwest new highways and participate in the new system of national highway network.

Build a rapid passage from Guang'an to Chongqing to ensure Guangan City is within a one hour traffic circle from Chongqing. Build Phase I of Guang'an Port. The transportation network in Guang'an City will be further improved, basically forming a comprehensive network of highways, railways, waterways, fast and high-efficient integrated transportation hub in eastern Sichuan.

In addition, Section 2 of Chapter 8 in this Development Plan specifies the need to speed up the construction of the Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation Demonstration Area and to explore new ways of inland economic opening up and cooperation.

To scientifically prepare the construction plan for the Sichuan and Chongqing Cooperation Demonstration Area. Actively seek national supporting policies to launch a pilot project in major fields and to innovate institutional mechanisms and models. The main focus is on promoting integration of infrastructure, industrial development, market factors, science/ education/civilization/hygiene, eco-environment and government services.

To strive to build a shared platform for regional production factors and development base for Sichuan - Chongqing industrial cooperation.

(II) Construction objectives of the project

The Project primarily aims to improve the run-down infrastructure facilities of Qianfeng District and Linshui County in Guang'an City. The aim is to help the towns with their plans to develop their local comparative advantage and explore new ways of speeding up development of under-developed areas. The towns aims to promote fast and sound

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development of the Guang'an economy and to lead cross-regional flow and optimized the configuration of production factors by breaking through the administrative barriers, to promote the integrated development of Chengdu-Chongqing Economy Zone. They plan to develop innovate regional cooperation institutional mechanisms and explore new modes of regional cooperation and to share experiences for regional cooperation in western regions.

By 2020, the Demonstration Area is expected to be comprehensive complete, achieving integrated development with Chongqing Municipality. Guang'an City aims to synchronously achieve its goals of building a well-off society in an all-round way with Chongqing Municipality.

(III) Adaptability

The Project is an important part of Guang'an’s "12 th Five Year" development plan. The Project will be implemented by key government departments who are also responsible for social development planning in Guangan and therefore the project is well inline with the local development plans of these departments.

II. The Owner of the Project

The Project is subject to the management of the People’s Government of Guang’an Linshui County Government and Qianfeng District Government. Qianfeng District Government and Linshui County Government. Xinhong Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. in Qianfeng District and Yuanfeng Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in Linshui County are the project implementing units of Qianfeng District and Linshui County respectively. The two companies are fully invested by Qianfeng Bureau of Finance and Linshui Bureau of Finance respectively, and they shall use the financing for infrastructure construction. These two investment companies mainly serve the Project, so the companies and the Project are we;; aligned.

III. Resettled persons

Land acquisition and relocation are inevitable in this Project. Taking the mutual adaptability of the Project and the resettled persons into consideration, the basic interest of resettled persons is whether the compensation for land acquisition and relocation are legal and valid and sufficient for them to improve their living standards.

People are the goal rather than the means. All objectives of this Project will ultimately be attributed to human development. Resettlement agencies will carry out resettlement work in strict accordance with the national laws, regulations and policies, and the principles of due process and reasonable compensation. Thus, there is no other mutual adaptability except for the compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and relocation.

IV. Other affected persons

As stated previously, local residents affected by traffic during construction and operation are classified as other persons affected or indirectly affected persons. For the general public, the Project will improve run-down infrastructure for local residents, provide more opportunities for development. The advantages of which outweight the disadvantages.

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Therefore, this Project is fundamentally beneficial to persons indirectly affected, and mutual adaptability is achieved.

V. "bottom 40 percent income group" and Women in Industrial Parks

The Project will consider the "bottom 40 percent income group" (including vulnerable groups), and provide opportunities for local women to enhance their social position. The roads will be constructed with sidewalks which have ramps and provide convenience for the blind and the disabled. During construction, the Project will provide work opportunities for local women to improve their economic status. All in all, the Project impact on the "40 percent bottom income group" and women are mutually adaptive.

3.2.2 Analysis of Mutual adaptability with local social organizations and groups

The investigation shows that there are many civil society organization and groups in Qianfeng District and Linshui County of Guang'an City, such as the Trade Union, Communist Youth League, Women's Federation, CAST, Society Science Union, Literary Federation and religious associations. Such social organizations and groups within the Project area will not suffer any negative impacts due to the Project. On the contrary, the Project may promote development of some social organizations and groups. Therefore, the Project and local social organizations and groups are mutually adaptive.

3.2.3 Analysis of organizations and groups with local technical and cultural conditions

Firstly, no religious facilities or cultural heritage is directly affected by the Project within the Project area.

Road construction is a major task of the Project as well as wastewater treatment facilities. The project will also support a Public Skills Training Service Center. From the hardware side, there are no technical difficulties. Moreover, there are many professional engineering firms who support the Project.

For the Public Skills Training Service Center, the Project will provide adequate intellectual support for the operation of this Center, for example, teacher training.

To sum up, the Project and the local technical and cultural conditions are mutual adaptive.

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4. Social Impact and Measures Analysis

The analysis of social impacts will be discussed in this chapter with reference to the eight social assessment indicator systems determined in Chapter 2, including analysis of resettlement, economic status, living facilities and social services, measures for livelihood restoration and skills training, road accessibility and supporting facilities, participation of residents, bottom 40 percent income group, women's development and earnings situation.

4.1 Summary of Positive and Negative Social Impacts

4.1.1 Positive impacts

I. The proposed project is able to improve the regional traffic network.

During the development of modern transportation, it is very important to accelerate the construction of transportation infrastructure, and constantly improve the system of modern transportation network. Upon completion of the roads financed under this Project, the regional traffic networks of Qianfeng District and Linshui County will be further improved, and the flow of materials and people will be improved.

II. The Project is able to promote local economic development.

The road traffic facilities of Qianfeng District and Linshui County will attract more industrial investment projects upon improvement, to provide a favorable investment environment for the development of enterprises and to optimize the regional industrial structure of the Project. In addition, some remote and traffic-blocked rural areas will be included in the urban development planning to achieve the comprehensive and balanced development of socio-economy.

III. The Project will improve run-down infrastructure.

The Project will bring convenience to the local traffics, moreover, the Waste Water Treatment Plant (including the waste water interceptor) in the Project will be beneficial to the environmental improvement for Linshui County. For the Luxi River Landscape Reconstruction Works of Qianfeng Subproject, it is not beneficial to river improvement and landscaping, but also provides a good place for residents' leisure.

IV. The Project will enhance the value of land and houses in the Project area.

The Project will enhance the value of land and houses in the industrial parks. As an important property rights of local residents, the rise in value of land use rights and house ownership will bring greater economic benefits for the right owner.

V. The Project will attract more migrant workers to return to their hometown for work.

After completion, the Project will attract more migrant workers to return hometown for working. By doing so, they are able to take better care of the family, and such social problems as "the Left-behind Children", "the Empty-nest Elderly" and "Uncultivated Land" will be solved.

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(I) The Project provides employment opportunities for migrant workers.

Firstly, The Project will provide many employment opportunities during construction, and a lot of the rural labors can do odd jobs on site during the construction.

Secondly, with the economic development of industrial parks, the enterprises resettled will attract more local workers to work in their enterprise, including the migrant workers returned. Taking Linshui County as an example, according to data provided by the Management Committee of Linshui Economic Development Zone, the 92 enterprises initially settled in the Linshui Industrial Park provides jobs for 14,554 persons, including 11,195 local workers, accounting for 76.9 percent of total employees.

Based on the investigation for enterprises settled in the Development Zone, the enterprises have attracted a large number of returned migrant workers. The returned migrant workers account for 12.4 percent of the existing local workers in industrial Park. It can be inferred that the Project will attract more returned migrant workers in future.

(II). The Project will help solve social problems in China.

Sichuan is a large province of China in terms of output of rural migrant workers. Large numbers of workers leave their native place to go to work in big cities, and leave their parents or children to stay at home in the countryside, which leads to many social problems. The Project can help solve these social problems. As for the problems of "the Left-behind Children", "the Empty-nest Elderly", the returned migrant workers can better take care of their families and give more care for the elderly and children. They can work in the industrial park and help cultivate lands in the busy farming season, reducing the idle land in rural area (the reasons for idle land are partially caused by the increase of migrant workers to the city).

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Thus, the returned migrant workers not only increase the revenues, but also grow crops if working at their hometown. The grains and vegetables at least meet the requirements of self-sufficiency. The cost of living and travelling costs can be reduced at some extent.

4.1.2 Negative impacts

The negative impacts of this Project are mainly at the construction stage.

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"The Left-behind Children" refers to the children whose parents go out of town to other cities, but they stay in countryside. They generally live with their first-cousin relatives, and even other relatives or friends of parents. According to an authoritative survey, "the Left-behind Children" in rural China currently reaches more than 60 million persons. The left-behind children with the parent going out account for 57.2%, and these with both parents going out account for 42.8%. About 79.7% of the left-behind children are brought up by their paternal grandfather and grandmother or by maternal grandfather and grandmother, 13% of them are brought up by relatives and friends of parents, and 7.3% are uncertain or unsupervised. Most left-behind children are brought up by their grandparents. The parents do not play the supervisory capacity, resulting in adverse effects on the overall growth of children, and the "Inter-generational Education" in the "the Left-behind Children" is the most prominent. According to the survey, the parents work out of hometown and rarely stay and communicate with their children, far below the requirements as guardians. However, the inter-generational education is not satisfactory, which results in a serious "affection hunger", deviation of mental health and nature on the left-behind children, as well as their learning will be greatly affected, giving a lifetime of regret for these children, even some of them turning to crime. The Left-behind Children is a unique social problem in the progress of China's modernization, which has attracted attention of the whole society.

"The Empty-nest Elderly", generally refers to the children left home in elderly couples. With the increase of aging population, there are more and more the empty-nest elderly, which has become a social problem that cannot be ignored. When the children leave home due to work, study, marriage and other reasons, the middle-aged couples will suffer from psychological disorder which is called by syndrome of "Empty Nest" of the aged. With the economic development of China, the problem of population aging will become more conspicuous, in particular, "the Empty-nest Elderly" is most prominent. On October 29, 2012, according to First National Intelligent Endowment Strategy Seminar, the empty-nest elderly takes a large proportion of the total population. By 2050, the dying childless elderly will reach about 79 million; the elderly living alone or the empty-nest elderly will account for more than 54%, which will become an important social problem of China.


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I. Some lands will be occupied due to the construction of the Project, including permanent and temporary land occupation. Land occupation may have impact on livelihood income of some people, and cause inconvenience for those people with house demolition during the transition period.

II. During construction, the traffic congestion around the construction area may happen because many construction vehicles access the construction area, and the roads are occupied for construction, as well as the noise and dust pollution may produce. In addition, the transient population from other places may have impact on the local security to some extent during construction.

III. After the completion of the Project, the positive impacts will overweight the negative impacts. The negative impacts are reflected in the consequences of land occupation, including the impact on livelihood income, vehicle noise and road traffic safety.

Residents worry about that the transportation access will be impacted during construction. Other negative impacts mainly reflected in the consequence of land occupation. After the completion of the Project, local residents are mainly worried that the agricultural incomes will be reduced, and the traffic safety will be impacted. A few residents are worried that the project cause environmental pollution.

Overall, the negative impact on the Project is small, and the impact on road safety can be avoided by taking measures. The specific measures will be proposed in the social management plan of the Project.

4.2 Impact on Resettled Persons of the Project

Impact on the resettled persons of the Project includes positive and negative impact. For the resettled persons whose land is occupied, and the house is demolished, their economic level and living standard will be enhanced if the compensation and resettlement are reasonable and efficient, in conformity with the appeal of the affected-groups.

The impact on farmer's income from the change of land resources is mainly reflected on the reduction of cultivated lands. The investigation shows that there are few families in rural areas only depend on agricultural incomes at present. For most of families, the young people will work in cities to get labor income, and the elderly, women and children will be left behind in rural area for farming. The young people will return hometown for farming or harvesting in busy seasons. For common families in rural areas, the main revenues of a family include agricultural incomes and wage incomes. In general, the revenues of a family will have no significant change after the land of residents is occupied.

As the resettlement impact is analyzed in detail in Resettlement Action Plan Report, and the social impact of the resettlement impact is described in Chapter 3 of RAP and omitted here.

4.3 Economic Impact of the Project

Any project will have impact on local economy and society to some extent. The biggest advantage of the Project is able to promote the local economic development, and to

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provide a large number of job opportunities during construction.

The Project not only brings some job opportunities and cash flow, but also provides an opportunity for local economic development. Despite the planting industry will suffer limitations, and the income structure of farmers also will be changed after farmers' land was acquired, the cash flow and convenient living facilities brought by the Project provide a broader economic system and social exchange opportunity.

4.3.1 Promote local economic development and enhance residents incomes

The Project itself will provide job opportunities to increase the incomes of local workers, moreover, upon the reconstruction of infrastructures of the Project, the Project will attract many enterprises to settle. These enterprises will recruit a number of local workers, so a lot of employment opportunities are provided. Furthermore, these enterprises will also provide opportunities for the bottom 40 percent income group, vulnerable groups and women.

The construction of the Project not only enhances the transportation infrastructure level of Qianfeng District and Linshui County, but also promotes local economic development. The income changes of local residents, employment and enterprise development status in the industrial parks caused by the Project itself will be discussed as follows:

I. Income Changes of Local Residents

(I) Quo Status of Incomes

Incomes of residents in Qianfeng District: According to the Statistical Yearbook of Guang'an District 2013, in 2012, the per-capita net income of rural residents of Guang'an District (including Qianfeng Town and Xinqiao Township) achieved CNY 6,915, with an increase of CNY 898 over the previous year, increasing by14.9 percent; the per-capita disposable income of urban residents of the whole year was CNY 21,642, with an increase of CNY 3,232 over the previous year, increasing by 17.6 percent. The proportion of food expenses of the living expenses of rural residents and urban residents was 35.6 percent and 16.4 percent respectively. The per-capital income of rural residents in Guang'an District is lower than the average of Guang'an City, but the per-capital income of urban residents is higher than that of Guang'an City. The comparison is listed in Table 4-4.

Table 4-1 Comparison of Per Capita Income of Guang'an in 2012

Economic Income Guang'an City Guang'an District

Per-capita Net

Income of Rural

Residents

Net income (CNY) 7474 6915

Increase over the

previous year ( percent)14.8 14.9

Per-capita Net

Income of Urban

Residents


Increase over the


Incomes of residents in Linshui County: According to the Statistical Yearbook of Linshui

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County 2013, in 2012, the per-capita disposable income of urban residents of the whole year was CNY 19,274, increasing by 15.7 percent; the per-capita disposable income of rural residents of the whole year was CNY 7,404, with an increase of CNY 949 over the previous year, increasing by 14.7 percent. The per-capita disposable income of urban and rural residents is lower than the average of Guang'an City.

