World Bank Financed Project Hubei Safe, Sustainable and Smart Agricultural Project Environmental and Social Management Framework

Submitted by: Foreign Cooperation Office of Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Prepared by: Central-Southern Safety&Environment Technology Institute Co., LTD

November 2019

Table of Contents Table of Contents ...... I Chemical acronyms ...... I 1. Project Introduction and Overview ...... 1 1.1 Project Introduction ...... 1 1.2 Project Overview ...... 4 1.3 Project Environmental and Social Impact Analysis ...... 7 2. Legislative and Regulatory Framework ...... 11 2.1 National Laws, Regulations and Policies ...... 11 2.2 WB Safeguard Policy and WB Group EHS guidelines ...... 13 2.3 Analysis of the Differences between China's National and Local Laws and Regulations, and WB's Safeguard Policy ...... 19 3. Procedures for Implementing Environmental and Social Safeguard Measures ...... 22 3.1 Sub-project Counties Selection ...... 23 3.2 Sub-Projects Screening in Project Proposal Phase ...... 28 3.3 Preparation of Environmental and Social Safeguard Documents in the Feasibility Study Phase ...... 34 3.4 Information Disclosure and Public Consultation ...... 34 3.5 Review and Approval of Environmental and Social Documents ...... 37 3.6 Implementation, Supervision and Reporting ...... 37 4. Preparation of ESMP ...... 41 4.1 Objective ...... 41 4.2 Social and Environmental Background ...... 41 4.3 Determine the Evaluation Areas ...... 73 4.4 Due Diligence ...... 74 4.5 Potential Environmental and Social Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...... 76 4.6 Environmental and Social Management Plan ...... 78 5. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ...... 92 5.1 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure During Project Preparation . 92 5.2 Continuous Public Consultation ...... 99 6. GRM ...... 107

Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist Appendix 2 Outline for Environmental and Social Management Plan Appendix 3-1 Environmental Code of Practice for Small-Scale Civil Works Appendix 3-2 Environmental Code of Practice for Farmland Facilities Appendix 3-3 Environmental Code of Practice for Road Constructions Appendix 3-4 Environmental Code of Practice for Land Leveling Appendix 3-5 Environmental Code of Practice for Economic Forest Planting Appendix 3-6 Environmental Code of Practice for Farmland Shelterbelt Planting Appendix 3-7 General Mitigation Measures for Environmental and Social Impacts of Planting and Breeding Projects Appendix 3-8 Environmental Code of Practice for Livestock Manure Appendix 4 Pest Management Framework Appendix 5 Project Exclusion Checklist Appendix 6 Resettlement Policy Framework

Abbreviations ECOP Environmental Code of Practice EHS Environment Health and Safety EMP Environmental Management Plan EPD Environmental Protection Department ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan PMO Project Management Office PMF Pest Management Framework PMP Pest Management Plan RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SSSA Safe, Sustainable and Smart Agriculture WB World Bank ES Environmental Supervisor CS Construction Supervisor

Chemical acronyms

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen SS Suspended Solid TP Total Phosphorus PM2.5 Fine Particles PM10 Inhalable Particles SO2 Sulfur Dioxide NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide CO Carbon Monoxide O3 Ozone

1. Project Introduction and Overview

1.1 Project Introduction

1.1.1Project Background and Objectives

(1) Project Background Hubei Province is located in the midstream of the Yangtze River in Central China. It has a fertile Jianghan Plain, bordering Anhui in the east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in the South and Henan in the north. Hubei Province is located in the middle latitude, with a monsoon climate. It has obvious transitional climate characteristics from north to south. It is one of the important agricultural production areas in China. The agricultural industry in Hubei province includes rice, cotton, rape, tea, orange, vegetable, aquaculture and livestock. In the past few decades, Hubei has experienced strong economic growth. While its economy is developing rapidly, the resources and environment constraints are more rigid. The sustainable development of agriculture is facing a severe challenge. Food safety is of great concern, and it is a great challenge to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products. The impact of global climate change on agriculture has become more obvious. There is greater pressure to raise the level of agricultural income. The problems and conflicts are more prominent when it comes to: ensuring the safety of agricultural products, increasing production revenue, protecting resources and environment, and carbon sequestration and emission reduction. In order to solve the current dilemma of agricultural development in Hubei province and achieve sustainable and high efficient agriculture under the condition of climate change and produce safe and high quality agricultural products, it is necessary to optimize production system, improve the regulations and policies and improve the investment environment. Hubei Province urgently needs to do some exploration and practice in these fields. Financial institutions such as the WB and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have long been committed to agricultural demonstration projects in developing countries to help them solve the problems in production practices. The project involves a wide range of contents, including crop production system, animal husbandry production system, agroforestry composite system, urban agricultural system, grain-energy comprehensive system, as well as integrated watershed management and soil erosion control, regional agro-ecosystem optimization and management, etc. Project activities mainly focus on

demonstration of agricultural key technologies, application of innovative supporting policies, expansion and promotion of public knowledge. A consensus has been reached to establish a "food safety and product quality" framework, among China's National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the WB. The framework is listed as the top priority of China's agricultural development and will involve a series of specific initiatives. At the same time, in order to accelerate China's agricultural transformation, the Global Environment Facility Council proposed a framework document entitled "Innovation and Transformation of China's Food Production System and Agro-ecological Landscape". The urgent need of Hubei Province to solve the agricultural dilemma is fully consistent with the long-term goal of the WB and the GEF. In addition, Hubei Province is located in the transition area connecting the North and South, the East and West China, which can play a leading role to other provinces of China. Therefore, a consensus has been reached, among Hubei Province, WB and GEF through several rounds of consultations, to implement the Safe, Sustainable and Smart Agriculture(SSSA) project in Hubei jointly, which is an important part of China’s framework of "food safety and product quality" and the "Innovation and Transformation of China's Food Production System and Agro-ecological Landscape ". The project is led by Hubei Provincial Government and Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Based on the investigation of current situation and existing issues in agricultural industry, targeted solutions were proposed. The project will contribute to improve product quality and food safety regulatory system and promote sustainable development of agriculture through implementation of safe, sustainable and smart agricultural practices. This demonstrative project could be promoted to other places of Hubei province, national wide and even to worldwide to improve quality and safety of agricultural product and level of smart agriculture. (2) Project Objectives The objectives of the SSSA project are to promote construction of strong agricultural province, accelerate agricultural supply-side reform, develop new agricultural business entities; achieve sustainable agricultural development, increase farmers' production and income and realize coordinated development of regional economy. Through the construction of this project, Hubei’s agricultural industrial structure will be adjusted; regional advantageous industries will be vigorously developed; new vitality will be injected into the industry; the production/processing/sales of agricultural products will be improved, the potential of land production will be fully tapped; organic agriculture

will be developed; farmers’ production and income will be increased; the core competitiveness of Hubei agricultural products in the domestic and foreign markets will be enhanced. As a result, the development of China’s agricultural industry will be promoted, and therefore regional economy will be further boosted. At the same time, since the project aims to develop sustainable organic agriculture, quality of agricultural products will be ensured. On the other hand, new agricultural entities will be cultivated, as a result, safe and specialized agriculture will be developed. Considering the global climate change, climate-smart agriculture will be developed to alleviate the problem.

1.1.2 Goal of the Framework

The project is categorized as Category B, with moderate environmental and social risks. The purpose of the environment and social management framework (ESMF) is to guide i) the process of screening, exclusion and classification of sub-project newly incorporated into the WB financed Hubei SSSA project (hereinafter referred to as the "Project"); ii) preparation of environment and social safeguard documents for the sub-projects; and iii) monitoring to ensure that all measures are taken to avoid and minimize the environmental and social impacts in the project activities. For the unavoidable impacts, necessary mitigation measures will be identified, developed and implemented in accordance with the relevant WB policies and Chinese laws. This framework established i) objectives, procedures, institutional framework and implementation arrangements to determine and manage the potential environmental and social impacts caused by the project activities; ii) a comprehensive method to identify environmental and social risk and propose mitigation measures; and iii) public consultation and grievance redress mechanism.

1.1.3 Framework Contents

The process and technical requirements for preparation of environmental and social safeguard documents in accordance with WB's safeguard policies, national laws and regulations have been specified in this ESMF. The ESMF includes the following: 1. describe relevant national and local laws and regulations and WB’s policy framework. 2. describe procedures of environmental and social risks management for sub-project activities. The procedures are briefly described as follow: 1) screen and identify potential environmental and social impacts; 2) classification; 3) exclude high-risk activities (i.e.,

excluding category A sub-project activities); 4) prepare impact assessment and mitigation documents; 5) monitor. 3. Plans to meet the safeguard requirements of the WB and domestic policies (including preparation of the environment management plan (EMP) for each sub-projects). 4. capacity of implementing agencies and recommended capacity building activities. 5. Monitoring and reporting arrangement, including regular inspection and adjustment mechanism during project implementation.

1.2 Project Overview

The Project will cover 11 counties/cities/districts in Hubei Province, including Honghu City, Zhongxiang City, Jingshan City, Xiaonan District, Nanzhang County, Xian'an District, Tongcheng County, Tongshan County, Duodao District, Yiling District, and Gongan County. Two whole industrial chain, i.e. planting and breeding, are involved in this project. The Project construction includes three components: 1) agricultural risks assessment, management and communications; 2) demonstration and promotion of SSSA practice; 3) project and knowledge management. Specific project content will be determined for each county/city/district during project implementation. The project overview is shown in Table 1-1 below.

Table 1-1 List of Project Content and Scale

No. Component Content and Scale

1 Component 1: agricultural risk assessment, management and communication

1.1 Risk Assessment Capacity building for organizations in charge of quality and Quality and Safety Risk 1.1.1 safety risk assessment, and development of risk assessment Assessment system. Capacity building for organizations in charge of land restoration Risk Assessment for 1.1.2 and biodiversity risk assessment, and development of risk Sustainable Agriculture assessment system. 1)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for different cropping systems and "rice +" mode; 2)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for fruit tree planting mode; Risk Assessment for 3)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for tea planting mode; 1.1.3 Climate-Smart Agriculture 4)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for "terra vegetables +" mode; 5)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for "aquatic vegetables +"mode; 6)Emission monitoring of greenhouse gas for livestock mode 1.2 Risk Management 1) Experience and operation center of big data for agricultural and rural affairs; 1.2.1 Big Data Platform 2) Purchase of basic equipment; 3) Purchase of basic software; 4) development of customized software 1)Technical code of practice for co-cultivation of rice and fish; 2)Technical code of practice for co-cultivation of lotus root and fish (shrimp, fish, loach, turtle, duck); 3)Technical guidelines for tea production, collection, processing, storage and transportation; 4)National level technical code of practice for planting rice; Develop Good Agricultural 5)Policy research on the reform of agricultural greening and 1.2.2 Practice (GAP) Standards incentive mechanism; and Policies 6)Reform policy of insurance system for green animal husbandry; 7)Study on recycling agriculture and institutional reform; 8)Case study on innovative frontier technology of agricultural production; 9)Research on climate-smart agricultural products, 1)Measurement and monitoring methodology of greenhouse gas emission reduction for co-cultivation of rice + shrimp (fish, frog, turtle, turtle and duck); 2)Measurement and monitoring methodology of greenhouse gas emission reduction for co-cultivation of lotus root + shrimp (fish, Greenhouse Gas Emission loach, turtle, duck); 1.2.3 Reduction and Monitoring 3)Measurement and monitoring methodology of greenhouse gas Methodology emission reduction in tea garden; 4)Measurement and monitoring methodology of greenhouse gas emission reduction in citrus garden; 5)Measurement and monitoring methodology of greenhouse gas emission reduction in livestock breeding; 6)Research on carbon trading methodology of rice, fruits and

No. Component Content and Scale vegetables, tea and breeding; 7)Comparison of emission reduction effects of different animal husbandry waste treatment modes. 1)Selective cultivation and demonstration of "high yield and low carbon emission" rice species; 2)Research and promotion of comprehensive utilization technology of crop straw; 3)Research, demonstration and promotion of low carbon planting Research and Promotion on 1.2.4 model; Climate-smart Agriculture 4)Demonstration and promotion of low carbon fertilization technology; 5)Demonstration and promotion of low carbon irrigation technology; 6)Development of agricultural carbon emission trading system. Establish and implement the supervision and management 1.2.5 Human Resources Training system of agricultural product quality and safety at the grassroots level Strengthen the development of risk communication system; 1.3 Risk communication reinforce the publicity of science knowledge; raise public awareness of participation in food safety management. 2 Component 2: Demonstration and Promotion of SSSA Practice Rice: 1)Renovate and expand standardized rice demonstration fields, strengthen and improve the field roads, dredge ditches, repair water conservancy facilities and other infrastructure. 2)Renovate and expand the production room; renovate the rice processing production line; purchase the dryers, color sorters, conveyors and monitoring equipment, etc. 3)Establish traceable quality and safety system for rice. 4)Promotion of sustainable production practice and improvement of cooperative organization capacity. Tea: 1)Renovate and expand standardized tea plantation demonstration fields; strengthen and improve the field roads; establish tea plantation protective forest; purchase tea trimmers, tea pickers, monitoring equipment and other sets. 2)Renovate and expand production room; build new tea quality Planting (rice, tea, fruits 2.1 testing laboratories; renovate the tea processing production line; and vegetables) purchase color sorters, dust removal equipment, packaging machines and testing equipment, etc. 3)Promotion of sustainable production practice and improvement of cooperative organization capacity. Fruits: 1)Renovate and expand standardized fruit and vegetable demonstration fields; improve the fruit and vegetable varieties; strengthen and improve the field roads; purchase of seed harvesting machinery. 2)Renovate and expand the production houses; upgrade the fruit and vegetable processing equipment; establish and improve fruit and vegetable quality traceable system; increase scientific research input; and construction of Yichang citrus technology research center; 3)Promotion of sustainable production practice and improvement of cooperative organization capacity.

No. Component Content and Scale 1)Renovate and upgrade the livestock bases (live pigs, cage-free chickens and aquatic products); 2)Upgrade the livestock base’s equipment, traceable comprehensive management platform for agricultural products, water quality monitoring system, and on-site inspection rooms, 2.2 Breeding Industry etc.; 3)Increase and upgrade the feces and crawfish shell recycling capacity; 4)Promotion of sustainable production practice and improvement of cooperative organization capacity. 3 Component 3: Project and Knowledge Management 1)Daily management; 2)Project progress management; 3.1 Project Management 3)Meetings: project kick-off meeting, project annual work summary meeting, project mid-term inspection meeting; project summary meeting. Monitoring Assessment 3.2 and Knowledge Management Project Activity Monitoring Implementation of the project safeguard policy and evaluation of 3.2.1 Assessment community monitoring. 1)The GAP area is jointly charged by the provincial PMO and the county PMO for data collection. The progress report and achievements verification report are issued annually. 2)The monitoring of agricultural greenhouse gas emission reduction shall be purchased through bidding, and the third-party Performance monitoring 3.2.2 shall provide equipment for monitoring, and annual auditing and evaluation report on carbon emission reduction shall be issued annually. 3)The qualified rate of quality and safety monitoring of agricultural products shall be collected by the food and drug administration, and shall be continuously monitored, and the annual food safety monitoring report shall be issued annually. 3.2.3 Knowledge Management Technical experience promotion and information management

1.3 Project Environmental and Social Impact Analysis

The crop planting industry related project activities mainly includes reconstruction and expansion of rice, tea, fruit and vegetable planting bases and processing workshops and construction of testing and research centers. The livestock breeding industry related project activities involved in the project mainly includes: reconstruction and upgrading of livestock bases (pig, cage-free chickens, fisheries); construction of supporting systems such as testing system and solid waste reuse system. See Table 1-2 for the project environmental and social impact identification. Table 1-3 presents the results of environmental and social impact analysis.