Table 4-2 Comparison of Per Capita Income of Linshui County in 2013

Economic Income Guang'an City Linshui County

Per-capita Net

Income of Rural

Residents


Increase over the


Per-capita Net

Income of Urban

Residents


Increase over the


(II) Impact on Economy and Income of Residents within the Project Area

The Project will improve the public infrastructures of Qianfeng District and Linshui County, and further promote the development of Linshui Industrial Park, moreover, further enhance the household incomes of rural and urban residents of Qianfeng District and Linshui County. It means that with the economic development of the industrial park and the increase of enterprises settled, there will be more local workers employed by these enterprises to increase their wage income. The investigation shows that the income of the enterprises in Linshui Industrial Park averages about CNY 2,200-2,500. Meanwhile, the Project will provide opportunities for local residents to engage in working or business. The preliminary development of Linshui Industrial Park will be taken as an example.

According to the design of the Project, the Project can provide some jobs during construction and operation.

According to the analysis and prediction, the Project will provide temporary employment opportunities during construction and operation, and about 30 percent of them only require the unskilled workers. During construction and operation, the Project Management Office of World Bank will ensure that the affected people will get the employment opportunities for unskilled workers in priority, and the wages shall be not lower than the average salary of local similar work type.

During the construction of the Project, the management, engineering and other workers engaged in design, contract management, contract supervision, including skilled workers (machine operators, electricians, welders) and unskilled workers (excavators, porters, green workers) are required. During operation of the Project, a large number of workers for Waste Water Treatment Plant, maintenance of infrastructures (electricians, plumbers, etc.) and other workers (waiters, safeguard, cleaners, etc.) are required.

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Table 4-3 Employee Statistics of the Project during Construction and Operation

Item StageNumber of Employees (persons)

Work TypeTotal Unskilled Workers

Road WorksConstruction 100 30

Excavator, porter, green worker,

electrician, safeguard and

cleaner

Operation 0 0

Waste Water

Treatment

Plant

Construction 50 10

Operation 20 5

In addition, the Project-related services industry, such as materials supply and catering services, will provide a lot of job opportunities for local resettled persons under the multiplier effect.

The questionnaires show that 67.5 percent interviewees of Linshui County, and 58.5 percent interviewees of Qianfeng District believe that the Project will provide job opportunities. In Linshui County, 87.5 percent interviewees are willing to find jobs locally if opportunities are available, and 88.6 percent interviewees think that it is more convenient, and they can take care of their families. About 20 percent interviewees believe that the salary and welfare have no great difference, and about 28.6 percent interviewees believe that the travelling expenses can be saved.

4.3.2 Attract enterprises settling upon completion of the Project, and provide job opportunities.

The Project is conducive to improve the infrastructure of the Development Zone to attract a large number of enterprises settling. The initial enterprises settled in the Industrial Park have attracted a large number of local workers, and the later enterprises will also attract a large number of local workers. The Linshui Public Training Center will provide technical training for workers required by these enterprises to promote local employment. Therefore, this Project can solve the local employment needs.

I. The Industrial Park has attracted a large number of local workers during the initial stage.

So far a total of 113 investment projects are built in the Linshui Industrial Park. These projects mainly include such industries as mechanical & electronics, pharmaceuticals, automotive molds and parts, environmental products and textiles. The 92 enterprises settled in the Linshui Industrial Park at the initial stage are taken as a analysis example, and the data are analyzed by industries as follows: Such 92 enterprises provides jobs for 14,554 persons, including11,195 local workers, accounting for 76.9 percent; there are about 5,258 women workers of the local workers, accounting for 47 percent of local workers. The women workers are mainly engaged in in the textile industry. In addition, many poor persons are employed by the enterprises settled at initial stage, 143 persons in total, accounting for 3.7 percent of local workers. See the figure for details.

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Figure 4-1 Proportion Chart of Workers of Enterprises in Linshui Industrial Park

Table 4-4 Development Indicators of Initial Enterprises in Linshui Industrial Park

Industry

Number

of

Enterpri

ses

Annual

Output

of

Enterpri

se

(CNY

10,000)

Number

of

Worker

s

Proportion

of Local

Workers

Proporti

on of

Women

Workers

in Local

Workers

Proportio

n of Poor

Persons

in Local

Workers

Average Wage

(CNY/month)

Machinery

and

Electronics

63 575386 1058073.5

percent

41

percent

3.5

percent2300

Food and

medicine3 95987 894

82.5

percent

58

percent5 percent 2200

Textiles 13 118387 131490.7

percent

79

percent

4.2

percent2000

Building

Materials13 214789 1766

84.3

percent

47

percent

3.6

percent2350

So far, a total of 53 enterprises (including 112 investment projects) have settled in Qianfeng District. They mainly involves in motor, textiles, building materials and packing industries.

According to the Project design, after the completion of the Project,

II. The Project will bring incentives for enterprise development

Firstly, the enterprises settled in the industrial parks will enjoy more land subsidies. At present, the selling price of industrial land in the industrial park is not high. According to the investigation data, the average selling price of industrial land of Qianfeng District and Linshui County in recent three years is 80,000 per mu. In addition to lower land selling prices, the enterprises qualified paying tax can enjoy land subsidies equivalent to 50 percent of the land price.

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Secondly, enterprises in the industrial parks can enjoy the drawbacks or other subsidies. Enterprises in the industrial parks can enjoy the drawback subsidies. For example, the enterprises settled in the industrial parks will receive the taxes paid to the government in the first two years, and 50 percent taxes will be refunded in the next three years. From the sixth year, if the enterprise pays tax more than CNY 100,000, it can enjoy some drawbacks according to the total taxes paid. The enterprises settled in the industrial parks will enjoy lower water, electricity and gas prices. For example, the price of industrial water is CNY 0.2-0.4 per ton lower than the normal price.

III. Increase of enterprises settled will further promote local employment.

The construction of the Project can promote industrial park to introduce settlement of a number of enterprises and bring in mass job opportunities, which on the one hand can provide nearby non-agricultural industries job opportunities for local women to improve their income and social status, on the other hand, large quantities of labor demand in industrial park can attract young adults migrant worker around to return home to work which can achieve family reunion while engaging in non-agricultural production and management activities and relieve women’s pressure on housework and agricultural production to help them extricate from helpless awkward situation.

Upon the completion of infrastructure, Linshui Industrial Park will attract many enterprises settling and promote the local employment. The local government predicts that about 240 companies will settle in the Industrial Park by 2015, with total output of CNY 50 billion, providing 50,000 jobs.

Upon the completion of infrastructure, Qianfeng Industrial Park will also provide mass job opportunities. Taking Jeans Industrial Park in Qianfeng District as an example, Jeans Industrial Park is planned to focus on light textile with anticipated 7,500 jobs and 80 percent local workers where 60 percent are women workers. Therefore, the light textile industry can attract a large number of women to work with estimated average monthly wage CNY 2,200.

IV. PTC will provide training for workers of enterprises in Industrial Park.

Linshui Public Training Center (PTC) is founded based on the labor demand of enterprises, provides trainings for workers, further promotes the employment of Linshui County and enhances incomes of local residents.

Proceeding from the current conditions that mechanical and electronic industries are playing a predominant role in the Industrial Park, the course arrangement of the Public Training Center will focus on these aspects to satisfy the requirements of counterpart enterprises. It is estimated that up to 1000 persons are subject to training in Linshui Vocational Middle School in 2015, 1,200 persons in 2016 and 1,800 persons in 2017. See 4.4.2 for details.

4.4 Improvement on Living Facilities and Service

4.4.1 Social conditions on living service in project area

This part mainly involves the Linshui Waste Water Treatment Plant Project and Landscape

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Project in Luxi River in Qianfeng District.

I One waste water treatment plant has been built for the old county seat in Linshui County, i.e. the No. 1 Waste Water Treatment Plant with design capacity of 40,000m3/d. Currently, the Project at the first phase has been accomplished with daily waste water treatment capacity of 20,000m3/d. Rainwater and waste water separation has been achieved for most areas in the old county seat.

Serving as an associated project, the No. 2 Waste Water Treatment Plant is planned for the Economic Development Zone with design scale of 30,000m3/d, and loan funds from World Bank will not be allocated for this Project. In addition, the No. 3 Waste Water Treatment Plant (Danshuitan Waste Water Treatment Plant) is planned for construction with design capacity of 30,000m3/d. The built Economic Development Zone is located in Northeast with rainwater and waste water being discharged directly and jointly to Shiba River for interior pipeline network. Renovate rainwater and waste water separation and construct waste water interceptor along Shiba River through this Project without drainage pipelines being designed for other areas not yet constructed/developed.

II For the landscape works in Luxi River. Since no waste water drainage system is designed for Qianfeng District currently, domestic waste water is directly discharged to Luxi River or its branches without being treated. Discharge of industrial and domestic waste water will pollute water bodies, which in turn will lead to dirt water, stink dissipation and mosquito breeding in Luxi River.

4.4.2 Changes and impacts of the Project

I. Social impacts of Linshui Waste Water Treatment Plant

This Project will bring great convenience to local living facilities and services, and local residents are pleased to accept the above convenience. Problems concerning charge on waste water discharging will be brought after completion of the Project.

It is identified through investigation that 80 percent of the farmers drink water from wells and tap water pipelines in Linshui County currently. Relevant expenses will be charged in case of urban tap water. According to the survey, the discharge on waste water in project area of Linshui County is different, i.e. 42.5 percent of the households surrounding project area discharge waste water to drainage ditches currently, 27.5 percent of the interviewees discharge waste water to the vegetable garden in the yard, while 22.5 percent of the interviewees discharge waste water directly to the toilet. However, the household discharge waste water to waste water system only accounts for 10 percent. The Nanya Village adjacent to No. 2 Waste Water Treatment Plant currently is required to pay relevant fees on waste water discharge at a standard of CNY 5/month (with water rates). The Dafosi Village and Sanhe Community adjacent to the proposed No. 3 Waste Water Treatment Plant are also required to pay relevant fees on waste water discharge, the discharge price of which is CNY 5/month.

If relevant fees require payment after completion of waste water treatment plant, 87.5 percent of the interviewee is willing to pay discharge fees upon completion, and the average affordable payment sum of residents is CNY 5.1/month.

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II. Impacts of landscape works in Luxi River in Qianfeng District

Construction of the landscape works in Luxi River will further improve the environmental conditions in Qianfeng District and facilitate the traveling, leisure and recreation of residents. Even though great benefits will be brought, the Project may exert subtle effect on the traffic and traveling surrounding river way during construction period.

4.5 Livelihood Recovery and Training on Agricultural Technologies

4.5.1 Applicable livelihood recovery plan of the Project

Since the applicable livelihood recovery plan of the Project has been detailed in the Chapter 6 of RAP, no details will be described here. See Chapter 4.7.1 for the social impacts and effects due to land acquisition and demolition of industrial park at earlier stages. It is identified that the applicable standards and realized effects will not be lower than the accomplished livelihood recovery measures of industrial park at earlier stages through comparison, and no more details will be described here.

4.5.2 Training on agricultural technologies

The training on agricultural technologies mainly focuses on the Public Training Center of the subproject in Linshui County. The Linshui Vocational School will provide short-term skill training for the residents requiring skill training in the whole county with technical support (mainly procurement of equipment) from the World Bank. The procured equipment will be shared by both the students of Linshui Vocational School and Public Training Center.

I. Training for workers in Linshui County

There are no consecutive training institutions for rural migrant workers in Linshui County currently. Rare local areas provide training for rural migrant workers on the grounds that rural migrant workers are lack of stability. Even though have been working for decades of years, numerous rural migrant workers are still lack of improvement on vocational skills, and therefore most rural migrant workers will lose their jobs in case of structural adjustment or technical renovation of enterprises. The Comprehensive Service Center for Rural Migrant Workers in Linshui County can improve the quality of rural migrant works in Linshui County and provide power for development of economic industrial park in Linshui County.

II. Introduction to Public Training Center

According to the negotiations and opinions of experts from the World Bank and the Owner, the Linshui Public Training Center will implement relevant trainings depending on Linshui Vocational School. The Linshui Vocational School will provide short-term skill training for the residents requiring skill training in the whole county with technical support from the loan of World Bank. According to the World Bank Loan Project: Assessment Report on Equipment Purchase List of Linshui Public Training Center (see Annex 3) issued by Linshui Education Bureau on April 2014, the required loan from the World Bank for equipment procurement of Linshui Public Training Center is CNY 12.807 million.

(I). Operation and management mode

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Even though depending on Linshui Vocational School, the Linshui Public Training Center is different from the average full-time vocational technical schools with flexible training time. Training service mainly aims at satisfy the industrial needs of the Economic Industrial Park in Linshui County, including the needs of both the former enterprises and new enterprises.

Employee pre-job training can be implemented at earlier stages of operation in the Public Training Center while focusing on in-service training for the later stages with flexible arrangement on training courses, including both the basic socializing courses (labor protection system and safety & sanitation etc.) and vocational trainings (mainly focus on mechanical and electronic industries). Training time shall also be flexible. In-service training shall be based on the principle that no delaying in enterprise production with relevant needs of the personnel under training being satisfied. One phase of the training ranges from 10 days to 1 month.

(II) Capital source

How to guarantee stable capital sources after operation stages of the Public Training Center will undoubtedly be a major concern. According to the information provided by Linshui Employment Service Management Bureau (LESMB), there are three capital sources of this Center at operation stages. The first is the support from partial development funds of Linshui Industrial Park. The second is from enterprise sponsorship. This Service Center provides opportunities on labor training for the enterprises inside the Industrial Park, and therefore it can apply for partial sponsorship to enterprises. The third is the special support funds from Linshui County Government and Guang’an Municipal Government.

(III) Course arrangement

Proceeding from the current conditions that mechanical and electronic industries are playing a predominant role in the Industrial Park, the course arrangement of the Public Training Center will focus on these aspects to satisfy the requirements of counterpart enterprises.

It is estimated that up to 1,000 persons are subject to training in Linshui Vocational Middle School in 2015, 1,200 persons in 2016 and 1,800 persons in 2017.

Table 4-5 Prediction on Training Scale of Linshui Vocational School for the Future Three Years

Year Training ItemsVocation (Work

Types)Qty.

Graduation (Vocational

Grade Certificate)

Qty.