Table 1-2 Project Environmental and Social Impact Identification Environmental Resources Natural Environment Social Environment Living Environment Factors Ecological Impact Water Environment Social Agricultural Living Land Energy Air Water Soil Employment Factors Resources Economy development Conditions Upgrading Breeding -1 -1 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 +2 +3 Base Upgrading Breeding Livestock Breeding Manure Reuse 0 -1 -1 -1 +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +2 +3 Facilities Monitoring System -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 +2 +1

Planting Base -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 +2 +1

Crop Processing Facilities -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 +2 +1 Production Laboratories and -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 +2 +1 Research Center Scientific and Technological 0 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 Supporting Supporting System System Pest Management 0 0 0 0 0 +1 +1 +1 0 +1 +2 System Note：① “+”: Positive impact, “-”: Negative impact； ② The number indicates the relative extent of impact. “1”: Slight; “2”: Moderate; “3”: Significant.

Table 1-3 Project Environmental and Social Impact Analysis Project Stages Main Activities Environmental Impacts Category Ecological impact and impacts to Design Stage Site selection vulnerable areas Ecological impact caused by land occupation; Field irrigation facilities Construction wastewater; Soil erosion; Dredging sludge. Impact of land occupation on ecology; Construction solid waste and residue; Construction Construction of field Construction wastewater; Activities ploughing roads Noise from construction machinery and vehicles. Impact of land occupation on ecology; Impact of construction wastewater on Small-scale civil works surface water; Noise of construction machinery; Odor impact on air environment. Change of soil properties; Soil erosion; Soil nutrient management; Agricultural activities Solid waste disposal; Crop (land preparation, Operation Irrigation management; plantation planting, management Stage Water pollution control; and protection, Pest management; fertilization, harvest) Exhaust gas emissions and greenhouse gas emissions; Accidental discovery of historical relics. Treatment of solid waste and by-products from brewing; Control of water consumption and energy Brewing consumption; Wastewater discharge and exhaust gas emissions. Solid waste; Agricultural Food and beverage Wastewater discharge; Products processing Exhaust gas emissions; Processing Energy consumption. Exhaust gas emissions; Water consumption; Wastewater discharge; Straw reuse Solid waste; Hazardous waste; Noise pollution. Feasibility Study on Site Design Stage Ecological impact on vulnerable areas Selection and Layout Water pollution; Air pollution; Construction Farm Renovation and Solid waste pollution; Breeding Activities Feces Reuse Engineering Noise pollution; Soil erosion. Water pollution; Operation Livestock Wastes Odor pollution; Stage Processing Engineering Solid waste pollution;

Project Stages Main Activities Environmental Impacts Category Noise pollution; Veterinary medicine for epidemic diseases. Liquid fertilizer Liquid fertilizer distribution, feces distribution, manure transportation and odor pollution transport Biodiversity threat; Aquaculture Pollution of aquatic system; Hazardous articles. Evaluation and Construction stage: soil erosion, noise, Construction of Management wastewater, dust and other pollution. / Laboratories and of Operation stage: noise and domestic sewage monitoring station Agricultural discharge. Risks

2. Legislative and Regulatory Framework

2.1 National Laws, Regulations and Policies

1. National Laws, Regulations and Policies （1） “Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China” (2014 Amendment, Effective date: January 1, 2015) （2） “Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment” (2018 Amendment, Effective date: December 29, 2018) （3） “Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution” (Effective date: January 1, 2016) （4） “Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China” (2017 Amendment, Effective date: January 1, 2018) （5） “Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Pollution from Environmental Noise” (2018 Amendment, Effective date：December 29, 2018) （6） “Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environment Pollution Caused by Solid Wastes” (2016 Amendment, Effective date: November 7, 2016) （7） “Agriculture Law of the People's Republic of China” (2012 Amendment, Effective date：January 1, 2013) （8） “Animal Husbandry Law of the People's Republic of China” (2015 Amendment, Effective date: April 24, 2015) （9） “Forest Law of The People's Republic of China” (2009 Amendment, Effective date：August 27, 2009) （10） “Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China” (2012 Amendment, Effective date: July 1, 2012) （11） “Regulations on the Administration of Construction Project Environmental Protection” (2017 Amendment), Effective date：October 1, 2017) （12） “Classified Administration Catalogue of Environmental Impact Assessments for Construction Projects” (2018 Amendment, Effective date: April 28, 2018) （13） “Water Law of the People's Republic of China” (2016Amendment, Effective date: July 2, 2016)

（14） “Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China” (2010 Amendment, Effective date: March 1, 2011) （15） “Wild Animal Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China” (2018 Amendment, Effective date：October 26, 2018) （16） “Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China” (2017 Amendment, Effective date：November 5, 2017) （17） “Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China” (2004 Amendment, Effective date: August 28, 2004) （18） “Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law of the People's Republic of China” (2018 Amendment, Effective date: October 26, 2018) （19） “Administrative Measures for the Safety of Places of Origin of Agricultural Products” (Effective date: November 1, 2016) （20） “Regulation on the Protection of Basic Farmlands” (1998 Amendment, Effective date: January 1, 1999) （21） “Administrative Work Regulations of the People's Republic of China” (Effective date: September 15, 1993) （22） “Regulation on the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the Peoples Republic of China” (2014 Revision, Effective date: July 29, 2014) （23） “Decision of the State Council on deepening the reform of strict land management” (Effective date: October 21, 2004) （24） Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Nature Reserves (2017 Amendment, Effective date: October 7, 2017) （25） “Regulation on the Implementation of the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China” (2011 Amendment, Effective date: January 8, 2011) （26） “Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Wild Plants Protection” (2017 Amendment, Effective date: October 7, 2017) （27） “Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Aquatic Wild Animals” (2013 Amendment, Effective date: December 7, 2013) （28） “National Key Protected Wildlife Conservation” (Effective date: January 14, 1989) （29） “Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China” (2015Amendment, Effective date: April 24, 2015) （30） “Regulation on the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Large-scale

Breeding of Livestock and Poultry” (Effective date, January 1, 2014) （31） “Regulation on the Administration of Feeds and Feed Additives” (2017 Amendment, Effective date: March 1, 2017) （32） “Regulation on Handling Major Animal Epidemic Emergencies” (2017 Amendment, Effective date: October 7, 2017) 2. Technical Guidelines and Specifications （1） “Technical guideline for environmental impact assessment of construction project-General Programme” (HJ2.1-2016) （2） “Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment-Atmospheric Environment” (HJ2.2-2018) （3） “Technical guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment-Surface Water environment” (HJ/T2.3-2018) （4） “Technical Guidelines for Noise Impact Assessment” (HJ2.4-2009) （5） “Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment-Groundwater Environment” (HJ610-2016) （6） “Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment-Ecological Impact” (HJ19-2011) （7） “Technical Guidelines for Environmental Risk Assessment on Projects” (HJ/T169-2018) （8） “The Technical specification for environmental monitoring” (Fourth Edition) （9） “The Technical Specification for Soil Environmental Monitoring” (HJ/T 166-2004) （10） “Technical Specifications Requirements for Monitoring of Surface Water and Wastewater” (HJ/T91-2002) （11） “The Technical Specification for Environmental Quality Monitoring” (NY/T396-2000)

2.2 WB Safeguard Policy and WB Group EHS guidelines

2.2.1 WB Safeguard Policy and Compliance Analysis

The WB has ten operational policies on social and environmental safeguards. According to the nature of the project, the environmental evaluation scope and field investigations, the ten policies involved in the project are screened. The results are shown in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 Compliance with WB's Safeguard Policies Applica Safeguard No. ble? Compliance Policy Y/N According to the requirements of environmental screening and classification in the WB's safeguard policy on environmental OP/BP4. 01 assessment (OP 4.01), environmental screening was conducted 1 “Environmental Y and the Project was determined to be Category B. The ESMF Assessment” and EMP were prepared. Public consultation and information disclosure were carried out in accordance with the requirements of OP 4.01. Hubei Province is famous for its rich biodiversity and numerous lakes. It is even called "the province with thousands of lakes". This policy was triggered for prudential reasons. In the “Environmental Management Framework”, the areas of natural OP/BP4. 04 2 Y habitat is clearly delimited for each project county/city/district. “Natural habitat” The maps of natural habitats are also provided, so as to exclude the project activities involving natural habitats. The project is not expected to cause significant degradation or transformation of critical habitats. The Project is not expected to affect the forests and felling is OP/BP4. 36 3 N not involved in this Project. Activities involving important “Forest” natural habitats, as defined in the policy, shall not be financed. The purchase of pesticides and pesticide application tools shall not be financed. A few activities will use pesticides, involve changing the planting mode, and change the pest management OP/BP4. 09 mode. The project needs to prepare a pest management plan 4 “Pest Y (PMP) to propose pest control and management methods. The Management” framework of pest management is provided in this environmental management framework, which guides and helps project counties to prepare and implement the PMP. In the framework of environmental and social management, the OP/BP4. 11 project access standards are formulated, and the project will 5 “Material cultural N exclude activities that involve material and cultural resources assets” (cultural relics protection agencies above the county level). OP/BP4. 37 6 N The project does not involve dams. “Dam Safety” OP/BP4. 10 The 11 project areas are mainly of Han nationality. There is no 7 “Indigenous N minority residents areas, no minority languages and traditional People” culture, and no impact on the WB's ethnic minority policy. The implementation of the project does not involve involuntary resettlement. However, the resettlement impact of the project is uncertain. Therefore, according to the relevant regulations of OP/BP4. 12 the WB: when the population affected by the selected 8 “Involuntary N sub-project does not exceed 200, the responsible agencies of Resettlement” each PMO, local government and the project entity shall work closely together to prepare a brief resettlement plan for the selected sub-projects. OP/BP7. 50 “International 9 N The project does not involve international waterways Waterway Project” OP/BP7. 60 10 “Projects in N The project does not involve disputed areas Disputed Areas”

2.2.2 Application of WB's EHS Guidelines

The WB Group's environmental, health and safety (EHS) guidelines include a series of agriculture related guidelines. The relevant planting species of the project include rice, rape and other annual crops, citrus, tea and other perennial plants. The processing of agricultural products involves rice processing, brewing or juice processing, rape primary pressing processing; the aquaculture is mainly bass breeding, "rice +" comprehensive breeding. Pig and poultry breeding are mainly large-scale breeding. The project does not involve slaughter and meat processing. The rice straw utilization sub-project may involve biomass power generation. Therefore, the EHS guidelines applicable to the Project include: “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Annual Crop Production”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Perennial Crop Production”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Forest Harvesting Operations”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Mammalian Livestock Breeding”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Poultry Breeding”, “Environment for Vegetable Oil Production and Treatment”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Brewing Industry”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Aquatic Industry”, “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Food and Beverage Processing”, and “Environment, Health and Safety Guideline for Thermal Power Generation”. Table 2-2 Application of WB Group’s EHS Guidelines Project Measures required Measures for the project Type by the guidelines 1. Water and soil conservation measures mainly include: avoiding large-scale excavation, effectively According to “Environmental, using the existing terrain for planting, and not to Health and Safety Guidelines for change the land type if possible. Annual Crop Production” and 2. Soil quality protection and fertilizer use: advocate “Environmental, Health and the use of farmyard manure and high-efficiency Safety Guidelines for Perennial organic manure; increase the proportion of organic Crop Production”, a series of manure and green manure; prohibit the application of optimum environmental fertilizer on the surface; the fertilizer must be applied management methods and in the ditch and pit; immediately cover the soil after Crop measures are put forward for application; and cover with the withered grass leaves. Production controlling soil erosion, 3. Pest management and pesticide use: reduce the protecting soil quality, treating amount of pesticide, and select high-efficiency and planting waste, irrigation low residue pesticide if necessary. It is strictly management, pest management, prohibited to use highly toxic and long-term residual pesticide use, chemical fertilizer pesticide. For pesticide use, pollution-free pesticide use, biodiversity protection, should be preferred. See PMP. energy utilization, air quality, 4. Water pollution control: avoid fertilization and greenhouse gas and occupational spraying in rainy season, and reduce pollutants safety, etc. entering surface water. 5. Waste management measures: waste plastic bags, fertilizer bags, pesticide bottles, plastic mulch, etc.

generated from planting activities shall not be discarded in the field, and shall be collected and sorted. 6. Energy utilization and greenhouse gas emission reduction: major activities are completed by labor force manually. with limited energy consumption. The project has significant carbon emission reduction effect. 7. Biodiversity: the project supports planting of existing species in the project area, which has little impact on biodiversity. 1. The project does not involve deforestation, but mainly renews the aging economic forest. Alien species will not be introduced, and will not cause habitat change and biodiversity loss. The time arrangement of economic forest renewal activities should avoid the season of wild animals' litter and nesting; 2. Keep the natural vegetation of the road slope in the planting area. Insecticides shall be prohibited towards natural vegetation. Local common vegetation species should be utilized to build farmland shelter forest to protect the biodiversity; According to “Environmental, 3. Adopt equal slope planting. Water retaining ridge Health and Safety Guidelines for and drainage system shall be built. Increase vegetation Forest Harvesting Operations”, coverage to reduce the exposed surface area, therefore it has put forward a series of to reduce the impact of soil erosion. Fertilizer and optimum environmental pesticide shall be applied properly and reasonably to management methods and reduce excessive pollution caused by fertilization; measures for habitat alternation, 4. Surface water saturation period(such as early spring biodiversity loss, water quality, and after heavy rain) shall be avoided with regard to soil productivity, and hazardous the following activities: soil productivity promotion, waste management, etc. economic forest renewal and picking. Before sowing, machinery shall be avoided to prepare the site, so as to avoid loss of water and surface soil. if conditions permit, organic fertilizer should be planted to imcrease soil organic matter. Fertilization shall be applied according to soil testing to reasonably provide soil nutrients. 5. Reduce the amount of pesticide. In times of pests, pesticide with high-efficiency and low residue should be selected. It is strictly prohibited to use highly toxic and long residual pesticides. Pollution-free pesticides should be preferred. According to “Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Vegetable Oil Production and Treatment”, it has put forward a series of optimum The rapeseed production of this project is small-scale environmental management workshop-type primary press, and the main waste methods and measures for solid generated is oil cake waste residue. Biological waste and by-product treatment, fermentation method is used for composting. water consumption, energy consumption control, exhaust emission control, greenhouse gas emission and hazardous waste control.