Employment Rate

( percent)

2015 Employee in-

service training

for enterprises in

CNC lathe operator 50 50 100

Electronic

electrician

30 30 100

50


Economic

Development

Bench worker 50 50 100

Rural surplus

labor training

Computer

application100 100 100

Rural sunshine

training

Automobile service 50 50 100

Computer


Employment

training for

students not

graduated from

middle and high

schools



Lathe worker 120 120 100

Employment

training on job

transferring of

coal miners


Electronic

electrician50 50 100


Improvement

training for

grass-root

managers

Grass-root

manager100 100 100

Total 1000 1000 1000

2016 Employee in-

service training

for enterprises in

Economic

Development

Zone


Electronic


Rural surplus

labor training


Computer


Rural sunshine

training


Computer


Employment

training for

students not



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graduated from

middle and high Employment

training on job

transferring of

coal miners



Skill training for

students not

willing to restudy

after failing in

senior high and

college entrance

examination

Electronic



Total 1200 1200 1200

2017 Employee in-

service training

for enterprises in

Economic

Development

Zone


Electronic



Rural surplus

labor training

Computer


Improvement

training for

teachers in

private and

state-owned

vocational

schools

Lathe worker,

bench worker, CNC

lathe operator,

automobile service,

electronic

electrician,

computer

application and

finance & trade

300 300 100

Rural sunshine

training


Computer


Employment

training for

students not

graduated from

middle and high




52


schools

Employment

training on job

transferring of

coal miners


Electronic



Improvement

training for

grass-root

managers

Grass-root

manager100 100 100

Total 1800 1800 1800

(IV) Analysis of social benefits

Oriented to the whole Linshui County, the Public Training Center focuses on providing sufficient labor for Linshui Industrial Park, and can not only improve vocational level and economic income of rural migrant workers, but also can satisfy the labor needs for development of the Industrial Park.

This Public Training Center is dedicated to providing employment and training opportunities for the affected farmers in the Project, to solve their problems concerning livelihood recovery after losing land income sources. It is identified through investigation that there are a large proportion of left-behind seniors or children in the rural areas, and nearly all young adults are working outside. The aged seniors may be incompetent for the work requiring high technical level. However, as long as the affected farmers in needs apply, the Service Center will provide relevant service.

As a whole, the Linshui Public Training Center conforms to relevant policies with certain social benefits, and is conductive to improving the allocation of various functional departments of the government, the management & service level of rural migrant workers and driving the economic development in this area.

4.5.3 Social impacts of training on agricultural technologies

I. Economic benefits of PTC

The Linshui Public Training Center will bring great social benefits after completion with benign interaction between local Industrial Park. According to the data provided by the Management Committee of Linshui Economic Development Zone, with the expansion of the Industrial Park and increasing of the resident enterprises in the future years, it is proposed that nearly 2000 mu site leveling and infrastructure such as roads, afforestation, transformation and pipeline laying be accomplished in 2014 and above 30 enterprises will be settled through business attraction in the whole year, which will provide more than 3600 job opportunities after up and running upon being proven qualified. On one hand, sufficient rural migrant workers will be trained here, on the other hand, skill training will provide driving force for development of the Industrial Park.

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II. No training expenses of PTC

Proceeding from payment willing, it is shown in the questionnaire of the Project that 8.3 percent of the interviewee is willing to pay training expenses, 25 percent is unwilling to pay training expenses and 66.7 percent is willing to pay if training is beneficial.

Meanwhile, according to the project design, Linshui Public Training Center will not charge the rural migrant workers under training with training expenses after completion, and therefore exerting no impacts on the Project due to training expenses.

4.6 Road Accessibility and Supporting Facilities

4.6.1 Traffic conditions

I. Traffic conditions and development plan in Linshui County

The traffic network in Linshui County is basically complete with overall length of expressway in the whole county of 58.9km, among which National Highway 210 accounts for 79.4km and Provincial Highway 304 accounts for 72.4km. In rural areas, the total mileage of rural roads in the whole county totaled above 3,650km up to the end of 2013, among which County Highway accounts for 263.55km and Village/Group Highway accounts for 3,166.4km.

According to the “12th five year plan” of Linshui County, located in an essential outpost for cooperation between Sichuan and Chongqing, Linshui shoulders significant responsibilities with natural advantages in structuring East Sichuan comprehensive transport junction. We will construct “123456” Project as per the requirements of “Diversified transport with networked internal and external interflow”, among which “1” refers to the first round, i.e. the built ring road of Linshui County seat, “2” refers to the two stations, i.e. renovated Linshui Bus Station and the new Chengbei Bus Station, “3” refers to the three major exits, i.e. south and north interflow works of Guang’an-Linshui Expressway and its connecting wire works, “4” refers to 4 secondary highways, "5" refers to 5 longitudinal highways and “6” refers to 6 horizontal highways, to construct a convenient and efficient comprehensive transport junction.

II. Traffic conditions and development plan in Qianfeng District

With grid road layout, the urban traffic inside Qianfeng District is mainly based on Qianfeng Town with the existing arterial roads of Guang’an-Qianfeng Highway, Guangqian Avenue, Wenyi Road and Zhongxing Street as well as major external roads in the urban area of Guang’an-Qianfeng Highway and Shixi Road. Currently, there is no highway traversing Qianfeng District. In accordance with the data provided by Qianfeng Transport Bureau, 18 highways are built in total from 2006 to 2013 with overall length of 18km.

Guang’an-Qianfeng Highway is the main trunk road connecting Guang’an in Qianfeng District. The pavement is severely damaged due to excessive running trucks. The construction of Industry Avenue (a project of World Bank) will further relief the traffic pressure of Guang’an-Qianfeng Highway, and therefore is required for construction.

According to the data provided by Qianfeng Transport Bureau, with railways, expressways

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and National & Provincial Highways as external traffic framework, Qianfeng District will build a modernized, rapid & convenient, efficient & safe and eco-friendly comprehensive transport system with organic engagement of various transport modes and complete facilities after taking the development needs of central urban area in Qianfeng District into overall consideration. Including construction of Loop Expressway, Guang’an-Dazhou Expressway and the planned “Three horizontal and two longitudinal” Grade I highways, to realize convenient communication between Guang’an and Huaying. “Three horizontals” refers to North Guang’an-Qianfeng Highway, Guangqian Avenue and Industry Avenue, while “two horizontals” refers to Qianhua Avenue and Shixi Road, among which Shixi Road is upgraded from the existing road with rerouting of traversing East Guang’an Railway Station in central urban area of Qianfeng District, the existing anterior station of which is upgraded into internal urban roads.

4.6.2 Current conditions on road traveling of residents

I. Road traveling of residents in Linshui County

Each village and project road in the project area of Linshui County is connected by various roads, including cement roads and earth roads. For the current conditions on road traveling on Linshui County, take the following 9 villages for instance:

Table 4-6: Summary on Road Traveling of Partial Affected Residents in Linshui County

Village

Proportion of Vehicle Traveling ( percent)

Current Conditions of

Roads Surrounding this

Village

The Village-County Seat

Bus/

car

Motorc

ycle

Bicycl

e

othe

r

Distanc

e (km)

Time

Consump

tion (min)

Expense

(CNY)

Poshi

Village0 70 5 25

Mainly earth

roads8 60 3

Dafosi

Village20 50 15 15

Mainly earth

roads2 30 1

Wucha

Village1 10 9 80

Mainly cement

roads3 10 2

Zhengjia

Village1 50 20 29

Mainly National

Highway 2106 20 3

Paifang

Village10 50 30 10

Mainly earth

roads6 15 3

Group 2

of Sanhe

Village

10 25 15 50Mainly cement

roads2.5 10 1

Shiba

Village0 5 2 93

Mainly tractor

roads5 60 3

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Gaoping

Village0 5 6 89

Mainly earth

roads12 120 5

Xin’an

Village0 4 6 90

Mainly tractor

roads15 120 10

According to the survey:

(1) The car ownership of local residents is low, and therefore road traveling mainly depends on motorcycles, public transport tools and walking.

(2) The distance between various villages and the county seat is different, and therefore walking for a long period is required to take public transport tools in some villages, which is inconvenient for traveling of seniors, children and the disabled in legs.

(3) Traveling of surrounding villages mainly depends on earth roads, cement roads and tractor roads with a pressing need for road construction.

(4) Most residents are longing for a wider road with more convenient transport, such as buses.

(5) The disabled accounts for 2.1 percent in the project area, among which 0.45 percent is the disabled in legs and 0.22 percent is the blind. It is recommended to construct sidewalks for the blind during road design even though their traveling frequency is low.

II. Road traveling for residents in Qianfeng District

Each village and project road in the project area of Qianfeng District is connected by various roads, including cement roads, earth roads and industrial roads (common asphalt roads), taking the following 8 villages for instance:

Table 4-7: Summary on Road Traveling of Partial Affected Residents in Qianfeng District

Village

Proportion of Vehicle Traveling ( percent)

Current Conditions of

Roads Surrounding this

Village

This Village-Qianfeng District

Bu

s

or

ca

r

M

ot

or

cy

cl

e

Bicycl

e

▷ Oth

ers

Distance

(km)

Time

Consum

ption

(min)

Expens

e

(CNY)

Lujian

Village10 20 5 65

Mainly cement

roads15 60 6

Eli Village 3 10 3 84

Mainly cement

roads and earth

roads

5 20 4

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Jingwan

Village12 40 48 0

Mainly cement

roads and earth

roads

6 30 5

Suzhai

Village2 20 20 58

Mainly cement

roads and earth

roads

5 20 2

Yongxing

Village5 80 10 5

Mainly village-

level roads and

industrial roads

5 25 3

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Xinqiao

Village6 28 15 51

Mainly cement

roads5 25 3

Longzhen

Village1 20 20 59

Mainly industrial

roads2 10 2

Jijian

Village10 60 30 0

Mainly cement

roads2 10 2

According to the survey:

(1) The car ownership of local residents in project area is low, and therefore road traveling mainly depends on motorcycles and public transport tools.

(2) The distance and road conditions between various villages and the county seat are different, and therefore walking for a long period is required to take bus in some villages, which is inconvenient for traveling of seniors or the disabled in legs.

(3) Traveling surrounding villages mainly depends on industrial roads and cement roads, and residents reflected that few buses are running.

(4) Most residents are longing for a wider road with more convenient transport.

(5) The disabled accounts for 1.4 percent in the project area, among which 0.5 percent is the disabled in legs and 0.2 percent is the blind. It is recommended to construct sidewalks for the blind during road design even though their traveling frequency is low.

4.6.3 Public investigation opinions on roads and facilities

According to the investigation, nearly 84.6 percent of the interviewee in the project area of Linshui County holds that bicycle lanes are required to satisfy the requirements of traveling, and 94.9 percent holds that bicycle lanes are required to satisfy the needs of walking. However, nearly 92 percent of the interviewee in the project area of Qianfeng District holds that bicycle lanes are required to satisfy the requirements of traveling, and 88.2 percent holds that sidewalks are required to satisfy the needs of walking.

4.6.4 Improvement of road construction on traveling in project area

Construction of roads and supporting facilities will exert positive impacts and improve the inconvenient road traffic in some villages if being completed, to facilitate the traveling of the disabled, patients and students.

For instance, the Group 1 in Xinqiao Village, Xinqiao Township of Qianfeng District is almost 11km from Qianfeng District, and therefore residents have to walk on uneven earth roads for half an hour to reach the bus station usually. Since few buses are running in the bus station, it takes almost 1 hour (plus walking time) to get to Qianfeng District if all goes well with the one-way ticket price of CNY 3. According to the average standards of bus ticket price (CNY 1/time) in Guang’an, if buses are open to traffic here after completion of the Project, the traveling cost and time of residents in this Village will be lowered

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significantly.

The roads built in this Project aims to improve the local highway traffic network, and facilitate traveling of residents. Upon completion of the Project, the traveling time will be directly shortened, and the travelling expenses will be lowered. Thus, the construction of roads will reduce the travelling expenses, so there are no issues on payment willingness and capability of residents.

In addition, the negative impacts that may be exerted are road traffic safety, and therefore enhancement on road traffic safety is required.

4.7 Psychological States of the Residents

4.7.1 Residents altitude to the Project

Most residents express supportive altitude towards this Project, and proportions of the interviewees expressed definite support in Linshui County and Qianfeng District are nearly 92.5 percent and 92.4 percent respectively.

Meanwhile, it is identified through investigation that nearly 50 percent of the residents holds that local economic development will be greatly promoted, 67.5 percent holds that local infrastructure can be completed to facilitate their living, 67.5 percent holds that more job opportunities can be offered with increase of income and 32.5 percent holds that the environment can be improved upon completion of the Project in Linshui County. However, it is identified through investigation that nearly 73.6 percent of the residents holds that local economic development will be greatly promoted, 56.6 percent holds that local infrastructure can be completed to facilitate their living, 58.5 percent holds that more job opportunities can be offered with increase of income and 45.3 percent holds that the environment can be improved upon completion of the Project in Qianfeng District.

Most villagers hope that the Project can be completed earlier to facilitate their daily lives and improve living conditions during door-to-door interviews, for instance, they can enjoy social security for resettlement due to land acquisition and move into new resettlement houses due to relocation.

4.7.2 Social adaptability to identity transformation

This part mainly involves the group whose residence registration changes from rural residents to urban residents due to land acquisition. With regard to current conditions on residence registration from rural residents to urban residents, no identity inadaptability occurs related to relevant changes. Most young people are working outside after identity transformation, while most seniors can enjoy urban social security. Currently, no inadaptability occurs due to identity transformation in the project area.

4.8 40 percent Bottom Income Group

This part will firstly review the impacts of development of Industrial Park on 40 percent Bottom Income Group at earlier stages, and the positive impacts of development at later stages will be greater than previous level.

Even though classified into “40 percent Bottom Income Group”, the vulnerable groups

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inside the industrial park are even more special which require special handling.

4.8.1 Review on development effects of Industrial Park at earlier stages

A special social investigation and impact assessment is implemented for the 40 percent Bottom Income Group by the Project Team. Take Linshui Economic Development Zone as a pilot project, the Project Team investigates the factories and previously developed resettlement communities of Linshui Economic Development Zone through independent design of questionnaires with 110 copies of questionnaires being distributed and 96 copies of effective questionnaires being withdrawn.

I. Description on investigation samples

As is shown in Figure 5-4, the male/female ratios in the 96 effective copies of investigation samples are 65.6 percent and 34.4 percent respectively. The land acquisition and relocation households affected by the development of Linshui Industrial Park at earlier stages are covered in investigation samples with investigation sites being internal resettlement communities and factories of the Industrial Park. The latter is the group still working in local factories of the Industrial Park after land acquisition and relocation with 38 samples, which accounts for 41.8 percent of the sample proportion. All the interviewees are the urban residents changed from rural residents during previous land acquisition of the Industrial Park with urban social security.