“Environment, Health and The brewing of this project is mainly small-scale fruit Safety Guideline for brewing wine brewing, which consumes less water and energy. Industry” puts forward a series The waste water generated is mainly fruit washing, of optimum environmental tank washing and other waste water, which is management methods and discharged after anaerobic treatment; measures for solid waste and The exhaust gas is mainly the odor produced by the by-product treatment, water waste water treatment station and the stacking of consumption, energy rotten fruit and wine pit mud. Green isolation belt consumption control, waste should be set up for the waste water treatment station; water and exhaust gas emission rotten fruit and wine pit mud should be sold as feed control, etc. materials as generated. 1. The project mainly includes tea processing, fruit waxing, small-scale fruit beverage processing, etc. Strengthen the storage of raw materials and products (such as cold storage) and reduce the generation of solid waste; the solid waste such as rotten fruit and “Guideline of Environment, fruit core should be collected daily and reused after Health and Safety for Good and collection; Beverage Processing” puts 2. Minimize water consumption and waste water in forward a series of optimum production, and the waste water can be discharged environmental management only after it reaches the standard; methods and measures for solid 3. Dust removal shall be applied for the particles waste, waste water and waste produced in the production; measures such as gas emission control, energy shortening the storage period, daily cleaning of solid consumption, etc. wastes and setting up green isolation belt shall be taken for odor pollution; 3. The energy of the project is mainly electric energy, which can save energy consumption such as refrigeration. 1. Straw may be used for biomass gas power generation and carbon-based organic fertilizer production in this project, straw recycling is conducive to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the scale of biomass gas power generation project is small, and the total fixed heat input power is less than 50MWth. 2. Air pollutants: the carbonized combustible gas is “Environmental, Health and sent to the generator unit for combustion and power Safety Guideline for Thermal generation after being purified by dust removal, Power Generation” puts forward electric coke capture and so on. The gas after a series of optimum combustion and purification of the generator is environmental management discharged through the chimney. The flue gas methods and measures for air emission shall meet the relevant requirements in the emissions, energy efficiency and emission guidance values of small combustion greenhouse gas emissions, water facilities” in Table 2, chapter 1.1 of the “General consumption, waste water and Environment, Health and Safety Guide”; the control solid waste, hazardous technology of particulate matter and nitrogen oxide substances and noise in thermal shall adopt the relevant control technology in Annex 2 power generation. of the “General Environment, Health and Safety Guide” for the prevention and control of air emissions from power supply according to the actual situation. The chimney height shall be designed in accordance with Annex 3 of “General Environment, Health and Safety Guide”, international industry best practice (GIIP). 3. Water consumption and waste water: the water is mainly used for the cooling tower, and the closed

circulating cooling water system is adopted, and the cooling water is discharged into the drainage network after being cooled as the clean water; 4. Noise: methods to reduce noise impact include: adopt low-noise equipment, noise producing equipment, take measures such as vibration reduction and noise reduction, reasonable workshop layout, reasonable arrangement of production time of noise producing process, strengthening equipment maintenance, etc. 5: Solid waste and hazardous substances: the hazardous waste of waste engine oil generated by unit maintenance shall be collected and temporarily stored and regularly entrusted to a qualified hazardous waste disposal agency for harmless treatment. The carbon particles collected by the dust collector can be reused in the carbonization production process. 1. The solid waste is mainly livestock manure and biomass residue from biogas digesters. Solid waste should be reused as fertilizer to return to the field as soon as possible, and the temporary solid waste yard should be equipped with rain proof and anti-lifting devices. The carcasses of livestock shall be collected and disposed by a specialized treatment organization. If there is no such organization in the local area, it is necessary to dig a pit for deep burial, and it is forbidden to discard or stack them at will. 2. The wastewater treatment: it is strictly prohibited to discharge the aquaculture wastewater into the surface water body without treatment, and the wastewater in “Environment, Health and the aquaculture area shall be recycled into the farming Safety Guideline for area after being treated by the biogas digester or Mammalian Livestock sewage treatment facilities; the facilities such as the Breeding” and “Environment, breeding circle, the manure storage tank, the biogas Health and Safety Guideline liquid pool, the sewage pipeline and the sewage for Poultry Breeding” put treatment facilities must be subject to the anti-seepage Livestock forward a series of optimum treatment to prevent the pollution of the underground Breeding environmental management water source; methods and measures for waste 3. The measures to control the emission of waste gas management, waste water include cleaning the production area in time, reducing treatment, waste gas discharge, the exposure time of feces, urine and rotten feed, use of fungicides and antibiotics, cleaning the site regularly to avoid odor generation, ecological impact, animal ensuring ventilation in the fence, accelerating the diseases and occupational safety. drying of feces, and spraying deodorant regularly; 4. For the use of veterinary drugs, appropriate broad-spectrum, efficient and low toxic disinfectants should be selected for disinfection; 5. In order to protect the ecological environment of the area, it is forbidden to build enclosures, excavate earth, take stones, cut down trees, etc.; 6. In terms of disease prevention and control, a regular disinfection system shall be established to immunize against avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease and other diseases according to procedures. Make immunization records, carry out regular monitoring of immunization effect; animals suffering from avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease and other epidemic

diseases shall be killed without treatment. 1. Threat of biological diversity: the aquaculture of this project mainly uses rice field symbiosis or farmland transformation to freshwater aquaculture pond, which will not change the natural habitat. It is required to breed local species, prevent invasion of alien species, prevent and control the escape of “Environment, Health and aquaculture products from the rice field / pond by Safety Guideline for installing fish net, gravel filter and other measures; it Aquaculture Industry” puts is prohibited to catch female fish, eggs, seedlings and forward a series of optimum juveniles from the nature Fish and even juveniles are environmental management used in aquaculture to avoid threats to ecosystem methods and measures for biodiversity; threats of biodiversity, pollution 2. Pollution of aquatic system: use spherical feed, of aquatic system and dangerous strengthen the monitoring of feeding status and adjust goods. feeding frequency in time, stop feeding in appropriate time interval before fishing; use partial drainage technology to drain fishing, or prohibit pond water discharge at the same time of fishing; 3. Apply fertilizer reasonably and reduce the amount of pesticide. In case of diseases and insect pests, select high-efficiency and low residue pesticide. The project involves the breeding of pigs, fish, frogs, turtles, chickens and ducks. The animals can get enough fresh water and food. The animals have shelter and rest place, and their living environment is good. “Environment, Health and Epidemic prevention and disease treatment can be Safety Guideline for Animal provided during the breeding process, which can avoid Welfare” puts forward animal pain, injury and disease. Enough living space and welfare standards and optimum appropriate facilities shall be provided for animals. management methods for animal Group breeding shall be adopted. Positive relationship welfare. between human and animals shall be maintained during the breeding process, which will not cause animal injury and fear. The breeding activities in this project can guarantee animal welfare.

2.3 Analysis of the Differences between China's National and Local Laws and Regulations, and WB's Safeguard Policy

The project is a WB financed project. In addition to the relevant safeguard policies of WB, it also needs to comply with the requirements of China's laws and regulations. Gap analysis were conducted between WB’s safeguard policies and relevant domestic laws and regulations. In terms of environmental impact assessment requirements, there is no significant difference between the requirements of the state and Hubei Province and WB’s relevant safeguard policies and EHS requirements. The main differences for this project is in practices. As for the depth and format of environmental impact assessment, the differences between China’s environmental assessment law and OP 4.01 are as follows:

Statement of China's environmental assessment law is as follows: The construction organization shall, in accordance with the following provisions, organize the preparation of the environmental impact assessment report, environmental impact assessment form or filling the environmental impact assessment registration form (hereinafter collectively referred to as the environmental impact assessment document): (1) if significant environmental impact is likely to be caused, an environmental impact assessment report shall be prepared and the resulting environmental impact shall be comprehensively evaluated; (2) if moderate environmental impact is expected, an environmental impact assessment form shall be prepared to analyze or make a special evaluation of the environmental impact; (3) if the environmental impact is minimal and environmental impact assessment is not required, an environmental assessment registration form shall be submitted. WB’s safeguard policy OP 4.01 environmental assessment classifies the project into A,B,C and FI, depending on the size and scope of the project’s potential environmental and social impact. Category A projects are those that may have significant negative environmental impacts, which are sensitive, diverse or unprecedented. These impacts may affect an area broader than the sites or facilities subject to physical works. A proposed project is classified as Category B if its potential adverse environmental impacts on human populations or environmentally important areas-including wetlands, forest, grasslands, and other natural habitats-are less adverse than those of Category A projects. These impacts are site-specific; few if any of them are irreversible; and in most cases mitigatory measures can be designed more readily than for Category A projects. A proposed project is classified as Category C if it is likely to have minimal or no adverse environmental impacts. In terms of the form of environmental impact assessment documents, WB OP 4.01 stipulates a variety of document forms. Commonly, it is necessary to prepare an environmental impact assessment and EMP, and pay special attention to the implementation of EMP during the project implementation period. For projects of undetermined scale and location during project preparation, an ESMF is required. For some simple Category B projects, only EMP is required without the need to prepare environmental impact assessment. For public consultation and information disclosure, in recent years, the domestic requirements are similar to those of OP 4.01, which require a wide range of public consultation activities and full disclosure of environmental impact assessment documents.

In addition, there are other domestic regulations equivalent to applicable WB’s safeguard policies. For OP4.09 Pest Management, China has promulgated a series of pesticide management regulations and standards for the safe use of pesticides and encouraging the use of high-efficient, low toxic and low residue pesticides. All pesticide manufacture and users shall follow those regulations and standards. These documents clearly state that the usage of pesticide shall be strictly managed (the high toxic pesticides, such as parathion, monocrotophos and phorate are prohibited); Agricultural products with excessive pesticide residues shall not enter the market. Methods for safe use of pesticides include: the form of pesticides, safe and proper use of pesticides, normal dosage and maximum dosage, the allowable times of usage within a year, interval days from the last usage to harvest).

In general, PRC has established corresponding laws and regulations equivalent to the applicable WB safeguard policies. There is no significant gap between PRC requirements and WB’s safeguard policy. The construction and operation of this project are subject to these laws and regulations. During project implementation, these requirements shall be strictly followed and supervised to ensure comply with requirements of PRC regulations and WB safeguard policy.

3. Procedures for Implementing Environmental and Social Safeguard Measures

It is intended to adopt a framework method to design the enterprise level value chain investment project under module 2 for Hubei Province's SSSA project. Therefore, the specific sub-project activities and contents will be determined during project implementation. Currently, the ESMF is being submitted to the WB. During project implementation, the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) of sub-project will be prepared and submitted to WB for review in the first year. For the sub-projects, specific procedures will be developed to identify and screen the environmental and social impacts in the sub-project area; mitigation measures will be proposed; and corresponding safeguard documents will be prepared. The environmental and social assessment will be carried out for the sub-projects according to the following steps. 1. The proposal of the sub-projects can be proposed by the cooperatives (individual farmers can propose to cooperatives), the counties and the village governments. 2. Environmental and social screening: according to the information from the proposed sub-projects, each county PMO will exclude the projects according to Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List, and then conduct preliminary screening and fill in the screening list in Appendix 1 Screening list of Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues. Therefore, the regional and provincial PMO will finally review and determine the applicable safeguard policies and the required environmental and social safeguard documents. 3. According to the screening results, the project entity shall prepare relevant environmental assessment and social assessment documents related to the project. If necessary, the general EMP and PMP shall be supplemented properly according to the needs of sub-projects. If land acquisition is involved, the RAP shall be prepared according to the RPF. 4. Public consultation and information disclosure. According to the requirements of WB and China, all environmental and social documents of the project shall be subject to information disclosure and public consultation, including due diligence documents. The information can be disclosed on official website, newspaper, and on-site posting, etc. The publicity contents mainly include the full text of environmental and social documents, the approaches for the public to obtain the environmental assessment report, etc. The provided

documents of the environmental assessment report can be electronic or hard copy. After the completion of all draft environmental and social documents of sub-project activities, public consultation can be conducted to the people and units affected by the project activities by means of questionnaire survey, site visit, public consultation forum, etc. The project needs to be publicized and disclosed on the local public board and the government website. The project entity is responsible for the implementation, and the provincial PMO is responsible for supervision and guidance. 5. In the first year of project implementation, the environmental and social documents of sub-projects shall be reviewed by WB. And then according to the implementation of sub-projects, the environmental and social documents of sub-projects shall be reviewed by the PMO of Hubei Province and approved by the local relevant departments. 6. Project implementation, supervision and report. During project implementation, the project entities must be defined first. Different sub-projects have different implementation entities. Generally, the entities of the sub-projects are farmers, cooperatives, counties or village governments. At the same time, the supervisor of project implementation shall be defined according to the project implementation entity, generally PMOs at all levels and relevant sector competent authorities (such as Environment Protection Department (EPD) and Water Conservancy Bureau). The project entity shall submit progress and monitoring reports to the PMO. Hubei provincial PMO shall submit semiannual monitoring report to WB.

3.1 Sub-project Counties Selection

According to the site selection criteria and procedure, 11 counties from 6 prefecture level cities are selected to participate in the project, including Jingzhou City (Honghu City, Gongan County), Jingmen City (Duodao District, Jingshan City, Zhongxiang City), Xiaogan City (Xiaonan District), Xianning City (Xian'an District, Tongcheng County, Tongshan County), Xiangyang City (Nanzhang county) and Yichang City (Yiling District). (1) Criteria for project areas selection Production and processing are two critical factors that affect agricultural product’s safety and quality. According to the status quo of four leading industries, i.e. rice, tea, fruits and vegetables, and aquaculture in Hubei Province, typical counties and cities under guidance of Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs are selected considering

the existing issues in the industrial chain to demonstrate smart agriculture and innovative and sustainable quality and safety control mode. The site selection criteria of the project areas are as follows: ⚫ The selected project areas shall have basic prerequisites for "3S" (safe, sustainable and smart) for experiments and demonstrations. The local agricultural industry has obvious characteristics and strong representativeness. The government, enterprises, cooperatives and farmers have high enthusiasm for participation. The selected counties and cities are willing to set up PMOs with full-time personnel. The financial departments at the same level agree to use WB loans, and actively coordinate all participants to timely and fully provide counterpart funds. ⚫ The selected counties and cities shall arrange relevant construction contents according to "3S" requirements (which can be used for agricultural technology training and provide guidance on chemical fertilizer and pesticide application, seedling cultivation, breeding technology, industry management, agricultural technology promotion, etc.), with sound agricultural technology promotion system, strong participation willingness from the government and agricultural technology promotion departments, obvious benefits for agriculture and farmers, which is conducive to eliminate poverty and improve the ecological environment. ⚫ The selected counties and cities shall have innovation (such as product innovation, management mode innovation, technology innovation, marketing management and control mode innovation, etc.) in their implementation plan, which is demonstrative and conducive to develop good agricultural production practice, and can achieve expected results such as the promotion mode or technical specification. The implementation of the project is practically instructive for carrying out SSSA projects outside the demonstration area. ⚫ In response to the WB's requirements for innovative transformation of climate-smart agriculture, food production system and agricultural ecological landscape, in the selected areas, the focus of implementation should be the counties and cities which are representative on greenhouse gas emission reduction, conservation farming, biodiversity protection, agricultural ecological landscape management, etc. ⚫ The project shall not involve activities with high environmental and social risks (Category A), and shall be screened and excluded in accordance with the requirements in Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List and Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist.

⚫ Farmers are willing to participate. The implementation of the project can bring certain economic benefits and employment opportunities to local farmers, especially to poor households, women and other vulnerable groups. (2) Project area selection procedure There are many types of agricultural industries in Hubei Province. According to the project’s objectives of food safety, sustainable agricultural and smart agricultural, the selected industries i) shall have good industrial foundation with large production scale, and be closely related to the national economy and the people's lives; ii) the current development level still needs to be improved urgently; with instructive significance to develop SSSA projects. According to the location of Hubei Province, the development plan of agricultural industry and the characteristics of agricultural resources, the rice, tea, fruits and vegetable, and aquaculture industries are determined to be the key fields of this project. The project application process is as follows: In February 2018, the project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance. It is included in the “list of candidate projects for 2018-2020 financed by WB”. In June 2018, Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized counties, cities, and districts to prepare project proposals and conduct site selection for rice, vegetables, fruits, tea, edible fungi, rape, etc. industries in the province. Eligible application materials from 14 counties/cities/districts are received. According to the site selection criteria of WB, the opinions from Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural affairs, Hubei Department of Finance, bureaus of agriculture and rural affairs and bureaus of finance from each county/city/district, and the application materials from each county/city/district, 12 counties/cities/districts are preliminarily selected as the construction sites of the project. From June to August 2018, Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs summarized the proposals from the 12 preliminarily selected counties/cities/districts and prepared the project proposal that submitted to the project team in WB. In August 2018, the project reconnaissance team of WB reviewed the project proposal and inspected some project areas to identify project construction content, and put forward suggestions for modification and adjustment. Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs modified the project proposal accordingly. In December 2018, the project reconnaissance team of WB reviewed the revised project proposal and conducted field investigations and identification again. The industries

involved in the project are determined as rice, tea, fruits and vegetables (including rape), breeding. The participating counties are increased to 13 counties/cities/districts; In April 2019, according to the opinions of WB and the design process of the project, Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs conducted a competitive expert review on 13 selected counties/cities/districts, determined 11 counties/cities/districts to participate in the project, and determined the industrial categories selected by each county and urban area. In May 2019, Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs conducted field investigation on 11 counties/cities/districts, and accurately determined the implementation entity, construction content and annual implementation plan of each county/city/district. In September 2019, with the approval of WB, the provincial PMOs determined the list and publicize it. If there is no objection, it will be listed in the next year's plan.

Figure 3-1 Flow chart of site selection The location of project counties is shown in Figure 3-2. The 11 selected project counties and proposed project content are presented in Table 3-1. Table 3-1 Project counties selected for SSSA projects in Hubei province

City County No. Production Category Note Name Name Honghu Rice, Vegetables Rice: Rice and fish co-cultivation 1 Jingzhou Gongan Rice /

Duodao Vegetables / Rice: rice and fish co-cultivation, Jingshan Rice, Breeding 2 Jingmen Breeding: poultry manure reuse Breeding: cage-free chicken; Zhongxian Rice, Breeding, Vegetables: edible fungus and rape; g Vegetable Rice: biomass reuse. 3 Xiaogan Xiaonan Tea, Rice Tea testing center

Xianan Breeding Breeding: hog breeding, manure reuse

4 Xianning Tongcheng Rice, Tea, Breeding Breeding: hog breeding, manure reuse Vegetable (Loquat), Tongshan Breeding: aquaculture, waste reuse Breeding 5 Xiangyang Nanzhang Tea, Rice, Vegetable /

6 Yichang Yiling Vegetable (Citrus), Tea /

Figure 3-2 Distribution of 11 project counties of SSSA Projects in Hubei Province

3.2 Sub-Projects Screening in Project Proposal Phase

1.Project implementation schedule

The preparation work of the project is planned to be completed before March 2020. The construction period of the project is 5 years, from March 2020 to February 2025. The construction of each sub-project of the project is planned to be carried out in batches each year, and it is still in the project design phase. The implementation schedule of the project is preliminarily proposed as follows: 2020-2023: complete the construction of agricultural production infrastructure in the demonstration base of the project, including: reconstruction of planting and breeding base, construction of processing, transportation and inventory base, construction of farmers' characteristic planting and breeding base, construction of annual economic crop/perennial economic crop/woody crop, construction of agricultural product quality traceability system, testing center and information service network. 2022-2024: draw lessons from the project demonstration base, cultivate leading cooperatives, give full play to their influence and driving role, carry out scientific, healthy and sustainable breeding skills training for cooperative farmers and surrounding farmers, complete service capacity building of cooperative institutions, upgrade the processing, transportation and storage capacity of cooperatives, and improve agricultural production infrastructure. 2025: organize project completion inspection and evaluation, and promote and promote the achievements to other places. 2.Sub-projects screening procedure Since there are no professional environmental and social experts in the PMOs, Hubei provincial PMO and the county PMOs need to hire qualified environmental and social experts and consulting experts to provide professional guidance on the environmental and social management of the project. PMO and employed environmental and social experts, and consulting experts will participate in further identification and confirmation of future sub-projects. In the project proposal phase, under the coordination from the environmental and social experts of the county PMO, the project entities, together with the feasibility study team, will evaluate the sub-projects and optimize the conceptual design of sub-projects as appropriate to reduce negative impact on environment and society. The completed project proposal shall be confirmed and signed by the environmental and social experts, and then submitted by the county PMO to the provincial PMO for review. The environmental and social experts hired by the provincial PMO will review and confirm the project proposal according to the relevant requirements of the ESMF, and then submit the final project proposal to the PMO for decision-making under the coordination

of the environmental and social experts of the provincial PMO. The screening procedures for sub-projects of the project are as follows: from the perspective of environment and society, the project shall not involve high-risk activities of environment and society (Category A), and shall be screened and excluded in accordance with the requirements of Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List and Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist. (1) Sub-projects shall include agricultural risk assessment, management and communication, demonstration and promotion of SSSA practice, project and knowledge management. For instance: agricultural product planting base construction, processing and upgrading, upgrading of livestock and poultry farms above designated size, recycling of agricultural straw and livestock manure resources, and promotion of sustainable production practice and improve the capacity of cooperative institutions. (2) The sub-project activities shall be screened according to Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List to exclude the sub-project activities that do not meet the project admission criteria. (3) according to the specific activity site screening of the sub-project in Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List, no activities shall be located in or near the environmentally vulnerable areas prescribed by the governments at or above the county level, such as: nature reserves, scenic spots, world cultural heritage and natural heritage sites, drinking water reserves, basic farmland reserves, forest parks, geoparks, important wetland, natural forest, important habitat of wild animals, growth and breeding ground of important protected wild plants, natural spawning sites, feeding sites, wintering fields and migration channel of important aquatic organisms, natural fishing sites, key prevention and control area of soil erosion, forbidden reserves of desertified land, closed and semi closed sea area and other environmental vulnerable areas. (4) Continue to screen and exclude the contents of the project with reference to Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist. The environmental and social impacts of the sub-projects shall be moderate and shall not exceed the scope and categories of the WB's safeguard policies. Only the sub-projects that meet the admission criteria of the project can be funded. According to the admission criteria of the project and Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist, the safeguard policies applicable to the project only include OP 4.01 Environmental Assessment, OP 4.04 Natural Habitat, OP 4.09 Pest Management, OP 4.10 Indigenous People and OP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement. All sub-projects classified as Category A through environmental

and social impact screening, i.e. sub-projects with potential significant environmental and social impact, will be excluded from the project. (5) The surrounding affected residents can accept the implementation of the project after the public consultation was conducted as required. 3.Screening of safeguard documents As the project adopts participatory design, the sub-projects will be proposed by the cooperative (individual farmer can propose to the cooperative), the county and the village government during the implementation period. Each county PMO will screen potential environmental and social impacts of its sub-projects according to Chinese laws and regulations and WB policies. The candidate counties are required to determine the nature and influence scope of the environmental and social impacts before the government and WB’s approval. Suggestion on possible environmental and social impact measures should be prepared. As professional expertise is required for the expected environmental and social assessment, PMOs shall employ qualified environmental and social experts and consulting experts to assist them in completing the project. It is based on the nature and scope of the sub-project’s potential impacts to determine the measures (ESMP, PMP, RAP, etc.) taken for each sub-project. Each PMO and the hired environmental and social experts will cooperate to screen each sub-project to determine the applicable Chinese laws and regulations, the WB's safeguard policies, as well as the corresponding safeguard measures (ESMP, PMP, RAP, etc.) to be prepared and implemented. The guidance for the initial screening to determine the above issues is given in Appendix 1 and 5. The results of the screening will be used to determine the type of supporting documents to be prepared for each sub-project. (1) Environmental safeguard screening According to the WB's policies, all county PMOs of sub-projects will use the screening tools given in Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist and Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List to screen the environmental impact of the proposed sub-projects, and classify the sub-projects according to the following categories: Category A: such sub-projects will have significant negative environmental impact, and the impact is sensitive, extensive or unprecedented. For example, the expansion of production capacity of the breeding industry will produce 5000 pigs or more annually, and involve the sub-project activities in environmentally vulnerable areas. Category A sub-projects are not supported in this project. Category B: if the adverse environmental impact of such sub-projects on people or

important environmental areas is less than that of Category A projects, it is classified as Category B. These impacts are generally limited; rarely irreversible. In most cases, it is easier to design mitigation measures than Category A projects. A majority of the sub-projects in the project may be classified into this category. Category C: this kind of sub-project has little or no adverse impact on the environment. The results of the screening will be cross checked with domestic regulations to meet the requirements of environmental and social management in China. In China's laws and regulations, three tools are defined: (1) environmental impact assessment report; (2) environmental impact assessment report form; (3) environmental impact assessment registration form. If the depth and breadth of environmental impact assessment documents required by domestic laws and regulations are lower than those required by the WB's safeguard policy, the latter shall prevail. (2) Environmental safeguard documents of sub-projects The requirements for the environmental safeguard documents of sub-projects shall be determined according to the following screening procedures: Category A: this project does not support Category A sub-projects. Category B: this kind of project needs to prepare environmental impact assessment report or environmental impact assessment report form according to Chinese laws and regulations, and prepare EMP and PMP for sub-projects according to the WB policy. See Step 3 for specific procedures. Category C: this kind of sub-project does not need to provide environmental protection documents to the WB. It can be selected, but it must meet the requirements of China's environmental laws and regulations. (3) Social safeguard screening PMO of each county will conduct social impact screening for its sub-projects, including: (1) whether there is land acquisition and involuntary resettlement (permanent or temporary); (2) if yes, the necessity of land acquisition, the number of people affected; (3) whether there are affected ethnic minority communities (determine by investigating the population information in sub-project area). The sub-project PMO will determine the importance of these impacts and identify the social safeguard documents to be prepared according to the screening tools given in Appendix 1. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WB's policies, PMO will also conduct screening in accordance with national/provincial laws and regulations on land acquisition

and involuntary resettlement. (4) Requirements for social safeguard documents of sub-projects The social safeguard documents for each sub-project depend on the impact of the sub-project as follows: A) if the sub-project involves more than 200 people who need to be relocated, a RAP shall be prepared; if the sub-project involves less than 200 people who need to be relocated, a brief RAP shall be prepared, including whether land acquisition is required, or whether compensation has been made for the land requisitioned in accordance with the relevant provisions of the national and local governments. B) if significant social impact is expected or there are affected ethnic minority communities in the sub-project area, social evaluation is required. C) if the sub-project is implemented in the areas where the ethnic minorities inhabited, a development plan for the ethnic minorities needs to be prepared. 4.Provincial PMO reviewing and screening procedure The provincial PMO and the hired environmental and social experts are responsible for reviewing the submitted Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist, Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List and project proposal. The provincial PMO is required to further complete the Appendix 1 to determine the applicable safeguard policies and environmental categories for the proposed sub-projects. According to the screening results, if the sub-project is categorized to be Category A project, it will not be excluded from the project. If the sub-project is classified as Category B or C, the environmental and social impact assessment and document preparation procedures shall be triggered in the next feasibility study phase. The provincial and county PMOs shall file the final completed and signed screening forms. PMO will prepare a safeguard screening summary (see Appendix 1) for each sub-project, including: 1) Classification according to the WB policy recommendations; 2) Environmental and social safeguard documents required for sub-projects. The safeguard screening summary will be part of the sub-project identification document submitted to the WB by the provincial PMO. The WB will check and confirm the safeguard screening of all sub-projects according to the content of the screening summary provided by the PMO. For complex Category B projects requiring RAP and/or development plan for ethnic minorities, site inspections or additional inspections by the WB may be required. For Category B and C projects, WB will review the submitted

documents selectively to ensure the screening tools and selected safeguard documents are appropriate.

3.3 Preparation of Environmental and Social Safeguard Documents in the Feasibility Study Phase

According to the environmental policy requirements of WB, the project is classified as Category B project, and the ESMF needs to be prepared in the project preparation phase. In the project implementation phase, it is required to prepare the environmental assessment documents determined by Appendix 1, including EMP and PMP for sub-projects. i) ESMF, includes environmental and social impacts and mitigation measures of the project, EMP of sub-projects, institutional arrangement for implementation monitoring, RPF, public consultation and information disclosure, etc. ii)Sub-project EMP, includes project content, laws, regulations and policies, environmental/social impact analysis of project activities, mitigation measures, environmental monitoring plan, institutional arrangements and responsibilities, capacity building activities, implementation progress and cost estimation. See Appendix 2 for the Outline of Environmental and Social Management Plan. In order to speed up the preparation of future projects, general environmental protection measures have been prepared in Chapter 4 Environmental and Social Management Plan in the ESMF, which is also listed as Environmental Code of Practice (ECOP) in Appendix 3 for reference for future sub-projects. iii) PMP, includes methods and scope of pest control and management. See Appendix 4 Pest Management Framework.

3.4 Information Disclosure and Public Consultation

Two types of documents need to be disclosed and consulted. One is the ESMF, and the other is the environmental and social documents of sub-projects prepared in future during the implementation phase of the project. In this ESMF, information disclosure and public consultation were carried out in accordance with OP 4.01 during project preparation. See Chapter 5 of this report for details. During project implementation, the environmental and social documents of the sub-project shall also include information disclosure and public consultation. The

influence scope of the specific sub-project shall be thoroughly considered. The design and implementation of the sub-project shall incorporate the public consultation activities. Information disclosure and public consultation of sub-projects shall meet the requirements of relevant domestic regulations and OP 4.01 at the same time. 1. “Methods for Public Consultation in Environmental Assessment” of People’s Republic of China China's Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the “Methods for Public Consultation in Environmental Assessment” in July 2018, which stipulates the public consultation in the environmental impact assessment report. Public consultation is not required for environmental impact assessment form and registration form. Within 7 working days after the determination of the organization for preparing the environmental impact assessment report, the construction entities shall disclose the following information through its own website, or the local public media website, or the local relevant government website (hereinafter referred to as the network platform): 1) Basic information such as the name of the construction project, site selection, construction content, etc. the existing projects and its current environmental protection situations shall be described for the reconstruction/expansion/relocation projects; 2) Name and contact information of the construction entities; 3) Name of the organization for preparing the environmental impact assessment report; 4) Network link for public consultation form; 5) Approaches and methods for submitting public consultation forms. Once the environmental impact assessment report of the construction project is prepared, the construction entities shall disclose the following information and solicit opinions on the environmental impact of the construction project: 1) the network link of the full text of the draft environmental impact assessment report and ways access to the hard copy; 2) The areas and locations to conduct public consultations; 3) The network link of public consultation form; 4) Ways for submitting public consultation forms 5) The start and end date/time for submitting public consultation forms. The time limit for the construction entities to solicit public opinions shall not be less than 10 working days. When the draft is disclosed, the construction entities shall disclose it simultaneously

through the following three approaches: 1) Disclose through the network platform not less than 10 working days; 2) The information shall be disclosed on local newspapers easily accessible to the public at project areas at least twice within 10 working days during soliciting opinions; 3) The public announcement shall be posted in a place easily known to the public where the project is located, and the duration of public announcement shall not be less than 10 working days. The construction entities are encouraged to publish the information specified in Article 10 of “Methods for Public Consultation in Environmental Assessment” through radio, television, WeChat, microblog and other new media. The public can, by letter, fax, e-mail or other means provided by the construction entities, submit the completed public consultation form to the construction entities within the prescribed time to reflect the opinions and suggestions related to the environmental impact of the construction project. 2. WB Public Consultation Requirements According to the requirements of the WB's environmental policy, the project is classified as Category B project. According to the requirements of WB's policy OP 4.01, the full text of the draft environmental safeguard document shall be disclosed for Category B project. The sub-project entity shall be responsible for information disclosure and public consultation with the assistance of environmental and social experts, and is required to submit the public consultation records and sub-project environmental and social documents to the provincial PMO at the same time. The environmental and social experts of the provincial PMO shall participate in the whole process of guiding the public consultation of the sub-project, and the provincial PMO shall file the public consultation records for each sub-project. The information disclosure and public consultation records of sub-projects shall include the following contents: ● The date and time public are informed. Sufficient time shall be set aside for public consultation after the information is released, which shall not be less than 10 working days. Documents shall be disclosed in public places of the sub-project area, such as village committee, local government information center, etc. ● The date and location the public consultation conducted. Such as meetings, door-to-door interviews, questionnaires, etc.