Figure 4-2: Male/Female Ratio in Investigation Samples

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Figure 4-3: Occupation Composition of Investigation Samples

II. Resettlement review

(I). Compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and relocation

The development of Linshui Industrial Park at earlier stages starts from February 2006 and the land acquisition and relocation in the Industrial Park is implemented in a uniform manner. The resettlement of affected farmers is implemented based on the principle of “Uniform land acquisition and residence registration transformation”. The affected farmers will be resettled as per urban residents with social security based on the uniform policies and standards in the whole county at that time. In addition, the households affected by relocation will move into the uniformly planned resettlement communities. Kindergartens and clinics shall be designed in the uniformly planned communities with libraries and cultural activity rooms in the Village Committee to diversify the cultural life of residents.

(II). Employment resettlement

Linshui County Government also organized the employment resettlement. Nearly 40.6 percent of the interviewees said that they have been subjected to the employment training organized by local government after losing land in the investigation sample. It was identified through other data that Linshui County Government rendered subsidies of CNY 300/person after land acquisition. However, the above subsidies are not distributed to affected farmers directly, but are allocated for the LESMB to organize employment training. The training course at that time involves massage, acupuncture & moxibustion, sewing and bench workers. Employment training will greatly promote employment.

According to relevant data, LESMB enjoys complete supportive policies for employment. The first is to implement employment skill training, including skill training for rural and urban labors to promote nearby employment through local transferring. Specialties such as electrician, bench worker, numerical control, mold, textile and electronics are established to provide training for the surplus rural labors, urban laid-off workers, affected and

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unemployed farmers to promote their employment; energetically implement skill improvement training for in-service employees of enterprises, to create blue-collar workers and increase income; actively implement enterprise training to realize “multiplication effect” of enterprise driving employment. Implement entrepreneurship training for the qualified affected and unemployed farmers with entrepreneurial intention with micro loans supportive policies to realize self-employment.

The second is to provide free vocational introduction services to promote employment, and to provide free vocational introduction services for various job seekers to promote employment through activities such as “Employment Assistance Month”, “Private Enterprise Recruitment Week”, “Employment Service Month for College Graduates” and periodical recruitment fairs on 25 and 26 of each month.

Finally, the local government will procure employment service results to promote employment. Linshui County Government will allocate employment subsidies of CNY 2 million each year to procure skill training, in-service training, entrepreneurship training and free vocational introduction service results to promote employment.

It is identified through practical investigation that no special employment restrictions are exerted on women, and specific posts shall still be implemented with reference to the employment standards of the Enterprise. However, Linshui Women's Federation also provides specific guide measures for local women, such as to launch enterprise employment fairs together with LESMB.

Figure 4-4: External View of Resettlement Communities

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Figure 4-5: Libraries in Resettlement Communities

I. Comparative analysis on economic and living conditions

(I) Improvement on housing conditions

It is identified in the investigation samples that most relocated residents lived in houses of masonry-brick and brick-wood structure at earlier stages of relocation, among which masonry-brick houses accounts for 61.7 percent. The relocation policy at that time is to compensate building area of 1m2 in case 1m2 of original house is demolished. Take Sanhe Community for example, according to the introduction by Village Officer of Sanhe Village (Sanhe Community), this Village starts land acquisition and relocation in 2007, and average resettled residents have been allocated with 2-3 resettlement houses (all in reinforcement concrete structure). With the growing of local enterprises and migrant workers as well as increasing needs for renting, local residents can rent their vacant houses, and one suite of house with complete home appliances can bring CNY 5000—6000 income for the house owner each year.

(II) Changes on family income sources

With the integral movement of the Industrial Park, the income sources of the affected residents will be changed accordingly. The main income source of residents is agriculture (some families hold that the crops at that time are only sufficient to eat with few being sold), wages (mostly from migrant working) and business etc. After land acquisition and relocation, the agricultural income sources are vanished with certain increase of wages and social security incomes. According to local policies, the men aged 60 and women aged 55 can enjoy old-age insurance for urban employees.

Income comparison before and after land acquisition may change. According to the statistics in investigation samples, the average annual incomes of each household before and after land acquisition are nearly CNY 23,365.2 and CNY 36,173.9 respectively with an increase of 54.8 percent.

(III) Increase in living cost

The living costs of residents in the Industrial Park may increase to a certain extent after land acquisition and relocation, and the impacts of inflation are not considered temporarily. According to the statistics in investigation samples, the expenditure of households is mainly living cost after land acquisition and relocation.

However, the medical costs are lowered to a certain extent. The men aged 60 and women aged 55 transformed from rural residents to urban residents may enjoy basic medical insurance for urban residents. The land-acquired men aged 60 and women aged 55 who are resettled in urban areas may enjoy basic medical insurance for urban employees through the employer, who are working in a flexible manner may enjoy basic medical insurance for urban employees as per relevant regulations and those who are unemployed may enjoy basic medical insurance for urban residents.

According to the statistics in investigation samples, the average annual expenditures of each household before and after land acquisition are nearly CNY 16,392 and CNY

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22,144.3 respectively with an increase of 35.1 percent.

IV. Resettlement effect

Most residents with completed land acquisition and relocation are satisfied with the resettlement and compensations, the proportion of which accounts for nearly 95.7 percent of the investigation sample. According to the introduction by the Group Leader of Group 3 in Sanhe Village, the growing of enterprises in the Industrial Park indeed attracted numerous migrant workers to return hometown for working. It is shown in the investigation that 97.5 percent of the interviewee holds that the increase of the enterprises in the Industrial Park may promote local economic development, 80.2 percent holds that local transport may be improved, 88.9 percent holds that numerous job opportunities may be created with the increase of enterprises in the Industrial Park and is convenient for nearby working and 74.1 percent holds that local living environment and facilities may be improved with the development of the Industrial Park.

Most lands in the Industrial Park after land acquisition are used for industrial development, and no profits are gained by local government during land leasing. According to the data provided by Qianfeng District and Linshui County, the cost for land acquisition per mu in the project area in recent years is nearly CNY 295,000, including land compensation fees, young crops fees, resettlement subsidies, reclamation fees of arable land, new construction land use fees, farmland conversion tax and land management fees. However, local government transfers industrial land to enterprises at a price of nearly CNY 80,000/mu to attract business investment, and therefore no profits are gained during land acquisition.

4.8.2 Analysis on impacts of the vulnerable groups in “40 percent Bottom Income Group”

The “40 percent Bottom Income Group” has been defined in the Chapter 2. Since the project area is located in rural areas, all the affected residents within the scope of appraisal of this Report are within the 40 percent Bottom Income Group, and therefore the 40 percent Bottom Income Group has covered all the vulnerable groups in the project area.

According to the above review, the development of the Industrial Park may improve housing conditions, change income resources and increase living costs of local residents, and the detailed impacts will not be described further.

The impacts on traditional vulnerable groups (the disabled, the household receiving the minimum living guarantee and the five guarantees) will be described below.

I. Distribution of vulnerable groups

There are 362 households receiving the minimum living guarantee, which accounts for 7 percent of total households, 23 households receiving the five guarantees, which accounts for 0.44 percent and 378 disabled persons, which account for 2.1 percent of total population in the villages directly affected by the Project in the project area of Linshui County.

There are 199 households receiving the minimum living guarantee, which accounts for 3.7 percent of the total households, 29 households receiving the five guarantees, which

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accounts for 0.54 percent and 378 disabled persons, which account for 1.4 percent of total population in the villages directly affected by the Project in the project area of Qianfeng District.

Table 4-8: Statistics on All Vulnerable Groups in Directly Affected Villages/Groups of the Project

District/County

Village/Group

Total Number of Household(

s), Household(

s)

Qty., Person(

s)

Household Receiving

the Minimum

Living Guarantee

Household(s)

Household Receiving the Five

GuaranteesHousehold(

s)

The DisabledPerson(

s)

Directly

affected

villages in

Linshui

County

Poshi Village 578 2245 66 2 57

Dafosi Village 912 2725 48 2 45

Wucha Village 650 2200 43 3 65

Zhengjia

Village579 2034 42 1 15

Paifang Village 720 2328 55 0 25

Group 3 of

Sanhe Village43 162 3 0 3

Yun'an Village 430 1547 35 5 38

Mahe Village 589 2450 30 10 70

Wenxing

Village669 2214 40 0 60

Subtotal 5170 17905 362 23 378

Directly

affected

villages in

Qianfeng

District

Eli Village 353 1246 11 1 26

Suzhai Village 450 1450 11 3 33

Longzhen

Village863 1865 25 4 26

Jingwan

Village351 1574 15 1 25

Gaofeng

Village905 2540 55 6 15

Chunlei Village 536 1826 10 2 30

Jijian Village 719 2005 43 4 18

Yongxing

Village596 1825 25 6 28

Xinqiao Village 594 1198 4 2 9

Subtotal 5367 15529 199 39 210

Total 10537 33434 561 62 588

Although there are numerous vulnerable groups in the project area, the vulnerable groups

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directly affected by the land acquisition and relocation of the Project are few. See Table 4-9 for statistics.

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Table 4-9: Statistics on Vulnerable Groups Directly Affected in Project Area

District/County Township/Town

Vulnerable Groups Affected by the Project

Household Receiving the

Five Guarantees, Person(s)

The Disabled, Person(s)

Poor Household(s), Household(s)

Linshui CountyChengnan Town 5 2 7

Xitian Township 0 0 0

Qianfeng DistrictXinqiao Township 4 15 11

Qianfeng Town 2 8 12

II. Supportive policies for vulnerable groups

The vulnerable groups of the Project include the household receiving the five guarantees, the disabled and low income households. Qianfeng District and Linshui County have formulated a set of complete and effective supportive system for the traditional vulnerable groups. Take the supportive policies for vulnerable groups in Qianfeng District for instance:

(I) Supportive policies for the household receiving the five guarantees and the low income households

According to the data provided by Bureau of Civil Affairs in Qianfeng District, the supportive policy of “Centralized and distributed support” is implemented. For centralized support, i.e. the households receiving the five guarantees will be sent to the nursing homes established by local government in each town and township, the operational funds of which are also managed by local government with subsidies of CNY 390 per month. The precondition for centralized support is the willing seniors receiving the five guarantees without infectious and metal diseases. The distributed support mainly involves the household receiving the five guarantees with contracted land in rural areas with government subsidies of CNY 260/person being distributed directly to individuals.

Local government will integrate low income households into the Minimum Living Guarantee System, i.e. urban and rural minimum living guarantees. In addition, the affected residents in Qianfeng District can enjoy unemployment benefit and old-age insurance after transformation from rural residents to urban residents. Currently, nearly 3593 affected farmers in Qianfeng District can enjoy unemployment insurance benefit per month with s standard of CNY 600/person/month. In addition, nearly 6796 and 3210 affected farmers can enjoy old-age insurance and medical insurance respectively.

(II) Supportive policies for the disabled

According to the general survey for the disabled, there are nearly 28,000 disabled persons in Qianfeng District currently (estimation based on sampling), among which nearly 5,700 have obtained Disability Certificate.

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The supportive measures for the disabled in Qianfeng District are as follows:

1) Entrust intermediary organ to implement vocational skill training on the suitable vocation for the disabled each year, such as welders and cooks.

2) The nationwide “Sunshine Home Program” will provide subsidies of CNY 50/person/month to the Grade 1 disabled person.

3) The severely disabled in Sichuan will be provided with nursing subsidies of CNY 50-80/person/month in 2014.

4) Infrastructure for the disabled, such as rehabilitation center or fostering center. Even though there is no such infrastructure in Qianfeng District. However, the reserved projects are applied in 2014.

Disabled Persons Federation hopes to provide loan support for the small families in flexible employment.

III. Possible impacts on vulnerable groups

In conclusion, most impacts of the Project on vulnerable groups are positive. The Project is expected to exert obvious impacts on improving the living environment and providing job opportunities for the vulnerable groups. It is identified in the investigation that most interviewed vulnerable groups hold supportive altitude towards this Project, and believe that the Project can create more job opportunities, improve their incomes and living environment.

4.9 Women’s Development and Benefit Status

4.9.1 Women’s development status in the project area

Ⅰ. Women’s participation in economic activities

Women's development status in affected area of the Project can be investigated from women’s social economic activity participation rate and say in community and home affairs etc. We can learn about relevant information by data of questionnaire survey.

Investigation and statistics data shows that full-time migrant women workers of 20-30 years old account for 62.5 percent of the age group women, 30-40 years old account for 38.8 percent of the age group women and part-time migrant workers account for 40 percent.Most of the women of more than 40 take care of children and engage in agriculture at home. Women of 40-50 years old engaging in agriculture at home account for 31.3 of the age group women and women of more than 50 old engaging in agriculture at home account for 58.8 percent of the age group women. Based on age distribution, the highest participation rate of social economic activity goes to women of 20-30 years old. Proportion of full-time migrant women worker of more than 30 decreases because they will raise children and will take care of family. For family income ratio between men and women, men’s income accounts for 64.8 in average and women's income accounts for 35.2 percent in average in investigated sample family.

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The Project development can provide employment opportunities for local women, further improve women’s family status while increasing women’s income, promote local women transforming idea and thought and gradually realize the significance of protecting their rights and interests.

Ⅱ. Women’s participation in management activities of village (community)

It is found that the method of women participating in village (community) management activities is joining in village committee in investigated villages and groups in general. In investigation of Qianfeng District it is found that in investigated committee women representative account for 22 percent in average, women representative account for 22.2 percent in general in villagers' representative conference; in investigation of Linshui County it is found that there are women member in most village committees and women representative accounts for 25 percent in general, and women representative account for 22.2 percent in general in villagers' representative conference. The aforementioned data indicates that women’s say at local is attached importance in certain degree.

Ⅲ. Supportive policies for local women

Presently, small-sum guaranteed loan policy is available in the Project area to encourage women to start a business.

(I) Supportive policies for local women in Qianfeng District

Women's Federation of Qianfeng District is prepared and established since establishment of Qianfeng District in Jan. 2013. Since Women’s Federation is newly established, its work is also at initial stage. According to the investigation, the flowing measures shall be taken for women:

Give an extra help to women engaging in planting and breeding industry; provide priority and on-the-job training for women working in industrial park; implement petty loan subsidized by nation to promote women start a business and obtain employment; encourage enterprises to sponsor women and children, such as Dumex milk power enterprise provides liquid milk for infant of 0-12 months in the whole district to guarantee their healthy growth.

The Women's Federation of Qianfeng District plans to provide on-the-job training for women. Since Qianfeng District is established this year (2013), training is still at planning stage.

The Women’s Federation of Qianfeng District hopes government department to provide training concentrating on skill and quality trainings to realize employment at local and assist the poor due to illness and disability.