● Environmental and social issues raised by the public. ● Agreed measures to deal with the above environmental and social concerns and approaches to give feedback to the public. The above public consultation records shall also be publicized locally with the final environmental and social safeguard documents of the sub-project.

3.5 Review and Approval of Environmental and Social Documents

During project implementation, the environmental and social documents of the sub-projects will be reviewed by WB in the first year of implementation. The provincial PMO will be responsible for the technical review of all other environmental safeguard documents of sub-projects, and the county governments of sub-projects will be responsible for final approval. The environmental and social documents of the sub-projects in the first year of implementation shall be submitted to WB for review. After ensuring the proper operation of the project, the above-mentioned documents shall be reviewed and approved by the provincial PMO. At the same time, the sub-project should be submitted to the relevant EPD for approval according to the environmental assessment laws and the classified management directory for environmental assessment of construction projects. It should also be ensured that the project entity timely submits relevant documents for legal review and approval procedures, and approval documents should be submitted to the provincial PMO for filing. The social documents that need to be reviewed and approved by WB are as follows: all RAPs, simplified RAPs, social evaluation and development plans for ethnic minorities must be reviewed and approved by WB before the sub-projects are approved.

3.6 Implementation, Supervision and Reporting

(1) Implementation The environmental and social documents of the project shall be implemented. Project implementation organizations shall be set up in the sub-project areas to be specifically responsible for the implementation of the project and the implementation of safeguard measures during project implementation. During the sub-project design phase, the county PMO shall ensure that environmental protection, site selection and other environmental protection design measures are included in the detailed design. For the sub-projects that require the contractor or the construction organizations to carry out construction activities, the environmental and social specialists of the county PMO will be

responsible for adding relevant measures into the bidding documents and civil engineering contracts, and ensure that the contractor will be responsible for implementation of the environmental protection measures from the perspective of the contract. During implementation of the contract, the environmental and social specialist of the county PMO will go to the construction site at least once a month to check the implementation of environmental protection measures, and submit a monthly report on the implementation of EMP to the county PMO. PMO shall engage qualified and experienced experts to support environmental and social management of sub-projects. (2) Supervision Hubei Province and project counties shall set up PMOs. The provincial PMO is responsible for the overall coordination and management of the project and conduct on-site inspections on implementation of sub-project contracts at least once a quarter to ensure the smooth implementation of relevant policies in the ESMP of sub-projects. The responsibilities of the provincial PMO mainly include: inspecting and coordinating local environmental management departments; arranging investigation activities of WB environmental experts; summarizing the reports of different phases of sub-projects and submitting them to WB for review; report to WB on the implementation of the ESMP every six months; evaluate project monitoring and project training. The county PMO is responsible for managing and supervising the cooperative's project activities, ensuring the smooth implementation of relevant policies stipulated in the ESMP. The county PMO’s responsibilities mainly include: supervise the project entity to implement EMP; prepare environmental management progress reports; report to the provincial PMO on a regular basis; and carrying out technical training and guidance for cooperatives and farmers. The WB’s project team will visit the project areas regularly during project implementation; guide and assist in preparing the safeguard tools; review screening results; review environmental and social documents; and supervise the implementation of the safeguard tools to ensure that the requirements of WB's policies are achieved. The provincial PMO needs to establish a monitoring and evaluation mechanism, including internal and external monitoring and supervise the implementation of RAPs. The environmental monitoring plan proposed in the ESMP shall be implemented. The internal monitoring is implemented by provincial PMO. The provincial PMO needs to establish an internal monitoring mechanism from top to bottom. The hired consultants shall check and instruct the implementation progress of the RAP every six months, and prepare two progress reports each year to submit to WB.

For external monitoring, the PMO shall entrust independent institutions or social and resettlement consultants, via public bidding, to conduct external monitoring and evaluation once or twice a year, till all the objectives of the project are achieved. Independent institutions or individual consultants can be academic or institutional organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or independent consulting companies, but they shall be qualified and experienced staff, and their terms of references shall be accepted by WB. The PMO engage the organizations with appropriate monitoring qualifications, via public bidding, to undertake the environmental monitoring tasks during construction and operation period. This organization shall record the implementation and the results of environmental monitoring in details, incorporate the aforementioned information into the monthly and quarterly reports, and submit them to the county PMO in a time manner. Each county PMO shall provide quarterly environmental monitoring reports to the provincial PMO. (3) Report During project implementation, the county PMO shall submit quarterly progress reports to the provincial PMO, and the provincial PMO shall submit semiannual progress reports to WB. The reports shall include the implementation of sub-projects as well as the relevant ESMPs. The report shall also include: the contents and screening of all sub-projects, preparation and approval progress of environmental and social safeguard documents, implementation of environmental monitoring plans and training plans, on-site inspections, etc. For the project counties with RAPs, the provincial PMO shall contain the implementation information in the project progress reports. The third-party consulting organizations shall prepare the final monitoring and evaluation report upon the completion of the project and submit it to the provincial PMO within the agreed timeline.

Figure 3-2 Project management organization chart

4. Preparation of ESMP

4.1 Objective

In order to understand the natural environment of the project area, the following data were collected and analyzed: distribution of regional environmental vulnerable areas, regional surface water systems, distribution of drinking water sources, distribution of animals and plants, social and economic conditions and other information. In addition, regional environmental quality information was collected. Supplementary monitoring shall be conducted when necessary. The monitoring mainly involves: ambient air, surface water, underground water, soil, etc. Through comprehensive understanding of regional environmental resources, the characteristics and problems of regional resources and environment, and the potential negative and positive environmental impacts of the project were identified. The potential negative social and environmental impact factors were assessed through prediction analysis. Targeted and effective mitigation measures for the inevitable main negative social and environmental impacts were proposed.

4.2 Social and Environmental Background

4.2.1 Overview of Hubei Province

1.Geographical location Hubei Province is a provincial administrative region of the people's Republic of China, located in the central part of China, between 29°01′53″-33°6′47″ north latitude, 108°21′42″-116°07′50″ east longitude, with a total area of 185900 square kilometers. The length from east to west is about 740 km, the width from north to south is about 470 km. Hubei province accounts for 1.94% of China's total area. Hubei Province has jurisdiction over 12 prefecture level cities (including a sub provincial city), 1 autonomous prefecture, and 4 provincial administrative counties/cities/districts. There are 25 county-level cities, 36 counties, 2 autonomous counties, and 1 forest area, with a permanent population of 59.17 million. Hubei Province is located in subtropical zone with a typical monsoon climate. Except for high mountain areas, most of the area has subtropical monsoon humid climate, with sufficient sun light, long frost-free period, abundant rainfall, hot and rainy in summer. 2.Surface water system In addition to the main rivers of the Yangtze River and Han River, there are 4228 rivers

which are more than 5 km throughout the province, with a total length of 59,200 km, including 41 rivers which are more than 100 km. From the west to the east, the Yangtze River flows through 26 counties and cities. It enters Hubei province at Badong County in the west and flow out at Huangmei County in the east. It travels through a distance of 1041 km journey in Hubei. The tributaries of the Yangtze River include Han River, Ju River, Zhang River, Qingjiang River, Dongjing River, Lu River, Kai River, Dao River, Ju River, Ba River, Xi River,and Fu River, etc. Han River, the largest tributary in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, flows from northwest to Southeast in Hubei Province, through 13 counties and cities, with a total length of 858 km in Hubei. Hubei Province is known as "the province with a thousand lakes". The lakes are mainly distributed in Jianghan Plain. There are 755 lakes with a total water surface area of 2706.851 square kilometers. Lakes of which the area is more than 100 square kilometters include Hong Lake, Chang Lake, Liangzi Lake and Futou Lake. 3.Animal and plant resources In Hubei Province, the natural geographical conditions are superior, with a wide range of altitude. As a result, the abundant forest vegetation shows universality and diversification. In Hubei province, there are 1300 species of xylophyta found so far, including: 425 species of arbor, 760 species of shrubs and 115 species of liana. In the same latitude of this planet, Hubei Province accounts for the largest proportion of xylophyta. The tree species not only has a large variety, but also are of ancient origins. So far, there are still many precious and relict plants. In addition to the national class one protected tree species: Metasequoia, Davidia involucrata and Taiwania flousiana; there are 20 species of class two protected species, such as Fragrant fruit trees, aquamarine trees, Lianxiang trees, Ginkgo biloba, Eucommia ulmoides, jinqiansong, Liriodendron chinense; and 21 species of class three protected species, such as Abies Qinling, Picea verticillata, spica fir, Acer monensis, Lingchun, red bean and Magnolia officinalis. There are more than 10 species of liana with high value, such as ivy, Kuiper, kiwifruit, Kuo Lou, etc. There are more than 2500 species of herbs in the whole province, of which more than 500 species have been collected for medicinal materials. Hubei province belongs to Dongze Zone and Central China in zoogeographical division system. There are 687 species of terrestrial vertebrates in Hubei Province, including 48 amphibians, 456 birds, 62 reptiles and 121 mammals. There are 112 species of wild animals listed as key protected by the state. Among them, there are 23 species including golden

monkey and white stork, under the first category protection, and 89 species including finless porpoise, macaque, golden cat, little swan and giant salamander, under the second category protection. There are 206 species of fishes in the whole province, of which Cyprinidae is the leading species, accounting for more than 58% of fishes, followed by cobitidae, accounting for about 8%. There are 36 spawning grounds in the main stream of the Yangtze River, of which more than half are in Hubei Province. 4. Socio-economic overview By the end of 2018, the population of permanent residents of Hubei was 59.17 million. The urban population was 35.6795 million, and the non-urban population was 23.4905 million. The urbanization rate reached 60.3%. In 2018, 682,000 people were born, with a birth rate of 11.54 ‰; 413,700 people died, with a death rate of 7 ‰, and a natural population growth rate of 4.54 ‰. In 2018, Hubei Province achieved a GDP of 3936.655 billion yuan, with an increase of 7.8%. Among them, the increment of the primary industry reached 354.751 billion yuan, with an increase of 2.9%. The increment of the secondary industry reached 1708.895 billion yuan, with an increase of 6.8%. The increment of the tertiary industry reached 1873.009 billion yuan, with an increase of 9.9%. The three industrial structures were adjusted from 10.0:43.5:46.5 in 2017 to 9.0:43.4:47.6 in 2018. In the tertiary industry, the increment of transportation, warehousing and postal industry, wholesale and retail industry, accommodation and catering industry, financial industry, real estate industry and other service industries increased by 5.1%, 6.5%, 6.1%, 5.0%, 6.3% and 15.4% respectively.

4.2.2 Overview of Involved County

1.Geographical location The project areas includes 11 counties/cities/districts from 6 prefecture-level cities, including Jingzhou City (Honghu City, Gongan County), Jingmen City (Zhongxiang City, Duodao District, Jingshan County), Xiaogan City(Xiaonan District), Xianning City (Xian'an District, Tongcheng County, Tongshan County), Xiangyang City(Nanzhang County), and Yichang city (Yiling District). Honghu City, located in the south-central part of Hubei Province and the southeast end of Jianghan Plain, is named after Honghu Lake, the largest lake in the territory. It spans between 113°07′~114°05′E and 29°39′~30°12′N. Gong'an County is located in the south of Jianghan Plain of Hubei Province, subordinate

to Jingzhou City. It is located on the South Bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is convenient to Wuhan and Shanghai in the East, Sichuan Province in the west, Hunan Province and Guangdong Province in the south, Shaanxi Province and Henan Province in the north. It is known as the "channel to seven provinces". It is endowed with Dongting Lake Plain Area and Jingzhou Ancient City. Zhongxiang City, a county-level city administered directly by Hubei Province, is located in the central area of Hubei Province and the middle reaches of Hanjiang River. It connects Yicheng City and Suizhou City in the north, Tianmen City and Shayang County in the south, Jingshan city in the East, Dongbao District and Duodao District in the west, which spans from 30°42'-31°36'N to 112°07'-113°00'E. Duodao district is subordinate to Jingmen City, Hubei Province. It is located in the transition zone between Jingshan mountain range and Jianghan Plain. It is connected with Zhongxiang City in the northeast, Dangyang city in the southwest, Dongbao District in the north, Shayang County in the south, which spans from 30°44'57"-31°04'06"N to 112°02'14"-112°21'36"E. Jingshan County, located in the middle of Hubei Province, is located at the south foot of Dahong mountain and the north end of Jianghan Plain. It is connected with Anlu City and Yingcheng City in the East, Tianmen City in the south, Zhongxiang City in the west, Suizhou City in the north, which spans from 112°43´-113°29´E to 30°42´-31°27´N. Xiaonan District is located in the north of Jianghan Plain, adjacent to Wuhan. It is the main traffic thoroughfare to the northwest and northeast of Hubei, and an important part of the Yangtze River economic development belt. Xian'an District, subordinate to Xianning City, Hubei Province, is located in the southeast of Hubei Province. It is connected with Yangxin City in the East, Chongyang City in the south, Chibi City in the west, Jiangxia City in the north, Tongshan City in the southeast, Jiayu City in the northwest. Tongcheng county, located in the southeast of Hubei Province, is located at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, which is the central intersection of golden triangle of Xianning City, Yueyang City and Jiujiang Ciyu, being an important part of Wuhan city circle. It is adjacent to Xiushui County of Jiangxi Province in the East, Linxiang City of Hunan Province in the west, Yueyang County of Hunan Province in the southwest, Pingjiang County of Hunan Province in the South and Chongyang County of Hunan Province in the north. Tongshan County, located in the southeast of Hubei Province, is subordinate to Xianning

City which is an important part of Wuhan metropolitan area. The county borders Wuning and Xiushui County of Jiangxi Province in the south, Yangxin County in the East, Xianning City in the north and Chongyang County in the West. Nanzhang County, subordinate to Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, south of Han River, east of Jingshan mountain range. It is adjacent to Yicheng City in the East, Baokang City in the west, Xiangyang City in the northeast, Gucheng City in the northwest, Yuan'an City in the south, Jingmen City in the southeast. It is located in the north of Jianghan Plain, the south of Nanyang Basin and the east of Qinba mountain system. Yiling District is subordinate to Yichang City, Hubei Province, with Yuanan County and Dangyang County in the east, Zigui County and Xingshan County in the west, Zhijiang County and Changyang County in the south, Baokang County in the north. It has a length of 103 km from south to north and a width of 77 km from east to west. 2.Environmental vulnerable areas The 11 counties/cities/districts involved in the project have some natural reserves, forest parks, wetland parks, geoparks, scenic spots, aquatic germplasm resources reserves, drinking water sources, etc. Table 4-1 lists the details. For these vulnerable areas, the area map of each project county is given in Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List. Each county PMO shall screen and exclude its proposed activities in accordance with Appendix 5 to ensure that these vulnerable areas are not involved in the sub-project activities. Table 4-1 Environmental vulnerable areas County/cit No. Name Area (km2) y/district 1 Qianfodong National Forest Park 9.93 Duodao Guanchong provincial Wetland Park of Duodao 2 1.04 District District 3 Zhanghe Scenic Spot 336.41 4 Huangshantou Forest Park 12 Chonghu National Wetland Park of Gongan 5 14.75 Gongan County County Provincial Wetland Park of mud lake of Gongan 6 17.3 County 7 Huangshantou scenic spot of Gongan County 97.14

County/cit No. Name Area (km2) y/district National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 8 15.79 of Chonghu Pelteobagrus fulvidraco National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 9 24.9 of Niulanghu mandarin fish National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 10 22.24 of Megalobrama amblycephala in mud lake Water source of Hongyuan water supply 11 / company of Gongan County Baiji National Nature Reserve in Xinluo section 12 400 of the Yangtze River, Hubei Province 13 National Nature Reserve of Honghu City 414.12 14 Xintan provincial Wetland Park of Honghu City 14.21 Honghu National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve City 15 17.02 of Hongqi Lake loach Pelteobagrus fulvidraco National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 16 24.39 of Honghu City Water source of Lingyuan water plant of 17 / Honghu City 18 Provincial Nature Reserve of Jingshandujie wax 30.44 19 National Forest Park of Taizishan 65.58 20 National Forest Park of Tiger claw Mountain 26 21 Green forest mountain forest park 59.75 Huiting Lake National Wetland Park of Jingshan 22 38.32 Jingshan City Shilong reservoir provincial Wetland Park of City 23 14.08 Jingshan City 24 Jingshan provincial Geopark 4.94 National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 25 14.38 of Trionyx sinensis in Huiting reservoir 26 Bazimen reservoir of Jingshan County / 27 Huiting reservoir of Jingshan County / 28 Provincial Nature Reserve of Zhangheyuan 102.66 29 Qilishan Forest Park 17.56 Qingliang River National Wetland Park of Nanzhang 30 12.33 County Nanzhang County Shuijing Lake Provincial Geopark of Nanzhang 31 88.6 County Water source of Jingmen No.2 water plant of 32 / Zhanghe Reservoir

County/cit No. Name Area (km2) y/district Water source of Jingmen No.3 water plant of 33 / Zhanghe Reservoir 34 Sandao River Reservoir of Nanzhang County / 35 Yaogu Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve 116.18 36 Xi Mountain Forest Park 7.73 Tongcheng Daxi National Wetland Park of Tongcheng County 37 9.32 County 38 Shenlongping Reservoir of Tongcheng County / 39 Jiugong Mountain National Nature Reserve 166.09 40 Damau Mountain Forest Park 19.89 41 Jiugong Mountain Forest Park 4.81 42 Fengchi Mountain Forest Park 4.82 Fushui Lake National Wetland Park of Tongshan 43 38.22 County Wangjiangling provincial Wetland Park of Tongshan 44 3.29 County Tongshan County Jiugong Mountain hot spring Geopark of 45 129.87 Xianning City 46 Jiugong Mountain Scenic Spot 196.64 Fushui Lake National Aquatic germplasm 47 84.47 resources reserve of culter Water source of Fenghuang Mountain plant of 48 / Tongshan County 49 Sidouzhu Reservoir of Tongshan County / Xiangyang Lake National Wetland Park of 50 59.52 Xianning City Jingui Lake provincial Wetland Park of Xian'an 51 6.68 District Xian'an Huawen Mountain Bamboo Sea Scenic Spot of District 52 65.51 Xian'an District Xiliang Lake National Aquatic germplasm 53 resources reserve of mandarin fish Pelteobagrus 94.16 fulvidraco Zhu Lake National Wetland Park of Xiaonan 54 51.56 District Xiaonan National Aquatic germplasm resources reserve 55 9.89 District of Megalobrama and anchovy in Wangmu Lake Boar Lake National Aquatic germplasm 56 31.26 resources reserve of culter

County/cit No. Name Area (km2) y/district Water source San River plant in Hanjiang River 57 / of Xiaogan City Dalaoling National Nature Reserve of Three 58 142.25 Gorges Area 59 Dalaoling National Forest Park 60.54 60 Xisai National Forest Park 54.59 Yiling 61 Penfengdong Forest Park 31.72 District 62 Jinyingang Forest Park 3.56 Three Gorges National Geopark of Hubei 63 62 Province 64 Three Gorges Scenic Spot 1038.99

3.Surface water system The project area involves Honghu City, Zhongxiang City, Jingmen City, Xiaogan City, Jingzhou City, Xianning City, Xiangyang City and Yichang city. The main surface water systems in Honghu City include the Yangtze River, Dongjing River, Neijing River, the main canal of "Four lakes", Hongpai River, Honghu Lake, etc. The main surface water systems in Zhongxiang City include the main stream of Han River and its tributaries, Man River, Li River, Zhupi River, Fengle River, Zhi River, Ao River, Changshou River, Changtan River, etc. The main surface water systems in Jingmen City include: Hanjiang River, Zhanghe River, Fushui River, Man River, Changshou River, Jingshan River, Tianmen River, Xijing River, etc. The main surface water systems in Xiaogan City include: Hanjiang River, Fuhe River, Huanhe River, Hanbei River, etc. The main surface water systems in Jingzhou City include: the main stream of the Yangtze River and its tributaries, Songzi River, Hudu River, Ouchi River, Tiaoxian River, etc. The main surface water systems in Xianning City include: Fu water, Lu River, Jin River, Huanggai Lake, etc. The main surface water systems in Xiangyang City include: Hanjiang River, Nanhe River, Beihe River, Tangbai River, Xiaoqing River, etc. The main surface water systems in Yichang city include: the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Qingjiang River, the four mouths of Dongting Lake and Lishui River. 4.Animal and plant resources See Table 4-2 for the overview of animal and plant resources of the project area. Table 4-2 Animal and plant resources of the project area

No. Region Animal and plant species There are more than 800 species of wild animals and plants. Birds: there are 87 species of visible but uncommon birds, among which 17 species are the most, including Swertia (Guding chicken), pintail duck, dry duck, chicken duck, eight duck, white browed duck, pheasant, fan tail sand awl, native swallow, grey magpie, etc. Mammals: 14 species; Zoobenthos: 22 species; Zooplankton: 169 species. Plants: 42 families and 193 species, mainly including Taxodium, metasequoia, Larix, elm, Salix, maple, Paulownia, Melia azedarach, black locust, Italian poplar, Camptotheca, etc. Aquatic macrophytes: 68 species in 30 families, among which Honghu the annual output of lotus root, water chestnut, water bamboo 1 City and Zizania is the first in Hubei Province. Fish: 59 species, belonging to 7 orders and 18 families. There are national class II protected fish, including Myxocyprinus and Anguilla (historical records). There are provincial-level key protected fish, such as silver carp and Secretary General of the Great Lakes. Ferocious and carnivorous fish account for 57.4%, such as snakehead, mandarin fish, Pelteobagrus, Monopterus albus and herring. Omnivorous fish account for 22.2%, such as crucian carp, secretary general, loach and Myxocyprinus. Only 7.4% of them feed on aquatic plants, such as grass carp and bream. 13% of them feed on algae and debris, such as 7 species of goby and Xenocypris. Phytoplankton: silver carp and Bighead Carp. Animals: 4 classes, 25 orders, 50 families, 143 species. Among them, there are 21 species in 11 families, 6 orders of zoofauna, 99 species in 31 families, 15 orders of ornithoptera, 13 species in 5 families, 3 orders of Reptilia and 10 species in 3 families, 1 order of amphibia. The national first-class protected animals mainly include: Chinese merganser and white crane. The national second-class wild animals under protection mainly include pangolin, stingray, otter, big civet, little civet, tiger frog, crested eagle, kite, chestnut kite, goshawk, red bellied eagle, sparrow hawk, songbird hawk, big Buke, common Buke, eagle Zhongxiang eagle, vulture, white tailed Harrier, swallow falcon, peregrine 2 City falcon, white geese, Little Swan, red bellied golden pheasant, grey crane, eagle owl, long eared owl, short eared owl, etc. Vascular plants: 186 families, 930 genera, 2326 species. Among them, 84 species belong to 45 genera, 28 families of pteridophytes, 72 species belong to 25 genera, 9 families of gymnosperms, 2170 species belong to 860 genera, 149 families of angiosperms. Among angiosperms, there are 1809 species of dicotyledons, 125 families, 672 genera, and 361 species of monocotyledons, 24 families, 188 genera. Among the total vascular plants, there are 453 species in 142 genera, 54 families of arbors, 479 species in 184 genera, 65 families of shrubs, 147

species in 63 genera, 23 families of vines, 1247 species in 608 genera, 123 families of vegetation. Wild animals: there are 18 species of zoodiaceae, 37 species of ornithidae, 44 species of Reptilia, and 505 species of insects, 17 orders, 99 families. Class of animals: wild boar, muntjac, Swertia, civet, big civet, little civet, red fox, weasel, squirrel, vole, hog badger, dog badger, otter, hare, porcupine, hedgehog, pangolin, bat, etc. Bird class: resident birds include magpie, grey magpie, myna, heron, mallard, teal, brown backed Shrike, red billed Blue Magpie, Bulbul, Pulsatilla, thrush, crow, crow, sparrow, owl, great tit, little skylark, dove, yellow bird, Banji woodpecker, star headed woodpecker, pigeon, kingfisher, ring necked Pheasant (pheasant), red bellied horned pheasant, Falcon, color snipe, Dong Ji , Blackwater chicken, goshawk, etc.; summer migratory birds include big azalea (cuckoo), four tone azalea, white stork, black pillow oriole, black curled tail, black tail waxbeak bird, domestic swallow, golden back swallow, big egret, middle egret, egret, pond heron, white crane, quail, etc.; Jingshan 3 winter migratory birds include Buzzard; tourist birds include Dai County Sheng. In Wuling reservoir and Gaoguan reservoir area, there are tens of thousands of provincial protected egrets. Amphibia: Chinese toad, Chinese tree toad, Japanese forest frog, marsh frog, swamp frog, black spot frog, golden thread frog, double group spiny chest frog, decorated frog, etc. Reptilia: the order serpentines include the abdominal snake, the black browed brocade snake (cauliflower snake), the bamboo leaf green, the black headed snake, the water snake, the golden ring snake, and the green snake. There are many turtle species in the order of tortoises and turtles, and there are many species of lizards in the order of lizards. Plants: there are more than 380 species of arbors, shrubs and vines, including 340 species of native trees and 42 species of introduced trees. 339 species of plants have been identified, including 127 species of trees, 189 species of shrubs and 23 species of vines. Animals: there are mainly two types. birds mainly include chickens, ducks, geese, quails and pigeons; wild birds include magpies, cuckoos, sparrows, turtledoves, owls, woodpeckers and other birds. The second is animals. The domesticated animals are mainly pigs, cattle, sheep, donkeys, mules, cats, dogs and rabbits. The wild animals are fur dogs, hares, weasels, rats and Xiaonan otters. There are more than 60 species of common fish, which 4 District belong to13 families, including 36 species of Cyprinidae, 3 species of loach family and 3 species of pomfret family. The main cultured fish are grass, carp, crucian carp, silver carp, catfish and mandarin fish, and the main special fish are crab, shrimp, snail, mussel, turtle and waterfowl (mainly wild duck). Plants: mainly economic forests, early nectarine, orange, tea, pear and Chinese medicine gardenia, etc.

Animals: a total of more than 460 species of 30 orders, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, arthropods, mammals, etc. There are 43 species, 7 families and 2 orders of amphibians. There are giant salamanders (giant salamanders) in the second level of national protection. There are 45 species of reptiles in 4 orders, 9 families, and the common ones are brocade snake, black top snake, mouse snake, silver ring snake and Golden Snake. There are more than 270 species of birds in 17 orders, 40 families. Falcons (Eagles) and owls (owls) are mainly distributed in the forest areas of Tongshan County, Chongyang County and Tongcheng county. The national protected animals such as silver pheasant and white crested pheasant are occasionally found in the deep mountains of Tongshan County and Tongcheng county. There are hundreds of arthropods, including wasps, spiders, mantids, centipedes, cicadas, dragonflies, butterflies, earthworms, etc. There are 9 orders, 25 families and more than 100 species of mammals. Two species of rare carnivorous animals, Golden Leopard and golden cat, are occasionally found in Jiugong Mountain of Tongshan County and Huanglong Mountain of Tongcheng county. Aquatic animals include turtle, Baiji dolphin, Macrobrachium nipponense, etc. Plants: there are 112 families, 354 genera, 1114 species and 54 varieties of tree species. There are 12 genera, 100 species and 7 varieties of bamboos. There are 294 species and 9 varieties in Xianning 5 101 genera, 50 families. There are 27 families, 43 genera and 57 City species of ancient, big and odd trees, 226 in total. The main material tree species are Chinese fir, masson pine, Nanzhu, Castanopsis eyrei, cypress, oak, poplar, Castanopsis eyrei, Liquidambar, sassafras, jujube, Chinese toon, black locust, Paulownia, camphor tree, etc. The main economic tree species are tea, osmanthus, camellia, tung oil, citrus, Sapium, palm, chestnut, eucommia, Magnolia, peach, Li, pear, persimmon, date, lacquer tree, kiwifruit, etc. The main greening trees are Platanus, camphor, cypress, plum, Magnolia, Magnolia, cedar, metasequoia, boxwood, etc. The main rare tree species are: South Taxus, fragrant fruit tree, silver fir, metasequoia, eucalyptus, balsam fir and other first-class protected tree species; third-class protected tree species are Cephalotaxus, Magnolia, Toona, castor, eucommia, walnut, Liriodendron, golden qiansong, Libra tree, palm tree, red bean tree, Minnan, Zhennan, Camptotheca acuminata and other second-class protected tree species. There are 357 species of wild medicinal plants in the city, mainly including stone ear, seven leaves and one flower, Panax japonicus, aloes, and angelica. In addition, mingdangshen, Huangjing, Tiandong and Xuanshen are several common medicinal plants. The main flower varieties are Paeonia, cockscomb, Begonia, hibiscus, Mulan, chrysanthemum, Bauhinia, jasmine, oleander, nocturnal, Magnolia, plum, rose, azalea, southern bamboo and so on. Aquatic plants have vascular