(II) Supportive policies for local women in Linshui County

According to the investigation, the Women’s Federation of Linshui County positively promoted women employment by organizing 4 recruitment fairs with Linshui Employment Service Management Bureau (LESMB), and propagandizing employment policy by setting up information desk and hanging streamer, and at last more than 2500 persons reached

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employment intentions where women was more than 1400.

The Women’s Federation organizes and launches small-sum guaranteed loan for women starting a business. Linshui County Government and Party Committee issues Implementation Opinions on Further Propelling and Improving Small-sum Guaranteed Loan Finance Discount Policy to Promote Women Staring a Business and Obtain Employment (LWBF[2013] No. 13). The Women’s Federation of all levels of Linshui County offers loans of CNY 22 million for 397 eligible women by breaking down aims and tasks, propagandizing and launching extensively, simplifying review and transaction procedures and opening up green channel.

At the same time, the Women’s Federation of Linshui creates cultivates venture bases and trains innovation experts to radiate and mobilize women to startup business and acquire wealth together. There are 2 entrepreneurship demonstration bases (Hongyu Leather Company, Linshui Xinglong Pig Demonstration Plant) and 1 employment practice base (Sichuan Jindexing Auto Parts Co., Ltd.) in the whole county, and 1800 women in total are launched to get a job locally; there are 6 women civilization post units and 6 villages of agricultural park to assist mutually by pair work carried out in agricultural park to realize urban-rural combination and development together.

Ⅳ. Restriction policies for local women

According to investigation, there is no restriction policy for local women in the Project area.

4.9.2 The Project provides opportunities for women’s development

Social economic investigation on effected area also indicates that migrant work of manpower in rural area at the Project location becomes one common employment way and means of livelihood. Household contracted land of farmers is cultivated by the aged, women and the under-aged in simple and sustainable production mode. For women, most of them have to stay at villages to undertake burdensome agricultural productive labor and household duties with relatively vulnerable social and economic status since they hindered by personal quality if they go out for work and implicated by home fairs (such as taking care of the aged and children).

The construction of the Project can promote industrial park to introduce settlement of a number of enterprises and bring in mass job opportunities, which on the one hand can provide nearby non-agricultural industries job opportunities for local women to improve their income and social status, on the other hand, large quantities of labor demand in industrial park can attract young adults migrant worker around to return home to work which can achieve family reunion while engaging in non-agricultural production and management activities and relieve women’s pressure on housework and agricultural production to help them extricate from helpless awkward situation.

Taking Jeans Industrial Park in Qianfeng District as an example, Jeans Industrial Park is planned to focus on light textile with anticipated 7,500 jobs and 80 percent local workers where 60 percent are women workers. Therefore, light textile industry can attract large number of women to work with estimated average monthly wage CNY 2,200.

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Obtaining certain labor income plays an important part in improving women’s social and economic status. Certainly, land acquisition and resettlement of the Project may bring certain negative effect for women, such as lose productivity material like part of land, adapt to new living environment and protect rights and interests during compensation provision and distribution.

Certainly, most women look forward to the Project construction and development prospect of industrial park. They think that opportunities are greater than risks brought by the construction of the Project. On the one hand, construction of industrial park brings large number of employment opportunities by which women can obtain labor training and non-agricultural employment opportunities nearby to take part in various trainings, get a job and improve their production skills to achieve increased income and independent economic status which helps them improve their status both at family and society; on the other hand, nearby work can make them take care of the aged and children at home which is conductive to improving their living quality and happiness and promote family harmony.

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5 Social Management Plan and Implementation

Social management plan and implementation means measures taken to mitigate social negative effects caused by the Project to the greatest extent and expand and strengthen better social positive influence of the Project to promote integral elevation of the Project benefits.

5.1 Optimum Proposal of Project Design

Land acquisition, housing demolition and resettlement of the Project engineering construction design will affect inevitably the original living conditions of the local residents. Therefore, during the Project plan and design stages, the Designer and the Project Owner take the following effective measures to reduce the effects of the Project construction on local economy and society.

At the Project planning stage, the effects of the Project construction on local social economy is considered as much as possible and it is taken as the critical factor for scheme optimization requirement when scheme optimization requirement is carried out.

To reduce relocated person, in optimization design the design width of roads are different maintaining basically at previous red line width, thus it reduces land acquisition and resettlement and reduces furthest the influence of works on social economy and people living. In the meantime, to occupy uncultivated land state owned land as far as possible to reduce arable land occupation.

5.2 Compensation for Land Acquisition and Relocation

Compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and relocation usually trigger social contradictions. Therefore, it is suggested that the following social management plans shall be completed in the Project.

5.2.1 Compensation for land acquisition and relocation will be in strict accordance with legal procedure

As the established standards have been determined, compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and relocation will strictly abide by fair, just and public procedure.

5.2.2 Site selection for resettlement will take opinions of the public into consideration.

With the following specific procedures: prepare resettlement site according to planning, tell the public supporting like traffic, planning, schools, hospitals and farmer’s market at resettlement site, hand out resettlement site and design blueprint to village collectives, ask for advices one family by one family via village collectives, organize the public to investigate the resettlement sites and sign for affirmation at planning drawing if they agree the selected site. If someone does not agree, write down the reason. If most of the public are not satisfied with the selected site, site selection will be planned again.

5.2.3 Providing multiple options

Local resettlement department will take fundamental interests of affected persons as starting point when they prepares resettlement scheme. “Land allocated for rebuilding” and

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“unified planning and unified construction” are decided according to affected types. For the public involving in land allocated for rebuilding, two schemes of land allocated for rebuilding and monetary indemnity are provided; for the affected persons involving in unified planning and unified construction, two schemes of monetary indemnity and equity swap replace single resettlement scheme also. In this way, resettlement scheme presents diversity and relocated households have more options.

5.2.4 Shortening transitional period to the greatest extent

If after relocation, relocated households cannot be resettled for long time, transitional period will be too long, which will cause a number of social contradictions. Construction period of resettlement housing is directly associated with fund arrival. It is important to note that resettlement site has not been determined, meanwhile, if land acquisition and relocation issues exist at resettlement site which will make construction of resettlement site more complicated and construction period of resettlement housing lengthening.

As a result, transitional period shall be shortened for the Project with two methods: 1)promise to relocate households in relocation agreement to complete resettlement within one year to the greatest extent and let relocated residents preparing for it. 2) ensure construction funds of resettlement housing in place in time.

5.3 Mitigation Measures against Social Effects of the Project

5.3.1 Safety management at construction stage of the Project

The Contractor shall strictly comply with laws and regulations such as Production Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, Regulations of Sichuan Province on Safety Production. Before commencement of works, relevant competent department of company conducts safety technical disclosure on key position of the Project to the Project Management Dept. with a file formed; person in charge in the Project Management Dept. conducts construction organization technical disclosure to construction management personnel with a filed formed. Before commencement of each process (sub-divisional works), technician in charge of construction in Project Management Dept. shall conduct safety technical disclosure to operating personal, inform hazards at workplace, preventive measures and emergency treatment measures of accidents, and make a record.

In addition, for work at special conditions at construction site like hazardous operation, work high above the ground, work at special weather, down digging work, measures and regulations on safety management shall be developed and these work shall be supervised particularly. In this phase supervision, the bid section visited at site abides by stipulations of safety management perseveringly without major safety accident.

What’s more, importance shall be attached to construction safety education with requesting staff to take part in safety and production knowledge training and emphasizing importance and necessity of safety production whenever and wherever possible. Taking “safety first, responsibility to the people, accident free" as essential safety philosophy and developing relevant institutional norms in construction management, safety quality training, special technique training etc.

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5.3.2 Dust and noise control management at construction stage of the Project

Reducing effects on surrounding environment at construction stage of the Project is reflected in the following:

Fence at site shall be continuously close. For fencing less than 5m from residence at construction site, measures like heightening fencing or setting up barrier shall be taken to lower noise; outside of scaffolding at construction side shall be totally closed with green dense screen.

Construction site shall be hardened and watered to reduce dust in time; prior to sweep roads surface, floors, scaffolding and fence net, watering is a must; rubbish at floor shall be filled into barrel to hoist or closely clear via pipe without high scatter.

There shall be no ponding at construction site; slurry shall not be discharged at random; only after construction wastewater subsides at second level, can they be discharged to outside.

Construction wastes shall be transported. Wastes that are not transported within 48h shall be covered.

Beep is prohibited for vehicles entering construction site. Wagon cover of wastes transport vehicles shall be airtight and washed then vehicles can pull out construction site.

Reducing dust by watering shall be taken for mechanical operation; when wind velocity is higher than scale 5, outdoor house demolishing shall be stopped.

Recommend to use pre-blend mortar and pre-blend concrete, and restrict mixing at site in central urban area.

Large-scale mechanical equipment at construction site shall keep away from facilities at residential area as far as possible and shall be maintained to avoid high-pitched noise; flag, telecommunication methods shall be taken for contact in hoisting etc. and noisy methods like whistle and knocking on steel pipe are forbidden.

Equipment room shall be set up for fixed equipment of small size and strong noise like booster pump, electric saw, toothless say, grinding wheel at construction site; shed shall be set up as far as possible around mobile and strong noise source like pneumatic pick.

Load and unload at site shall be lightly and slowly, and noise reduction objects shall be laid at load and unload location like straw bag; lifting appliance shall be employed when large-scale articles are loaded and unloaded, and self-unload by auto is strictly prohibited. Construction at night 22:00 ～06:00 shall be approved; approved night construction shall reduce noise discharge as per regulations and strong lights cannot directly irradiate on residents’ windows; the Contractor shall notice night construction situation and noise reducing measures to adjacent community in advance.

For deep foundation excavation, measures of protecting underground pipeline and buildings around shall be taken for underground construction, and construction scheme shall be reviewed by experts.

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If road occupation is needed for construction, approval procedure shall be handled in accordance with regulations.

During construction, responsible officers of construction site shall take turns on duty and duly handle complaints of the disturbed residents.

5.3.3 Construction personnel management

It is necessary to strengthen management for construction personnel at construction stage of the Project with the following suggestions.

Ⅰ. Security administration for construction personnel

Firstly, implement Regulations of Sichuan Province on Temporary Resident Population Security correctly to reinforce security management for external construction personnel and maintain social order. In addition, arrange local police station, police service office or reinforce community mutual defense, which are external conditions for reinforcing security administration. Furthermore, reinforce security propaganda work at internal of construction personnel for caution purpose to prevent illegal criminal activity from happening.

Ⅱ. Payment and other supporting measures for construction personnel

(1) The Contractor signs service contracts with rural migrant workers to define legal rights and obligations。Human Resource Dept. of the Contractor will supervise the payoff of labor export sectors。

(2) Determine minimum wage standard for migrant workers, execute stipulations on national employee holidays and festivals, if lengthened man-hour is required for works or statutory holiday is occupied, overtime wage must be paid without underpayment on any excuse。

(3) Cover rural migrant workers in full amount to on-job injury insurance catastrophic disease medical insurance；

(4) Implement labor safety and hygiene security management for rural migrant workers to establish health record and have health examination once a year ； organize regular training on labor safety and occupational disease prevention and treatment knowledge； protect women rural migrant workers' special privilege at “four periods” i.e. menstrual period, pregnancy, maternity leave and breast-feeding。

(5) Open complaint channel, accept reports and complaints from rural migrant workers, and provide legal assistance。

(6) Perfect fair and explicit Project information publicity system, raise rural migrant workers' democracy and participation awareness, and improve their risk bearing capacity and entrepreneurial ability。

5.3.4 Enhancement road safety management during the project operation

As mentioned above, negative effects occurred at operation stage of the Project mainly reflect in road safety, and mitigation measures for the negative effects are as follows.

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Ⅰ. Design of traffic safety facilities

The main design contends of traffic safety facilities include traffic sign, marking, canalized guidance of level crossing. Traffic safety design of road in the Project will be accordance to new standard. General principle for traffic safety design is based on the current national and industrial standards and combines with road conditions, traffic conditions and environment conditions to set up comparatively perfect traffic sign, marking, safety fence, sight guidance and anti-dazzle facility, thus ensure normal use of roads and safe passage of vehicles to reduce traffic accident furthest.

Ⅱ. Design of pedestrian crossing, sidewalk for the blind and bicycle lane

According to those mentioned above, blind person accounts for 0.2 percent in the Project area. Even though the blind go out rarely, sidewalk for the blind is suggested to be built when road is designed.

On the basis of public opinion findings of social effect assessment, most of the local residents hope that pedestrian crossing and bicycle lane can be built. In consideration of leg challenged persons, the aged with inconvenient mobility and students’ to or from school, pedestrian crossing and bicycle lane need to be built with standard parameters in strict accordance with design in feasibility study report.

Ⅲ. Reinforcement publicity and education on road safety

Establish long-term mechanism on publicity and education on road safety. Government increases input in publicity and supervises and urges other departments and units to positively perform publicity responsibilities and obligations to realize socialization and institutionalization of publicity and education on traffic safety. Extensively undertake activities about traffic safety publicity in villages, communities, enterprises schools and families to carry out real-time and dynamic traffic safety education.

Ⅳ. Intensification of law enforcement of road traffic safety

The Project Team finds out in investigation that there are lots of large-scale transport vehicles in Qianfeng District which are more prone to traffic accident. Therefore, after the completion of the Project, government department will strictly renovate unlawful acts of road traffic. Reinforce road patrol controlling, intensify inspection for special vehicles like passenger traffic vehicles and hazardous goods transportation vehicles, severely crack down and renovate traffic unlawful acts like excessive speed, exceeding seating ability and overload, fatigue driving, drunk driving, truck occupying the other lane to drive, and strictly prohibit tri-wheel vehicles, low speed trucks and tractors to take persons illegally. Reinforce safety management for school bus according to law to guarantee students who take school bus are safe. Perfect and complete long-term mechanism for governing vehicles overrun and overload.

5.3.5 Public participation plan

During the Project design, implementation, follow-up management and operation, it is need to strictly enforce public supervisory mechanism and information open mechanism to

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ensure that the Project can achieve expected goal and social benefit.

During the Project preparation and design, social investigation and public participation in community are required to extensively listen to opinions of the public on the Project.

After determination of red line of land acquisition and demolition for the Project, physical quantity affected by land acquisition and demolition is required to be publicized.

The PMO will set up special information publish channel and manner to regularly publish progress of the Project implementation during implementation process.

During the Project implementation, it is need to publicize the Project design scheme, resettlement plan, environmental evaluation report, social evaluation report etc. at government information publicity platform to accept public supervision and ensure unimpeded channel for feedback.

5-1 Implementation Schedule of Project Social Management

Social Benefit

Actions and MeasuresResponsible

OrganizationsTiming

Main Monitoring and Evaluation Indexes

Realization

measures for

positive

social

benefits of

the Project

Publicize the Project

regularly in TV Station or

newspaper of Qianfeng

District and Linshui

County to publicize critical

information and progress

of the Project

PMO

July 2014-

completion of

the Project

Correctly record each

publicity material and

contents. Awareness

of the public for

publicity contents is

not less than 30

percent and

satisfaction for the

public who know the

publicity is not less

than 70 percent.

3 months prior to the

Project construction,

publicize preliminary

scheme of construction at

main medium in Qianfeng


County to accept the

public's consultation,

opinions and suggestions

with publicity time of at

least 30 days

PMO

3 months prior

to the Project

construction

1 month prior to the

Project construction,

publicize the final

construction scheme at

main medium in Qianfeng


County and place paper

edition of the final

construction scheme at

PMO 1 month prior to

the Project

construction

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suitable site.

For temporary jobs

created during the Project

implementation, local

residents have the priority

to get the job and the

vulnerable groups will be

given special attention

and ensure women’s

employment opportunities.

PMO, the

Contractor

During the

Project

implementation

For employed persons

in temporary jobs

created during the

Project

implementation, post

quantity provided to

local residents in

priority will be not less

than 40 percent of the

total posts, vulnerable

groups not less than

60 percent and

women not less than

40 percent.

After completion of the

Project, permanent jobs

brought by Project

management and

maintenance will be

provided to local residents

first, especially the

vulnerable groups and

women.

PMOAfter completion

of the Project

The post quantity

provided to local

residents in priority will

be not less than 40

percent of the total

posts, vulnerable

groups not less than

60 percent and

women not less than

40 percent.

Living

impacts on

nearby

residents

during

construction

1 month prior to

construction, publicize

construction scheme in

directly affected area by

the Project to accept the

public’s supervision. The

construction scheme

should have specific

measures, including

reducing construction

noise and dust pollution,

reducing congestion at

construction period.

PMO, primary-

level

organization

Prior to the

Project

construction

Awareness of the

public for publicity

contents is not less

than 70 percent and

satisfaction for the

public who know the

publicity is not less

than 70 percent.

During construction, set

up collection box for

community quality

supervision and the

public’s opinions in each

PMO, primary-

level

organization

Prior to and

during

construction of

the Project

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village and group at

construction site to accept

the public’s complaint and

opinions. PMO collect the

public’s opinions once a

month.

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3.

reinforcement

on residents’

traffic safety

awareness to

reduce traffic

accident

Launch public service

announcement on theme

of public traffic safety

more than once at main

medium in Qianfeng


County. Launch publicity

and education activity on

theme of public traffic

safety at all primary and

secondary schools.

PMO,

Education

Bureau

During the

Project

implementation

Correctly record each

publicity material and

contents. Awareness

of the pubic for

publicity contents will

be not less than 30

percent, and

awareness of primary

and secondary

schools students for

public traffic safety not

less than 80 percent.

4.

Resettlement

for Land

Acquisition

and

Relocation

At previous preparation

phase of the Project,

employ professional

agencies to prepare

resettlement plan for the

Project and rationally

design compensation and

resettlement scheme for


relocation.

PMO,

consulting

agencies

See

Resettlement

Action Plan

During resettlement for


relocation, conduct

reasonable compensation

and resettlement for

affected population.

PMO, local

departments in

charge of land

acquisition and

relocation

5. Promotion

on

management

and capacity

building of

the Project to

ensure

realization of

social

benefits of

the Project

Establish complaint and

grievance mechanism.

Arrange reception and

settlement personnel for

compliant and grievance

at PMO

PMO

During the

Project

preparation,

construction

and operation

Record settlement of

complaints and

grievance, and

satisfaction of

complaints settlement

will be not less than

80 percent

Establish internal

monitoring and evaluation

mechanism of the Project.

Submission of internal

monitoring and evaluation

report will be decided by

PMO itself.

PMO

During

construction of

the Project

Submission record of

internal monitoring

report

Establish publicity PMO During the Awareness rate of the

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mechanism for the Project

contents and information.

Allocate persons in charge

of the Project information

publication in PMO.

Project

preparation and

construction

public not less than 30

percent, satisfaction

not less than 70

percent

6.

establishmen

t of Follow-up

management

organizations

of the Project

and capacity

building

After operation of the

Project, determine follow-

up management agency

or organization of the

Project, undertake

professional skill and

managerial knowledge

training for main

responsible persons and

staff and newly increased

permanent jobs in the

Project will be provided to

local person in priority.

The Project

management

and

maintenance

organizations,

PMO

项目运营阶段

Training satisfaction is

not less than 80

percent, local person

not less than 60

percent in permanent

jobs and women not

less than 40 percent,

and local women staff

not less than 60

percent of women

staff.

7.

Establishmen

t of external

monitoring

mechanism

of the Project

to promote

realization of

the Project

goal and

social

benefits.

Employ independent third

party to monitor externally.

Carry out twice monitoring

at peak time of the Project

construction each year

and once a year at non-

peak time, and submit

monitoring report to World

Bank.

PMO,

consulting

agencies

During

construction of

the Project

Completion of

independent

monitoring

5.4 Implementation of Social Management Plan

5.4.1 Responsibilities of PMO

Guang’an PMO for World Bank Funded Project is an important coordinated management organization and stand on core status for implementation of social management plan with the following responsibilities.

PMO is executing agency and responsible organization of the Project and responsible for organization and coordination of relevant issues with the Project; at earlier stage and construction of the Project, it is responsible for publicity of the Project in Guang’ an City, including publicizing critical information and Project progress at media tools like main TV stations and newspaper in Guang’ an City.

For temporary jobs created during the Project construction, local residents have the priority to get the job and the vulnerable groups will be given special attention and ensure

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women’s employment opportunities.

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At stages of preparation, construction and operation of the Project, gradually establish complaint and grievance mechanism according to relevant complaint and grievance regulations in RAP, and settle local residents’ complaints and grievance for the Project by coordinating with relevant departments.

After completion of the Project construction, determine follow-up management agencies or organizations of the Project at operation stage, and undertake professional skill and managerial knowledge training for main responsible persons and staff in management and maintenance organizations of each subproject.

At operation stage of the Project, PMO will employ third party independent external monitoring organization to monitor implementation of social management plan of the Project.

5.4.2 Responsibilities of Functional Departments of Government

Functional departments of government involved include Finance Bureau, Development and Reform Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Bureau, Environmental Protection Agency, Land and Resources Bureau, Transport Bureau and Administrative Committee of Industrial Park. Functions of each functional department in social management plan of the Project are as shown in the following Table:

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Table 5-2 Government Departments and Their Responsibilities in Social Management Plan

Name of Functional Department

Responsibilities in Social Management Plan

Requirements of Social Management

PlanRemark

Municipal

Development and

Reform

Commission

(PMO)

Organize, coordinate and manage World

Bank funded project, be responsible for

coordination and operation of social

management plan of the whole Project,

complete evaluation of social

management plan of the Project

Facilitate Project

management and

capacity building, ensure

realization of the Project

social benefits, ensure

the public's participation

District (County)

Development and

Reform Bureau

Implement the decisions, organize,

coordinate, manage and implement the

Project, carry out project bidding, assign

the responsibilities to all the functional

departments in this district (county)

Facilitate the public's

participation, ensure

realization of social

benefits

District (County)

Land and

Resources Bureau

Provide policy support for land use and

acquisition, provide reference standard

for land use, assist land use planning

and adjustment, land use reporting,

resettlement, land acquisition and

relocation and enable the

implementation

Persist in open, fair and

just principles in land

acquisition process,

compensate in strict

accordance with current

policies.

District (County)

HR and Social

Security Bureau

Be responsible for social security and

resettlement of affected farmers

Implement social

security and

resettlement in strict

accordance with current

policies

District (County)

Employment

Service

Management

Bureau

Be responsible for providing

employment assistance like employment

guidance and training to affected

farmers; Employment Service

Management Bureau of Linshui County

is responsible for construction of rural

migrant workers service center and

coordination

Ensure employment

training valid, pay

attention to adaptability

of status transformation

for directly affected

persons to realize social

development goals

District (County)

Transport Bureau

Be mainly responsible for roads

management of during and after

construction of the Project

Ensure roads

unobstructed, take

effective measures to

reduce traffic accident

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District (County)

Environment

Protection Agency

Be responsible for managing

environmental protection and hygiene

during construction and operation of the

Project, ensure effective operation of

sewage treatment plant

Ensure realization of

social benefits

District (County)

Public Security

Bureau

Maintain social security during

construction and operation of the

Project; be responsible for operation

management of road traffic safety in the

Project area and organize publicity of

traffic safe transportation knowledge,

and enforce law strictly

Maintain social security;

ensure road traffic

operation safe and

orderly to reduce traffic

accident

Traffic police

force in

Public

Security

Bureau can

be

responsible

for road

safety

management

Administrative

Committee of

Industrial Park

Be mainly responsible for organization

and coordination of World Bank funded

project in the District (County); be

responsible for planning and

development of the Park

Facilitate the public's

participation, ensure

realization of social

benefits

5.4.3 Responsibilities of primary-level organization and village/group cadres

Town and township are primary-level administrative organizations. Neighborhood committee and village group are residents’ voluntary association. All of them also play an important role in social management plan.

Town and township primary-level governments in the Project area are responsible for arranging projects in the whole township, early publicity of the Project and organizing the village to launch the Project activities.

Neighborhood committees and village committees in the Project area are responsible for early publicity of the Project and coordinated management of affairs and organizing the village to launch the Project activities.

Village/group cadres in the Project area, as population directly making contact with affected residents, are responsible for the public’s mobilization and publicity and coordinating with relevant departments to implement compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and relocation of the Project.

5.4.4 The Contractor

As direct undertaker of the Project at implementation phase, the Contractor’s direct appeal is that support funds can be in place in time and they hope they can gain maximum return at minimum cost and complete construction task in the shortest time limit for the Project. The Contractor hopes to complete construction of works which may because they pursue construction progress only and neglect construction management, environmental

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protection, which may affect living environment and normal life of nearby residents.

The Contractor of the Project shall be strictly in accordance with rules and regulations in construction, avoid safety risks during construction and after completion of construction and ensure qualified quality of construction.

The Contractor coordinates with local relevant government departments to employ local rural migrant workers in priority and temporary construction jobs meet local job requirement first.

The Contractor of the Project publicizes construction information in time and cooperates actively with PMO to launch internal and external monitoring.

5.4.5 Technical consultation agencies

Technical consultation agencies are mainly responsible for providing technical support for the Project, saving the Project cost and reduce adverse effects of the Project to make the Project gaining better social benefits. At early-stage preparation stage of the Project, technical consulting agencies should prepare technology-based reports like feasibility study report, resettlement reports for the Project. During operation period of the Project, technical consultation agencies assist PMO to launch external monitoring.

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6 Complaint and Grievance Mechanism

The complaint and grievance mechanism is a key mechanism for eliminating risk and reducing social impact of the Project as well as an important way for realizing transparent information dissemination and public participation of the Project. The Project Management Office establishes a discontent and complaint collecting and handling procedure which is highly transparent, simple and practicable, thus objectively, fairly and efficiently handling discontents of the public and guaranteeing smooth progress of the Social Management Plan.

The subject of the complaint and grievance refers to the groups affected by the land acquisition and resettlement in the Project Area as well as other groups including construction workers.

The content of the complaint and grievance must be directly or indirectly correlated with the Project.

The object of the complaint and grievance is diversified, mainly referring to local grass-roots political governments or senior governmental agencies, the Project Management Office, judicial authorities and so on.

The method of complaint and grievance mainly includes oral grievance and written grievance. Oral grievance means that the Grievant orally reports problems or difficulties to the Project Management Office, the village community and other government departments or relevant personnel. Written grievance means that the Grievant formally submits a written application signed with basic information of the Grievant, complaints, reasons and expected solutions or other suggestions, to related responsible agencies or departments.

6.1 Method of Collecting Discontents and Complaints

(1) Reports of the village committee or township & sub-district resettlement office, including the public complaints, progress, working measures and problems.

(2) Construction situation and problems periodically report by the Contractor to the Owner, mainly including the influence of the public on the construction progress.

(3) Land acquisition and resettlement problems during site inspection of the Owner.

(4) Relevant information reflected by the external monitoring institution.

(5) Letters and visits of affected persons.

(6) Situation reported by the Workstation – an agency assigned by the Owner.

(7) Related special problems reflected during work inspection of the Audit Department, the Discipline Inspection Department and so on.

(8) Acquisition and resettlement expenditure information collected from the appropriation ledger of the Bank of Deposit.

(9) Special survey conducted through the internal monitoring.

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6.2 Complaint and Grievance Procedures

● Phase 1

The Grievant expresses oral or written discontents to the village committee or local township & sub-district resettlement office. For oral discontents, the village committee or local township & sub-district resettlement office will keep a written record and give a clear reply within 2 weeks. For major issues involved, the village committee or local township & sub-district resettlement office will report to the senior resettlement office and achieve the reply from the senior resettlement management department within 2 weeks.

● Phase 2

In case the Complainant is unsatisfied with the reply of Phase 1, the Complainant may appeal to the Project Management Office within 1 month upon receipt of the decision of Phase 1, and the Project Management Office will make a decision of handling the complaints within 3 weeks.

● Phase 3

In case the affected object is still unsatisfied with the reply of Phase 3, the affected object may appeal to the people’s court within 15 days upon receipt of the rely from the Project Management Office.

6.3 Principles for Handling Complaints

The land acquisition and resettlement office at each level must conduct field investigation with regard to complaints proposed by the public, adequately consult public opinions, patiently and repeatedly negotiate with the public, as well as objectively and fairly propose disposal suggestions according to state laws as well as principles and standards as specified in the Resettlement Action Plan. For unmanageable complaints, the land acquisition and resettlement office at each level must report to the senior land acquisition and resettlement department, and provide assistance to conduct the investigation.

The Grievant has the right to appeal in case the decisive agency at the previous phase fails to give a reply by the specified date.

During the resettlement process, females may have their own special complaints and grievances, so the Project Management Office is suggested to require the resettlement office at each level to employ at least one female worker to deal with the complaints of females. Local government and nongovernmental organizations such as the Bureau of Civil Affairs and the Women’s Federation will also supervise the resettlement, thus guaranteeing the rights and interests of the affected populations, particularly the females.

6.4 Content and Method of Reply to Complaints

6.4.1 Reply content

● Brief description of the discontents of the Complainant.