plants, mainly including Azolla, lotus, rhomb, lotus root and other 75 species. The species of phytoplankton are similar to those in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including 8 phyla, 27 families and 47 genera, such as Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta and diatom. Animals: there are 268 species of terrestrial vertebrates. There are 151 species of birds, 60 species of beasts, 34 species of reptiles and 23 species of amphibians. There are 10 species of wildlife under the first level of national protection, 50 species of wildlife under the second level of national protection, 68 species of wildlife under the "three haves" national protection and key protection in Hubei Province, and more than 30000 species of Nanzhang non-vertebrate terrestrial wildlife. 6 County Plants: there are more than 1500 varieties. Including Ginkgo biloba, Taxus, Pinus bungeana and other precious species, muntjac, Swertia, badger, salamander and other rare animals. Local products are very rich. Cocoon, gingko, chestnut, walnut, fungus, agaric, orange, Ganoderma lucidum, eucommia, jujube skin and other precious Chinese herbal medicines are very rich. In particular, silk, agaric and ginkgo were well-known at home and abroad in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Animals: there are 4 classes, 29 orders, 82 families and 297 species of wild animals (excluding ichthyosae). Among them, there are 41 species of 17 families and 3 classes of national key protected wild animals, 76 species of 40 families and 17 orders and 4 classes of key protected wild animals in Hubei Province. There are 63 species of wild animals in 26 families, 9 orders of Mammalia, mainly including civet cat, wild boar, leopard cat, muntjac, maoguan deer, weasel, South China rabbit, weasel badger, hog badger, dog badger, squirrel, flying squirrel, etc. The national first and second level key protected animals include forest musk deer, leopard, macaque, pangolin, black bear, otter, yellow throat mink, big civet, small civet, hyacinth, impala, etc. There are 183 species in 38 families of 16 orders of ornithidae, Yiling mainly including mandarin ducks, grey geese, ring necked 7 District pheasants, white crowned long tailed pheasants, red bellied horned juveniles, tree pipits, black pillow Orioles, brown River birds, willow warblers, orchid jadeite, Cui cattle, kites, swans, quails, etc. The national first and second level key protected animals include golden eagle, mandarin duck, red bellied golden pheasant, red bellied pheasant, crested long tailed pheasant, spoon chicken, red winged green dove and many hawks, owls, etc. There are 22 species of Amphibia, including 2 orders, 8 families, mainly including giant salamander, Wushan North salamander, toad, Chinese forest frog, black spot side pleated frog, ratchet belly frog, echinothorax frog, double group echinothorax frog, swamp frog, swamp frog, spotless rain frog, spotted leg pan tree frog, hyacinth frog, etc. among them, giant salamander is a second-class national protected animal. There

are 2 orders, 10 families and 29 species of reptiles, including tortoise, turtle, grass green dragon lizard, blind snake, jade spotted brocade snake, King brocade snake, black browed brocade snake, mouse snake, black top snake, silver ring snake, Agkistrodon acutus, etc. There are 138 species and 35 families of fish in the aquatic products of Yiling District. It mainly includes Chinese sturgeon, Myxocyprinus, longtail, catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, Monopterus albus, loach, silverfish, etc. Among them, Chinese sturgeon is a national first-class protected animal, and cochineal is a national second-class protected animal. Plants: more than 2500 species of plants, including 1200 species of seed plants belonging to 450 genera, 120 families. The top 15 dominant families are Rosaceae, Compositae, Liliaceae, Leguminosae, Gramineae, helianthaceae, Lonicerae, Fagaceae, Ranunculaceae, Polygonaceae, camphoridae, Scrophulariaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Labiatae, Crassulaceae, etc. these plants constitute the main vegetation. The top 15 dominant genera are Polygonum, Sedum, Rubus, Viola, Quercus, Prunus, Acer, podophylla, holly, Fraxinus, Rosa, Piper, Litsea, Impatiens, Impatiens and Euonymus. There are 7 categories, 256 families and 1104 species of medicinal materials, including 213 species of plant medicinal materials. Plant medicine mainly includes gastrodia, ginger, bupleurum, Ophiopogon japonicus, orange stem, honeysuckle, ginseng, lily, eucommia, jujube skin, gingko, Polygonum multiflorum, Rhizoma Atractylodis, white peony, Fuling, Huanglian, chrysanthemum, mint, Houttuynia, chaisu, etc.

5. Socio-economic overview See table 4-3 for the population distribution and economic situation of the counties/cities/districts involved in the project.

Table 4-3 General situations of population and economy in the project areas Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups The registered In the whole year, The 13 ethnic In 2018, the city's 15,645 yuan; population is 931900, 12862 people were minorities are Hui, GDP reached Household including 295100 born, the birth rate Mongol, Tujia, 26.513 billion yuan, Farming, labor non-agricultural was 13.8 ‰, the Zhuang, Yi, Dong, and the per capita work in town or registered population death rate was Li, man, Qiang, disposable income out of town and 636800 5.6 ‰, and the Mulao, Korean and of urban and rural agricultural registered natural population Yao, with a total residents was 30350 population. At the end growth rate was population of more yuan and 17005 of the year, there were 8.2 ‰. than 6500, yuan respectively. In 847900 permanent accounting for 2018, the added residents, including 0.69% of the city's value of the primary Honghu 384400 urban total population. industry reached 1 4.1% City residents, with a There are more than 7.847 billion yuan, urbanization rate of 5600 Hui ethnic accounting for 45.33%。 minorities, mainly 29.6% of the GDP. distributed in Laowan Hui Township (3800 people) and urban area (about 1500 people). Datong, Dasha, Longkou, Wulin and other towns are scattered. Gongan The total number of There are 17 ethnic In 2014, the 18115 yuan; 2 33.26% County households in the minorities in the county's GDP Household

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups county is 330000, county, including reached 19.489 Farming, labor with a total Tujia, Hui, Uygur, billion yuan. Among work in town or population of 1.07 Manchu, Yi, the three industries, out of town million. Tibetan, Mongolian, the added value of Nu, Buyi, Zhuang, the primary industry Yao, Miao, Li, Bai, is 5.915 billion Dong, she and yuan; the added Gelao value of the secondary industry is 8.399 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry is 5.175 billion yuan. The ratio of three industrial structures is 30.3:43.1:26.6. The total registered In addition to the In 2016, the city's 19300 yuan; 12.45% population is Han nationality, GDP reached Household 1059000, the there are 18 ethnic 41.864 billion yuan. Farming, labor permanent population minorities, namely, The three industrial work in town or is 1015500, and the Hui, Tujia, Miao, structure is out of town Zhongxiang total registered Manchu, 15.2:55.4:29.4. In 3 City number is 341500. Mongolian, Zhuang, the secondary Rural population is Tu, Dong, Yi, Yao, industry, the 692200. Uygur, Buyi, industry grew by Korean, Bai, Li, 8.1%, of which the Tibetan, Dai and industry above Qiang. Designated Size

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups grew by 11.5%; the construction industry grew by 13.5%. In the tertiary industry, transportation, post and Telecommunications grew by 3.9%, wholesale and retail by 8.9%, accommodation and catering by 10.3%, and finance and insurance by 12.6%. The total registered 1565 new born in The main ethnic The regional GDP 19495 yuan; 2.80% population of Duodao 2014, with a birth group is Han of Duodao district is Household district is 233100, rate of 6.55 ‰, a nationality, and the 19.302 billion yuan. Farming, labor Duodao Rural population is mortality rate of main ethnic groups The proportion of work in town or 4 District 114900. 6 ‰, and a natural are Tujia, Hui, etc. primary, secondary out of town growth rate of and tertiary 0.55 ‰. industries is 6.7:64.1:29.2. It has a total In the whole year, As of the end of The Gross Regional 18799 yuan; 2.33% population of 645900 6365 people were 2016, there are Product of Jingshan Household Jingshan (excluding more than born, including Tujia, Miao, City reached 33.603 Farming, labor 5 County 80000 people in 3140 men and 3125 Zhuang, Li, Dong, billion yuan, an work in town or Wusan farm), women, with a birth Hui, Yao, man, increase of 8.9% out of town including 567500 rate of 9.73%; 3141 Mongolian, Buyi, over the previous

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups permanent residents dead, with a she, Shui, Gelao, year. Among them, and 20491000 mortality rate of Lahu, Bai, Kirgiz, the primary industry households. Among 4.79 ‰; a natural Hani, Lisu, De'ang, is 5.768 billion the total population, growth rate of Tu, WA, Tibetan, yuan, the secondary 332272 are male, 4.34 ‰, with a sex Dai, Yi, Nu, Korean industry is 18.414 313713 are female, ratio of 103.7. There are 2180 billion yuan, and the with a sex ratio of ethnic minorities in tertiary industry is 105.91; 270100 are Qianchang, 9.421 billion yuan. rural and 282300 are Yongxing, Caowu, urban. Sunqiao, yanmenkou and Yonglong, accounting for 0.3% of the total population of the county. Among them, the ethnic minorities with a population of more than 100 are Tujia, Hui, Miao and Zhuang. The total number of In the whole year, It belongs to the The ratio of primary, 18,429 yuan; 2% households in 56800 people were area of scattered secondary and Household Xiaonan District is born, with a birth and mixed ethnic tertiary industries is Farming, labor Xiaonan 6 281321, with a total rate of 10.96%; minorities, with the 19.9:35.3:44.8. work in town or District population of 845514. 24600 dead, with a distribution out of town Among them, there mortality rate of characteristics of are 603089 4.75 ‰; a natural more ethnic

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups agricultural growth rate of components and population and 6.21 ‰. less population. 24242425 There are 31 ethnic non-agricultural minorities with population; 436099 2905 permanent males and 409415 residents, females. accounting for 3.4 ‰ of the total population of 850000. There are more than 100 Hui, Tujia, Li, Zhuang and Miao Nationalities, and less than 10 other ethnic minorities. By the end of 2018, In the whole year, It belongs to the The Gross Regional 16,655 yuan; 11.5% the total population of 8946 people were area of scattered Product (GDP) is Household Xian'an district was born, with a birth and mixed ethnic 31.302 billion yuan Farming, labor 62846500, an rate of 14.23 ‰; minorities, with 34 (including work in town or increase of 4120 over 1807 people died, ethnic minorities. municipal direct out of town the end of last year. with a mortality rate The total population investment). In Xian'an 7 of 2.88 ‰; and the of ethnic minorities terms of the three District natural growth rate is 16233, mainly industries, the added of the population Hui, Manchu, value of the primary was 11.4 ‰. The Zhuang, Tujia and industry reached sex ratio of the birth Miao. 2.888 billion yuan, population is an increase of 2.8%; 115.6:100. the added value of

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups the secondary industry reached 17.91 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%; the added value of the tertiary industry reached 10.504 billion yuan, an increase of 10.4%. In terms of composition, the proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary industries to GDP is 9.2:57.2:33.6. The total population In the whole year, Han nationality is The GDP is 13 14863 yuan; 6.8% is 492007. Among 7888 people were the main ethnic billion yuan, and the Household them, the agricultural born, with a birth group, with only a proportion of three Farming, labor population is 400395, rate of 14.75‰ few ethnic industries is work in town or and the and a sex ratio of minorities. 21:41:38. out of town Tongcheng non-agricultural 114.93%. 2390 8 County population is 91612; dead. natural the male population is growth rate is 255920, accounting 10.28‰. for 52%; the female population is 236087, accounting for 48%

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups The total number of In the whole year, Han nationality is The Gross Regional 11,389 yuan; 29.60% households is 133100, 4800 people were the main ethnic Product (GDP) was Household with a total born, witha a birth group, with only a 10.895 billion yuan, Farming, labor population of 460500, rate of 10.5‰. 2172 few ethnic an increase of 7.2% work in town or including 224200 dead, with a minorities. over the previous out of town male and 218300 mortality rate of year. Among them, female, including 4.38‰. Natural the added value of 161300 urban and growth rate is the primary industry 299200 rural 5.75‰. reached 1.760 residents. billion yuan, an increase of 4.3%; the added value of the secondary industry reached Tongshan 9 3.533 billion yuan, County an increase of 9.2%; the added value of the tertiary industry reached 5.602 billion yuan, an increase of 6.8%. According to the resident population, the per capita GDP is 28991 yuan. The tertiary industrial structure of the county is 16.2:32.4:51.4.

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups The total population In the whole year, The Han nationality The GDP is 27.8 15,600 yuan; 7.70% is 589053, of which 6225 people were is the main ethnic billion yuan, and the Household the urban population born, witha a birth group, and ethnic proportion of Farming, labor is 210817. There are rate of 10.19‰. minorities live in primary, secondary work in town or 539200 permanent 2021 dead, with a scattered areas. and tertiary out of town residents, of which mortality rate of industries is 207700 are urban 3.3‰. Natural 21:38:41. residents. The growth rate is urbanization rate is 6.89‰. Nanzhang 10 38.89%. In the whole County year, 6225 people were born, with a birth rate of 10.19 ‰; 2021 people died, with a mortality rate of 3.3 ‰; and the natural population growth rate was 6.89 ‰. The total registered In the whole year, The main ethnic Yiling District's 20,044 yuan; 6.21% population is 521481, 5089 people were group in Yiling GDP reached Household 1180 less than that at born, witha a birth District is Han 55.786 billion yuan, Farming, labor the end of last year, rate of 9.16‰. 2982 nationality, and the an increase of 2.3% work in town or Yiling including 169094 dead, with a ethnic minorities over the previous out of town 11 District urban population, mortality rate of include Miao, Tujia, year in terms of accounting for 5.84‰. Natural Hui, Manchu, comparable prices. 32.43% of the total growth rate is Zhuang and other Among them, the population. In the 3.32‰. ethnic groups. added value of the whole year, 5089 primary industry

Annual Income Proportion of Demographic No. Region Population Nationality Economics and Source of Vulnerable trends Income Groups people were born, was 6.745 billion with a birth rate of yuan, up 3.8%; the 9.16 ‰; 2928 people added value of the died, with a mortality secondary industry rate of 5.84 ‰; and a was 32.643 billion natural growth rate of yuan, down 2.3%; 3.32 ‰. the added value of the tertiary industry was 16.398 billion yuan, up 12.4%. The added value structure of the three industries is 12.09:58.52:29.39.

4.2.3 Environmental Quality

In order to know the regional environmental quality, the environmental quality data of the project area in recent years were collected. 1. Ambient air quality

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Yiling District are 51μg/m3, 71μg/m3, 144μg/m3, 31μg/m3, 11μg/m3 and 1.6 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5), other factors can meet the requirements of class II standard of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2017, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Xiaonan District are 42μg/m3, 72μg/m3, 158μg/m3, 20μg/m3, 9μg/m3 and 1.6 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5), other factors can meet the requirements of class II standard of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Xiaonan District are 42μg/m3, 73μg/m3, 182μg/m3, 24μg/m3, 10μg/m3 and 1.8 mg/m3, respectively.

The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and ozone (O3), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Tongshan County are 33μg/m3, 56μg/m3, 169μg/m3, 14μg/m3, 7μg/m3 and 1.1 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutant is ozone (O3), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Xian'an District are 38μg/m3, 57μg/m3, 169μg/m3, 21μg/m3, 6μg/m3 and 1.4 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutant is ozone (O3), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Tongcheng

County are 35μg/m3, 64μg/m3, 145μg/m3, 17μg/m3, 12μg/m3 and 1.2 mg/m3, respectively. All factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Duodao District are 52μg/m3, 87μg/m3, 140μg/m3, 42μg/m3, 20μg/m3 and 1.5 mg/m3, respectively.

The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Jingshan District are 44μg/m3, 75μg/m3, 105μg/m3, 17μg/m3, 10μg/m3 and 1.8 mg/m3, respectively.