● Investigation results.

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● Relevant state regulations, as well as principles and standards specified in the Resettlement Action Plan.

● Disposal suggestions and specific basis.

● The Complainant has the right to appeal to the senior resettlement department and the civil court, and the court cost will be paid by the Owner.

6.4.2 Reply method

● The reply to complaints about limited issues will be directly sent to the Complainant in writing.

● For the reply to major complaints, local community will be informed through the villager meeting or document issuance.

Regardless of the reply methods to be taken, the reply to the complaints must be sent to the resettlement department that the Complainant belongs to.

6.5 Recording, Tracking and Feedback of Complaints and Grievances

During the project construction period, grass-roots agencies in charge shall register and manage data about the complaints and the results, and report the data to the Project Management Office in writing once a month. The Project Management Office will periodically inspect the registration of the complaints.

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7 Monitoring on Implementation of Social Management Plan

7.1 Internal Monitoring

The Social Management Plan of the Project will be implemented by the Project Management Office, and the Project Management Office is the ultimate unit in charge of the internal monitoring.

7.1.1 Purpose of internal monitoring

Internal monitoring on the Social Management Plan of the Project is not only one of daily project management contents during the project implementation process, but also an important guarantee for ensuring successful implementation of the Project. The internal monitoring aims to guarantee good performance of the Social Management Plan of the Project during the implementation process, protect legal rights and interests of affected persons against infringement and ensure smooth progress of the construction. Each audit institution will exercise its power of supervision on related units in its jurisdiction through independently auditing in accordance with corresponding laws.

7.1.2 Method of internal monitoring

The method of internal monitoring and appraisal mainly includes data collection and data analysis. The data collection means that the Project Management Office needs to develop a project data archiving and management system, arrange special personnel to take charge of classifying and archiving any data related to the Project. Besides, other data collection methods such as questionnaire survey and interview are available during the internal monitoring appraisal.

The data analysis means that collected data can be sorted by comparative analysis and inductive analysis in the internal monitoring report.

7.1.3 Content of internal monitoring

Main content of the internal monitoring on the Social Management Plan of the Project mainly includes:

I. Brief description of implementation of the Social Management Plan;

II. Progress and schedule of the Social Management Plan;

III. Affected groups, affected degree, coverage scope and arising problems of the Project;

IV. Effect of the Project;

V. Fund appropriation and use during the project implementation;

VI. Management of personnel and archives during the project implementation;

VII. Adjustments and modification as well as reasons during the project implementation; and

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VIII. Public participation and negotiation during the project implementation.

7.1.4 Internal monitoring cycle and report

To ensure smooth implementation of the Social Management Plan of the Project, the cycle of submitting the Internal Monitoring Report of Social Management Plan to the World Bank will be at determined at the sole discretion of Guang’an Project Management Office.

7.2 External Monitoring

7.2.1 Subject of external monitoring

The Project Management Office will organize a qualified third-party independent agency to monitor and assess the implementation of the Social Management Plan and propose advices on decision-making. The Project Management Office will determine the social management plan monitoring institution through bidding, and will seek approval of the World Bank. The external monitoring institution will implement all basic monitoring work through providing technical assistance to the Project Management Office and each functional department as well as conducting field investigation in accordance with the regulations.

7.2.2 Purpose of external monitoring

The external monitoring on the Social Management Plan is supplementary to the internal monitoring.

Independent monitoring by the third party will promote smooth implementation of the Social Management Plan and guarantee expected social benefits of the Social Management Plan. Besides, the external monitoring by the third party will maximally eliminate possible non-objectiveness and unfairness of the internal monitoring. The external monitoring and appraisal will provide appraisal comments and suggestions on the overall process of Social Management Plan and the recovery of production and living level of resettled persons, provide a warning system to the engineering management department, and provide a channel for reflecting opinions of the resettled persons.

7.2.3 Method and content of external monitoring

The method and content of external monitoring can be determined at the sole discretion of the monitoring institution, but the method and content are required to meet the requirements of monitoring on specific actions as specified in the Social Development Plan.

7.2.4 External monitoring cycle and report

The external monitoring and appraisal shall be based on the project monitoring cycle, conducted once half a year during the peak period and once a year during the off-peak period. The monitoring report shall be submitted by the external monitoring institution to the World Bank.

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8 Conclusions and Suggestions of Social Impact Assessment

8.1 Conclusions

Conclusions summarized through social investigations and analyses on social impacts are as follows:

Overall, with high social benefits and meeting the development demand of Guang’an, the Project has a strong economic and social co-adaptability and sustainability.

The Project has been approved unanimously by people in the Project Area, which will improve the infrastructure and bring convenience for production and living in the Project Area.

The Project can create a chance for increasing the economic income of local labors, attract a great number of migrant workers to return back to work in hometown, and solve some social issues on left-behind children, empty-nest elderly, etc., thus providing better care to the elderly and the children, decreasing the abandoned farmland and reducing the living cost.

Local government of the Project can mobilize the public resources, and each functional department will cooperate with each other to effectively ensure smooth implementation of the Project.

The Project brings a lot of positive influence simultaneously with causing certain adverse impact such as issues on traffic safety; however, the impact is less, which can be avoided maximally through enhancement on road safety management.

8.2 Suggestions

8.2.1 Preliminary public participation and propaganda

During preliminary preparation of the Project and at the planning design stage, related state laws & regulations, proposals for resettlement and related contents of the Project shall be extensively publicized in the Project Area. Extensive participation of people shall be ensured during the project preparation process.

8.2.2 Reduction of impact during the project construction

I. The Contractor must report the project name, the construction site, the construction period, the potential pollution from environmental noise and the prevention & control measures to the local competent department of environmental protection administration 15 days prior to the commencement of the Project.

As specified in Article 30 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Environmental Noise, construction activities leading to environmental noise are prohibited in the nighttime, unless emergency repair & rescue work and continuous operation due to technological requirements or special needs. Continuous operation due to special needs shall be certificated by the people’s government at or above the county level or other relevant authorities, and an

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announcement shall be issued to residents nearby.

II. Reasonably arrange the use of construction machines, and choose low-noise machines, i.e. replacing the impact-type pile driver with the hydraulic pile driver. Shorten the use time of noise equipment, enhance the maintenance of each construction machine, reduce the noise emission of the construction machines to the lowest degree, and strictly prohibit operation of pile driving machines in the nighttime. Besides, transport vehicles will cause flow noise when passing through villages, the noise of transport causes less impact in the daytime, but will affect normal daily routine of villagers, so transport by vehicles shall be restricted in the nighttime. Main high-noise equipment shall be placed at appropriate positions during the construction. For instance, concrete mixer can be operated at a place far away from the sensitive target, and then mixed concrete shall be transported to the construction site. The Project is suggested to be implemented in a closed status, provided with noise barriers.

III. During the construction period, the Project Management Office, the Owner, the Contractor and local Labor and Social Security Bureau shall provide an opportunity for the resettled persons, vulnerable groups and females to participate in the project construction and realize local employment.

8.2.3 Reduction of impact of land acquisition and demolition

The government work shall focus on compensation and resettlement for land acquisition and demolition, supporting social security and employment of affected farmers to ensure sustainability of their life, as well as guaranteeing consideration to relocated households during the transitional period and construction of resettlement housing. Besides, the government shall pay special attention to vulnerable groups such as the households receiving the minimum living guarantee, the households receiving the five guarantees, the disabled and the poor households.

The demolition resettlement for the Project refers to centralized resettlement via repaying housing, which will bring inconvenience and impacts to the relocated households more or less during the transitional period. Therefore, local resettlement department shall pay more attention and propose possibly underlying problems, starting with the rights and interests of the affected persons, listening to the public opinions dynamically and timely, and solving living details and small problems for people, thus guaranteeing stable transition of the relocated households and smooth recovery of their later life.

It is recommended to establish a database concerning the persons affected by the land acquisition and demolition, including all detailed information and resettlement of the affected farmers, particularly concerning the labor force and vulnerable groups. The database realizes coordinated management and data monitoring on the Project as well as on all groups confronting with the land acquisition and demolition, capable of acquiring the information of the affected persons as well as targeting and preventing possible unstable factors more effectively, thus nipping the conflicts and problems in the bid.

8.2.4 Improvement of management capacity of agencies during the project operation period

I. Reinforce the capacity building of agencies. The project managers shall reinforce the

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training on the Project to comprehend the policy and requirements of the World Bank Project, thus managing the Project better.

II. Encourage public participation in subsequent management. It is recommended to attract residents in the Project Area to participate in the subsequent management of the Project, i.e. establishing a subsequent management team consisting of members elected by the villagers and including female representatives.

III. The Project Management Office is responsible for conducting trainings on environment education, road safety and public security & sanitation, such as how to save water, how to appropriately treat garbage and waste water, which lifestyle can effectively protect local environment and reduce pollution, and how to obey traffic rules to reduce traffic accidents.

8.2.5 Enhancement of practicality of rural migrant worker training and mutual adaptability of enterprise

The Linshui Public Training Center mainly aims to satisfy the labor need for development of the Economic Industrial Park in Linshui County, the course arrangement may not be limited to NCN lathe operators, electricians, bench workers, etc. as illustrated in Table 4-5. Besides, the courses may be enriched according to other local situations. For instance, conduct certain social investigations before operation of the Linshui Public Training Center to comprehensively learn which work types in Linshui County currently have a great labor demand, learn the recruiting number and type from the human resource management departments of enterprises settled in the Park, and then arrange the specific courses as well as employ teachers. The courses shall be publicized, so that social personnel can also take the courses.

In addition, the Training Center shall also keep effective and stable capital sources and seek for multiple financing methods, thus guaranteeing long-term operation of the Training Center.

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Annexes

Annex 1 Questionnaire on Public Opinion for Social Impact

Assessment

Infrastructure Project for World Bank Loan Funded Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation (Guang’an) Demonstration Area

Questionnaire for Social Impact Assessment 1 Name: Village/Group:Age: Contact:

Basic Door-to-door Questionnaire 1 Basic information of the respondent1.1 Gender

Male 1 Female 21.2 Your educational background

□1 Elementary School

□2 Junior High School

□3 Senior High School

□4 College and above

1.3 Your occupation □1 Farming □2 Business □3 Migrant worker (place ____) □4 Others _____

1.4 Household size____(persons), annual household income ___, main income source: □1 Planting □2 Breeding

□3 Migrant worker □4 Business □5 Others ____

1.5 Household income mainly relies on: The male, with the proportion of ___The female, with the proportion of ___Others ____

1.6 Social and economic status of your family in your view: Rich 1

Relatively rich 2

Just enough to live 3Poor 4Very poor 5

2 Current status of the respondent2.1 Main source of household water:

Tap water – own 1

Tap water – (public tap in the community)

2

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Water from pipe or well – own 3

Water from pipe or well – communal 4

Open well – own 5

Open well – communal 6

River, stream, pond or spring water 7

2.2 Destination of your domestic sewage (sewage produced from cooking, washing and cleaning): To the waste water treatment system 1To the drainage ditch 2To the road 3To the yard or garden 4To the toilet 5Others, (please specify) ____ 6

2.3 Do you pay for the discharge of domestic sewage? 1 Yes 2 No

If so, the payment amount is about CNY ___ per (person, household and time, month, year etc.)

2.4 Which issues on road travel currently shall be resolved in your view? (multiple choice) 1 Unreasonable road planning

2 Inconvenient travel at night due to absence of the streetlight

3 Absence of the green belt

4 Arrangement of blind sidewalk

5 Others (please specify) ___

2.5 Your main travel mode: 1 Private car 2 Private motorcycle 3 Bus 4 Public motorcycle

5 Bicycle 6. Others (please specify) ___

2.6 The distance from your home to ___ (downtown/ county seat/market town) is __ km, and it cost ___ minutes and CNY ___.

3 Participation in public affairs 3.1 Have you ever participated in deciding public affairs of your village? (i.e. participation in the

Villager Meeting or the Villager’s Representative Meeting) 1 Yes 2 No If so, please answer question 6.2.

3.2 Which of the following issues have you discussed at the Villager Meeting or the Villager’s Representative Meeting? 1 Bonus of village collective2 Contracted land management3 Project approval and contracting of projects in the village4 Use and allocation of homestead5 Use and allocation of land acquisition compensation6 Others (please specify) ____

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3.3 Do you comprehend the Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation (Guang’an) Demonstration Area Infrastructure Construction Project? Yes 1 No 2

3.4 The channel through which you known the Project: 1 Government notice 2 Internet or television broadcasting 3 Door-to-door propaganda of village cadres 4 Others (please specify) ___

3.5 Do you support the Project? 1 Support 2 Support conditionally 3 Not support 4 No comment

3.6 If you have any disagreements or problems about the Project to be solved, which action will you choose? 1 Report to the village cadres 2 Report to the higher government 3 Ask for the Contractor 4 Not report 5 Others ___

3.7 Is there any special supporting policy with regard to the females (including employment training, old-age care and collective property allocation)?

3.8 Is there any special restriction policy with regard to the females (including employment training, old-age care and collective property allocation)?

4 Project appeal 4.1 Which positive effects do you think the Project will produce after construction? (multiple

choice)1 Promote the economic development 2 Improve the infrastructure and realize more convenient daily life 3 Provide the employment opportunities and increase the income 4 Improve the environment 5 Others (please specify) ___

4.2 Which adverse impacts do you think the Project will produce after construction? (multiple choice)1 Lose the land 2 Decrease the agricultural income 3 Increase vehicles, cause traffic safety problems 4 Pollute the environment 5 Others ___

4.3 Main demand for local industrial park: 1 Increase the employment opportunities 2 Increase the value of houses and land nearby 3 Avoid environmental pollution 4 Avoid land acquisition and relocation5 Others ___

4.5 Are you willing to work in the local industrial park? 1 Yes 2 No

4.6 The reason why you are willing to work in the local industrial park:

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1 Local employment is more convenient and helpful to care for family. 2 The salary differential is little. 3 Local employment can save the travelling expenses. 4 Others ___

4.7 The reason why you are unwilling to work in the local industrial park: 1 No appropriate employment opportunity 2 Low salary 3 No prospect 4 Others ___

5 Demand for project benefits 5.1 Do you think it is necessary to construct the bicycle lane to meet your travel needs if a road

is constructed at local place? 1 Yes 2 No

5.2 Do you think it is necessary to construct the pavement to meet your travel needs if a road is constructed at local place? 1 Yes 2 No

5.3 Are you willing to pay waste discharge fees if a waste water treatment plant is constructed at local place?1 Yes, willing to pay an amount of CNY ___/month. 2 No

5.4 Which employment training courses do you expect the government to arrange? (multiple choice)1 Textile 2 Electric welding 3 Automobile service 4 Architecture 5 Breeding 6 Others ___

5.5 Are you willing to pay for the training course?1 Yes 2 No 3 Yes, provided that the course is useful.

5.6 Are you willing to be employed on the construction site during the construction period of the Project? 1 Yes 2 No Reason: ___________________Do you have any relevant working experience if you’re willing to be employed on the construction site?1 If so, please specify what kind of jobs. ______2 No

5.8 Do you have any other requirements on the Project?

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Annex 2 Questionnaire in Villages/Groups for Social Impact

Assessment

Infrastructure Project for World Bank Loan Funded Sichuan-

Chongqing Cooperation (Guang’an) Demonstration Area

Questionnaire for Social Impact Assessment 2 Name: Position: Unit/Village/Group: Contact:

Village/Group Survey A Basic information of the village1. Is there any infrastructure in the village? (i.e. medical treatment, education, business and

amusement facilities)

2. How many females manage household affairs (those actually managing the household affairs due to the husband have lost labor or decision-making ability because of long illness or disability)?

3. What kind of work are the females in the village mainly engaged in? And what’s the proportion of the left-behind females to the total number of females in the village?

4. Statistics of vulnerable groups in the village

Type of Vulnerable

GroupsQuantity Statistics

Government Supporting

PolicyPolicy Basis

Household

receiving the

minimum living

guarantee

Total Causes of poverty Qty.

household(s)

Poor for disease

Absence of major labor

Shortage of labor skills

and limited educational

level

Others

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Household receiving the five

guarantees

household(s)

The

disabled

Total Causes of disability Qty.

person(s)

Blind

Leg disability

Others

5. Main demand for local industrial park: 1 Increase the employment opportunities 2 Increase the value of houses and land nearby 3 Avoid environmental pollution 4 Avoid land acquisition and relocation 5 Others (please specify)

6. Do you have any opinions and suggestions for local industrial park?

B Traffic status7. What are the main traffic tools for travel of villagers? And what’s the proportion?

Type of Traffic Tools Proportion ( percent)

Bus/car

Motorcycle

Bicycle

Other traffic tools

(please specify):

8. The main traffic tool for the groups with poor action ability such as the old, the weak and the disabled to travel: 1 Bus 2 Private car 3 Public motorcycle 4 Private motorcycle

5 Bicycle Others (please specify)

9. What’s the degree of convenience for the groups with poor action ability such as the old, the weak and the disabled to travel?

10. What are the requirements of the groups with poor action ability such as the old, the weak

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and the disabled on the road construction and the status of traffic tools?

11. What’s type of main road surrounding the village? Which road grade is most convenient for local people?

12. Main demand of local people for the road construction and the public traffic tools: 1 The road is expected to be wider.

2 The road status is expected to be better.

3 The pavement, the landscape and the streetlight are expected to be complete.

4 More public traffic tools are expected to be increased, with the main route from ___ to

___

13. How safe is the public traffic tool for travel? 1 Overload frequently

2 Overload occasionally

3 Never overload

14. The distance from your village to ___ (downtown/ county seat/ market town) is ___ km, and it cost ___ minutes and CNY ___.

15. Is it convenient for villagers to see a doctor? And what’s the main problem?

16. Is it convenient for rural students to go to school? And what’s the main problem?

17. The width of road to be constructed you think can satisfy the travel need of villagers in view of current travel status of the village: □ 16m (two-way two-lane road)

□ 20-24m (two-way four-lane road)

□ 40m (two-way six-lane road)

18. Is there any other issue on traffic of the village?

C Water consumption and waste discharge 19. Main source of water in the village:

Tap water – own 1

Tap water – (public tap in the community) 2

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Water from pipe or well – own 3

Water from pipe or well – communal 4

Open well – own 5

Open well – communal 6

River, stream, pond or spring water 7

20. Destination of domestic sewage (sewage produced from cooking, washing and cleaning) of villagers: To the waste water treatment system 1

To the drainage ditch 2

To the road 3

To the yard or garden 4

To the toilet 5

Others, (please specify) ____ 6

21. Does the farmer household pay for drinking water at present? 1 Yes 2 No

22. If the drinking water is charged, the payment amount for each bucket or every two buckets is CNY ___. (Please specify the measurement method, i.e. by vehicle, person, household and times, month, year, etc.)

23. Does the farmer household pay for discharge of sewage at present? 1 Yes 2 No

24. If the discharge of sewage is charged, the payment amount is CNY ___. (Please specify the measurement method, i.e. by person, household and times, month, year, etc.)

D Employment and training 25. Have the local government (county, town or township) organized training activities for rural

migrant workers in the village?

If so, please answer questions 27-30. 26. Is the training activity for rural migrant workers charged or not? if so, what’s the charging

standard?

27. How often is the training activity organized for the rural migrant workers?

28. Which courses are arranged for rural migrant workers? Please list the courses.

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29. What’s the effect of the training activity for rural migrant workers? Can the trained rural migrant workers find an appropriate job?

30. Which courses are expected by the villagers to be arranged?

31. Courses for which the villagers are willing to pay:

32. The construction of the local industrial park provides ___ opportunities of employment mainly engaged in ___, and factories in the industrial park provide opportunities of employment mainly engaged in ___.

E Public participation 33. How many members does the Village Committee have? What’s the number of females?

34. How often is the Villager Meeting held?

35. How often is the Villager’s Representative Meeting held? And what’s the proportion of the females participating in the Meeting?

36. Which of the following affairs are decided at the Villager Meeting? 1 Use of benefits from collective economy

2 Plan of contracted land management

3 Approval and contracting plan of collective economic projects

4 Use and allocation plan of homestead

5 Use and allocation plan of land acquisition compensation

37. Have your village organized the Villager Meeting or the Villager’s Representative Meeting to discuss the Project?

If so, please specify the date, location and main contents.

Date Location Main Contents

F Status of females' development 38. What’s the status of employment of females in the village? Please write down the

proportion.

Employment Age Group

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Status 20-30 30-40 40-50 Older than 50

Full-time migrant

workers

Part-time migrant

workers

Farming at home

Not working at all

Total 100 percent 100 percent 100 percent 100 percent

39. What are the factors hindering the females to participate in employment?

40. Is there any special policy supporting the females to participate in employment?

41. How to guarantee the participation right of females for receiving the land acquisition compensation?

42. What are the factors hindering the females to participate in organizations such as the Village Committee?

43. Which benefits do you think the Project will bring to local females?

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Annex 3 Supplementary Questionnaire for Social Impact

Assessment

Questionnaire for Social Impact Assessment of Linshui

Subproject Name: Neighborhood Committee (Village/Group):

Age: Contact:

1. Gender 1 Male 2 Female

2. Your educational background□1 Elementary School □2 Junior High School □3 Senior High School □4 College and above

3. Which type of your registered permanent residence is at present □1 Agricultural □2 Non-agricultural

4. Relocated due to the construction of the industrial park in___ (year), now resettled in ___ (place).

5. Are you satisfied with the land acquisition and demolition? □1 Yes □2 No, because ___

6. Your occupation □1 Farming □2 Business □3 Working in a factory in the industrial park (with the monthly salary of CNY ___) □4 A migrant worker at other places in the area □5 A migrant worker outside □6 Others, (please specify)

7. Have you ever experienced free professional skill training (organized by the government or enterprise) after losing the land? □1 Yes (If so, please answer questions 8-9.) □2 No (If not, please turn to question 10.)

8. Were you recommended for a job after the skill training organized by ____ in ____ (year)? □1 Yes □2 No

9. Did the enterprise give priority to employing the female after the skill training? □1 Yes □2 No □3 Not clear

10. What do you think of the opportunities for local employment compared with three years ago? □1 Increased, because____ □2 Decreased, because____ □3 No change

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11. Social and economic status of your family in your view: 1 Rich 2 Relatively rich 3 Just enough to live 4 Poor 5 Very poor

12. Welfare that you have at present (you may choose more than one option) □1 Endowment insurance for urban employees □2 Medical insurance □3 Unemployment insurance □4 Minimum living security for urban residents □5 Others, (please specify)

13. Ownership of land and housingBefore Land Acquisition and

DemolitionAfter Land Acquisition and Demolition

Area of original land (m2) Area of current land (m2)Area of original housing

(m2)Area of current housing

(m2)Structure of original housing: 1 Reinforced concrete structure 2 Masonry-concrete structure 3 Masonry-timber structure 4 Inferior to earth-timber structure

Structure of current housing: 1 Reinforced concrete structure 2 Masonry-concrete structure 3 Masonry-timber structure 4 Inferior to earth-timber structure

14. Household income Before Land Acquisition and


Annual Income (CNY)

□1 Farming income

Annual income (CNY)

□1 Farming income

□2 Salary income □2 Salary income

□3 Business income

□3 Business income

□4 Others □4 Others

Total Total

15. Household expenditure Before Land Acquisition and


Annual Expenditur

e (CNY)

□1 Expenditure on daily life

Annual Expenditur

e (CNY)

□1 Expenditure on daily life

□2 Expenditure on education

□2 Expenditure on education

□3 Medical expenditure

□3 Medical expenditure

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□4 Other expenditures

□4 Other expenditures

Total Total

16. What do you think of the benefits brought by the construction of the industrial park? (multiple choice)□1 Increase of the enterprises in the park promotes the development of local economy. □2 Local traffic is improved. □3 A great number of employment opportunities are created, convenient for local employment. □4 The living environment and facilities are improved. □5 Others, (please specify)

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Annex 4 Main Statistical Results of Public Opinion Questionnaires

I Main Statistical Results of Social Impact Assessment Questionnaire 1. Main source of water for

the Respondent (you may choose more than one option)

Proportion ( percent)Linshui County Qianfeng District

Tap water – own 7.5

Tap water – (public tap in the community)

27.5 11.3

Water from pipe or well – own

80 88.7

2. Destination of waste water (you may choose more than one option)


To the waste water treatment system

10

To the drainage ditch 42.5 35.8

To the road 5 1.9

To the yard or garden 27.5 24.5

To the toilet 22.5 37.7

3. Issues on road travel to be resolved currently (multiple choice)


Unreasonable road planning 37.5 30.2

inconvenient travel at night due to absence of the streetlight

57.5 56.6

Absence of the green belt 25 37.7

Unreasonable design or absence of the blind sidewalk

10 1.8

Others (mainly reflecting poor road condition)

12.5 24.5

4. Main travel mode at present (multiple choice)


Private car 5 5.7

Private motorcycle 45 17

Bus 32.5 35.8

Public motorcycle 0 0

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Bicycle 7.5 9.4

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Walk 32.5 43.4

5. Have you ever participated in deciding public affairs of your village?


Yes 77.5 79.2

No 22.5 20.8

6. Do you support the Project?


Support 92.5 92.4

Support conditionally 0 7.6

Not support 0 0

No comment 7.5 0

7. If you have any disagreements or problems about the Project, which action will you choose? (You may choose more than one option)


Report to the village cadres. 95 84.9

Report to the township/town government.

12.5 13.2

Ask for the Contractor. 2.5 0

Not report 0 1.9

Others 2.5 0

8. Which positive effects do you think the Project will produce after construction? (multiple choice)


Promote the economic development.

50 73.6

Improve the infrastructure and realize more convenient daily life.

67.5 56.6

Provide the employment opportunities and increase the income.

67.5 58.5

Improve the environment. 32.5 45.3

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Others 0 0

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9. Main demand for local industrial park (multiple choice)


Increase the employment opportunities.

72.5 67.9

Raise the price of land and housing nearby.

40 30.2

Avoid environmental pollution.

32.5 54.7

Avoid land acquisition and relocation.

10 11.3

Others 0 0

10. Are you willing to work in the local industrial park?


Yes 87.5 96.2

No 12.5 3.8

11. The reason why you are willing to work in the local industrial park (multiple choice)


Local employment is convenient and helpful to care for family.

88.6 88.2

The salary differential is little. 20 13.7

Local employment can save the travelling expenses.

28.6 13.7

Others 0 0

12. Do you think it is necessary to construct the bicycle lane if a road is constructed at local place?


Yes 84.6 92

No 15.4 8

13． Do you think it is necessary to construct the pavement if a road is constructed at local place?


Yes 94.9 88.2

No 5.1 11.8

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14. Are you willing to pay waste discharge fees if a waste water treatment plant is constructed at local place?

Proportion ( percent), only involving Linshui County

Yes 87.2

No 12.8

15. Which training courses do you expect the government to arrange? (multiple choice)


Textile 25 43.8

Electric welding 33.3 35.6

Automobile service 33.3 56.3

Architecture 50 35.4

breeding 38.9 50

16. Are you willing to be employed on the construction site during construction of the Project?


Yes 84.6 91.7

No 15.4 8.3

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II. Main Statistical Results of Social Impact Assessment Questionnaire 31. Are you satisfied with previous

resettlement?Proportion ( percent)

Yes 95.7 percent

No 4.3 percent

2. Occupation of the respondent Proportion ( percent)

Farming 0

Business 15.4 percent

Working in a factory in the local industrial park

41.8 percent

A migrant worker outside 3.3 percent

Others (including retiree, unemployed person or other occupations)

20.9 percent

3. Have you ever experienced professional training after losing the land?


Yes 40.6 percent

No 59.4 percent

4. Have you ever experienced professional training after losing the land?


Yes 40.6 percent

No 59.4 percent

5. What do you think of the opportunities for local employment compared with three years ago?


Increased 100 percent

Decreased 0

No change 0

6. Structure of housing before demolition

Structure of housing after demolition and resettlement

Reinforced concrete structure

0 Reinforced concrete structure

100 percent (buildings constructed in a systematic way)

Masonry-concrete structure 61.7 percent

Masonry-concrete structure

0

Masonry-timber structure 24.5 percent

Masonry-timber structure

0

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Inferior to earth-timber structure

12.8 percent

Inferior to earth-timber structure

0

7. Income status of the respondent Expenditure status of the respondent

Annual income of each household before land acquisition and demolition (CNY)

23365.2 Annual expenditure of each household before land acquisition and demolition (CNY)

16392

Annual income of each household after land acquisition and demolition (CNY)

36173.9 Annual expenditure of each household before land acquisition and demolition (CNY)

22144.3

8. Which benefits do you think the industrial park brings? (multiple choice)


Increase of the enterprises in the park promotes the development of local economy.

97.5

Local traffic is improved. 80.2

A great number of employment opportunities are created, convenient for local employment.

88.9

The living environment and facilities are improved.

74.1

Others 4.9

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Annex 5 Assessment Report on Equipment Purchase List of

Linshui Public Training Center

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Annex 6 Attendance Table for Certain Meetings of Functional

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