The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Zhongxiang District are 56μg/m3, 91μg/m3, 126μg/m3, 11μg/m3, 15μg/m3 and 2.2 mg/m3, respectively.

The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Honghu City are 28μg/m3, 86μg/m3, 162μg/m3, 27μg/m3, 12μg/m3 and 1.5 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and ozone (O3), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012).

In 2018, the 90th percentile of daily maximum 8-hour average values of PM2.5, PM10, O3, the 95th percentile of 24-hour average concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO in Gongan County are 52μg/m3, 92μg/m3, 186μg/m3, 28μg/m3, 14μg/m3 and 1.4 mg/m3, respectively. The main pollutants are inhalable particles (PM10) and ozone (O3), other factors can meet the requirements of class II of “Standard of Ambient Air Quality” (GB3095-2012). Table 4-4 Current situation of ambient air quality in various regions, μg/m3 Reaching the Name PM2.5 PM10 O3 NO2 SO2 CO standard or Excess factor not Class II 35 70 160 40 60 4 / /

Yiling PM (0.45), 51 71 144 31 11 1.6 No 2.5 District PM10(0.01) Xiaonan PM (0.2), 42 72 158 20 9 1.6 No 2.5 District PM10(0.02) Nanzhang PM (0.2), 42 73 182 24 10 1.8 No 10 County O3(0.13) Tongshan 33 56 169 14 7 1.1 No O (0.05) County 3 Xian'an 38 57 169 21 6 1.4 No O (0.05) District 3 Tongcheng 35 64 145 17 12 1.2 Yes / County Duodao PM (0.49), 52 87 140 42 20 1.5 No 2.5 District PM10(0.24) Jingshan PM (0.26), 44 75 105 17 10 1.8 No 2.5 County PM10(0.07) Zhongxiang PM (0.6), 56 91 126 11 15 2.2 No 2.5 City PM10(0.3) Honghu PM (0.23), 28 86 162 27 12 1.5 No 10 City O3(0.01) PM (0.49), Gongan 2.5 52 92 186 28 14 1.4 No PM (0.31), County 10 O3(0.16) Note: the number in () indicates the multiple exceeding the standard. 2.Environmental quality of surface water The surface water routine monitoring information of the 11 counties/cities/districts involved in the project in 2018 were collected. See table 4-5 ~ 4-13 for details. The water quality of main water bodies such as Fuhe River and Huanhe River in Xiaonan District meets the corresponding water quality requirements, but the water quality of Tongjia lake, Wangmu lake and Yezhu Lake exceeds the standard, and the main pollutants are COD and TP. The water quality of lakes as Futou lake, huanggai lake, sanhulianjiang lake, Dayan lake and Miquan Lake in Xianning City exceeds the corresponding standards. The main pollutants are TP, BOD5 and COD. The water quality of other water bodies can meet the requirements. The water quality of main water bodies such as sandaohu reservoir and Zhushi in Nanzhang county can meet the corresponding water quality requirements. The water quality of the main water bodies such as Ouchi River, Songzi West River, Songzi East River and hudu River in Gong'an County meets the corresponding water quality requirements. The water quality of Xiaxin River, Honghu Lake, yangchai lake, Tongzi lake and other

main water bodies in Honghu City has exceeded the standard. The main pollutants are TP,

COD, NH3-N and permanganate index. The water quality of the canal and Manao River in Yiling District exceeds the standard.

The main pollutants are TP, BOD5, COD and permanganate index. The water quality of other water bodies can meet the corresponding water quality requirements. The water quality of Jingshan River, Sima River, Dafushui River, Zhanghe River, Huiting reservoir, Bazimen reservoir and other main water bodies in Jingshan County meets the corresponding water quality requirements. The water quality of Zhengliuqiao River, Yonglong River, Lihe River and Nanquan River in Zhongxiang County exceeds the standard, and the main pollutants are TP, COD and

NH3-N. The water quality of other water bodies can meet the corresponding water quality requirements. The water quality of main water bodies in Duodao District, such as An River, Yao River, qianjia River and Majia River, meets the corresponding water quality requirements. It can be seen from the analysis that the water quality of rivers and lakes in some project counties involved in the project exceeds the standard. The implementation of the project will reduce the nutrients and pollutants discharged into the surface water body, which is conducive for improving the water environment quality of the surrounding water body of the project. Table 4-5 Surface water quality in Xiaonan District Classification of Water Reaching the Name of Main Type Site water functional quality in standard or water body pollutants division 2018 not Yinyudi Fu River Ⅳ Ⅳ — Yes pump station Rivers Hekou He River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Bridge Shudong Tongjia Lake Ⅲ Ⅳ COD, TP No Lake exit Shudong Wangmu Lakes Lake Ⅲ Ⅳ COD, TP No Lake entrance Shudong Yezhu Lake Ⅲ Ⅳ COD, TP No Lake Center Water Water source Water source source of Sanshui of Sanshui Ⅲ Ⅱ/Ⅲ — Yes area plant plant

Table 4-6 Surface water quality in Xianning City (Xian'an District, Tongshan County and Tongcheng County) Classification Reaching Water Name of water of water Main the Type Site quality body functional pollutants standard in 2018 division or not Gan River No.1 Bridge Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes Hemp spinning Gan River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes mill Xian'an Gan River commercial Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes district Gan River Xi River Bridge Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Gan River Hong Bridge Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Gan River 107 National Road Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Gan River Gongjia Village Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Lower reaches of Lushui River Baota paper Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes industry Under Junshui Yes Lushui River Ⅲ Ⅲ — River Bridge Rivers Upstream of Shiji Yes Lushui River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Bridge Downstream of Yes Lushui River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Shiji Bridge Lushui River 106 Bridge Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes No.1 Bridge of Yes Lushui River Junshui River, Ⅲ Ⅲ — Xuyang County Lushui River Fuxi Bridge Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Hongxia Yes Lushui River hydrological Ⅲ Ⅱ — station Huangwendukou Yes Lushui River Ⅲ Ⅱ — Section Lushui River Luxikou Section Ⅲ Ⅱ — Yes Gaoqiao River Gaoqiao River Ⅲ Ⅱ — Yes Lake Center of Futou Lake Ⅱ Ⅳ TP No Xian'an water area Lakes Lake Center of Futou Lake Ⅱ Ⅳ TP No Xian'an water area

Classification Reaching Water Name of water of water Main the Type Site quality body functional pollutants standard in 2018 division or not Lake Center of Xiliang Lake Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Xian'an water area Lake Center of Huanggai Lake Ⅱ Ⅳ TP COD No Hubei waters Three Lakes White Lake Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Three Lakes Small lake Ⅲ Ⅳ TP No Three Lakes Meihu Lake Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Yunzhong Lake Lake Center Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes

Dayan Lake Lake Center Ⅲ Ⅴ BOD5, TP No BOD , COD Miquan Lake Lake Center Ⅲ Ⅴ 5 No TP Lushui Yes Main dam Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Lushui Yes Auxiliary dam Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Lushui Yes Zhupo Lake Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Lushui Yes Pufang Section Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Fushui Yes Garden Bridge Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Fushui Yes Guanjia Section Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Fushui Yes Dam Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Fushui Lake Center of Li Yes Reservoirs Ⅲ Ⅱ — Reservoir Lake Fushui Yes Reservoir Center Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Baizhangtan Yes Reservoir Center Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Qingshan Yes Reservoir Center Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Nanchuan Yes Reservoir Center Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Mingshuiquan Yes Reservoir Center Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Simenlou Yes Reservoir Center Ⅱ Ⅱ — Reservoir Sidouzhu Yes Reservoir Center Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir

Classification Reaching Water Name of water of water Main the Type Site quality body functional pollutants standard in 2018 division or not Shimentang Yes Reservoir Center Ⅲ Ⅲ — Reservoir Ma Bridge Yes water source of Ma Bridge Ⅱ Ⅱ — Gan River Panjiawan Yes water source of Panjiawan Section Ⅱ Ⅱ — the Yangtze River Water Water source of Yes source Shenlongping Shenlongping Ⅲ Ⅲ — areas Section Reservoir Water source of Yes Shenjia Section Shenjia Section Ⅱ Ⅱ — of Xiapu River Water source of Yes Sidouzhu Sidouzhu Section Ⅲ Ⅲ — reservoir

Table 4-7 Surface water quality in Nanzhang County Classification of Water Reaching Name of Main Type Site water functional quality in the standard water body pollutants division 2018 or not Reservo Sandao Lake Sandao Lake Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes irs Reservoirs Reservoirs Rivers Zhu City Exit section Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes

Table 4-8 Surface water quality in Gongan County Classification Water Name of of water Reaching the Type Site quality in Main pollutants water body functional standard or not 2018 division Kangjia Yes Ouchi River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Village Ouchi Yes Ouchi River Ⅲ Ⅲ — Village Songzi West Yangjia Yes Ⅱ Ⅱ — Rivers River Village Songzi East Yes Silt Lake Ⅱ Ⅱ — River Huangsha Yes Fudu River ntou Ⅲ Ⅱ — Section

Table 4-9 Surface water quality in Honghu City Classification Reaching Name of Water of water the Type water Site quality in Main pollutants functional standard body 2018 division or not Qujiawan NH -N (0.1), COD Ⅲ Ⅳ 3 No Section (0.04) COD (0.2), Xintan Ⅲ Ⅳ Permanganate index No Section (0.02) TP (2.6), COD (1.0) Lake Center Ⅱ Ⅳ Permanganate index No (0.2) Lantian TP (4.0), COD (0.6), Hong Ⅱ Ⅴ No lakes Section NH -N (0.3) Lake 3 COD (1.2), TP (2.5) Drainage Ⅱ Ⅴ Permanganate index No Gate (0.1) TP (2.1), COD (0.6) Small Habor Ⅱ Ⅳ Permanganate index No (0.2) TP (1.9), COD (1.0,), Lake Center Ⅱ Ⅳ Permanganate index No B (0.1) TP (2.3), COD (0.7), Xiaxin Rivers Xiaxin Lake Ⅱ Ⅳ Permanganate index No Lake (0.2) Yangcai Yangcai COD (1.0), TP (0.7), lakes Ⅱ Ⅴ No Lake Lake Permanganate index

(0.3) TP (1.5), COD (0.9) Tongzi Tongzi Lake Ⅱ Ⅳ Permanganate index No Lake (0.2) Note: the number in () indicates the multiple exceeding the standard. Table 4-10 Surface water quality in Yiling District Reaching Classification of Water Name of the Type Site water functional quality in Main pollutants water body standard division 2018 or not Huangbai Tianfu II II — Yes River Temple Huangbai Tangdu II II — Yes River River Huangbai Stele Beach II II — Yes River Huangbai Huangbai Ⅲ II/Ⅲ — Yes River River Bridge Shiban Yun River II II/Ⅲ TP (0.12) No Rivers Village Xialao Jiangjia Ⅲ II/Ⅲ — Yes Stream Temple Tumen Bailin River Ⅲ II/Ⅲ — Yes Bridge Permanganate index (1.1), Guofan Agate River Ⅲ Ⅳ/劣Ⅴ BOD (0.6) No Village 5 TP (0.6) COD (0.6) Chantan Taiping Hydropower II II — Yes Reservo River Station irs Taiping Huali II II — Yes River Village Note: the number in () indicates the multiple exceeding the standard. Table 4-11 Surface water quality in Jingshan County Classification Reaching Name of of water Water quality Main the Type Site water body functional in 2018 pollutants standard or division not Jingshan Yes Dengli Harbor Ⅲ Ⅲ — River Rivers Sima River Zhyuan Gate Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes Dafu River Madian Ⅲ Ⅱ — Yes

Village

Zhang River Baishi Harbor Ⅲ Ⅱ — Yes Huiting Huiting Yes Ⅲ Ⅱ — Reservo Reservoir Reservoir irs Bazimen Bazimen Yes Ⅲ Ⅱ — Reservoir Reservoir

Table 4-12 Surface water quality in Zhongxiang City Classification Reaching Name of of water Water quality Main the Type Site water body functional in 2018 pollutants standard or division not Longtan Xiangjiahe Ⅲ Ⅲ — Yes River Group Zhengliuqia Lusai Hongwei Ⅲ Ⅳ COD No o River Bridge Yonglong Inferior class NH -N, Panshen ditch Ⅲ 3 No River V COD Entrance point Inferior class Li River of Hanjiang Ⅲ TP No Rivers V River Entrance point Nanquan Inferior class of Hanjiang Ⅲ TP No River V River Huangzhuang Han River Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes Section Han River Shipai Section Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes Reservo Wenxia Reservoir Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes irs Reservoir center

Table 4-13 Surface water quality in Duodao District Classification Reaching Name of of water Water quality Main the Type Site water body functional in 2018 pollutants standard division or not Anhe bridge An River Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes section Shuange Bridge Yao River Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes Section Rivers Section of Qianjia Group 5, Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes River Shuanghe Village

Mayuan Bridge Majia River Ⅱ Ⅱ — Yes section

3.Supplementary monitoring If the collected monitoring data cannot meet the requirements, it is necessary to carry out on-site supplementary monitoring and develop on-site monitoring plans. The monitoring plans shall include monitoring indicators, sampling locations, sampling quantity, sampling and analysis methods, etc. (1) Ambient air The main characteristic pollutants of the project and monitoring indicators will be determined according to the construction content and potential pollutants discharge from the project. About 1or 2 monitoring points will be set at the construction site and its downwind direction. For the centralized livestock and poultry breeding project, the monitoring indicators shall at least include NH3, H2S and odor concentration. It needs to be monitored for continuous 7 days, at least 4 times a day (2) Surface water If there is surface water system around the project area and the project may have an impact on it, monitoring sections shall be set at least 500m upstream and 1000m downstream of the possible discharge outlet for continuous monitoring for three days. The water sample storage and monitoring methods shall be in accordance with the requirements of environmental quality standards for surface water, technical specifications for environmental monitoring, water and wastewater detection and analysis methods and other documents.

4.3 Determine the Evaluation Areas

After the project area is determined, the appropriate evaluation areas shall be selected according to the actual situation of the project areas, and the criteria for determining the evaluation scope are as follows: (1) Areas that may have impacts on the project areas shall be included in the evaluation scope ⚫ Identify the irrigation water sources and the surrounding potential sources of pollution of surface water, groundwater and air around the project areas, and determine the areas that may affect the project, and include them into the evaluation scope. ⚫ Pollution caused by agricultural production activities such as pesticides, chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers and agricultural wastes.

⚫ The physical cultural resources near the project areas are included in the scope of evaluation (cultural relics above the county level are not involved, but meaningful cultural resources of local communities/villages/towns may be involved). (2) Areas that may be affected by project activities are included in the scope of evaluation Identify the project construction activities, agricultural activities (such as lime application, organic fertilizer application) and other project activities, determine the possible positive or negative influenced areas, and include them in the evaluation scope. (3) The areas that may be affected by the supporting projects of the project are included in the evaluation scope Identify the supporting engineering of the project, determine the scope of its possible impacts, and include it in the evaluation scope. (4) The social affected areas of project construction and operation are included in the scope of social assessment Identify the project’s relevant stakeholders, potential social impacts and impact on the poor, analyze the impacted areas, and include them in the social and environmental impact evaluation scope.

4.4 Due Diligence

1.Objective Due diligence shall be carried out before the preparation of project environmental and social assessment documents to comprehensively investigate and evaluate whether the current environmental protection, land and resettlement actions conforms to the procedures and requirements of China's relevant laws and regulations, and whether it is consistent with the requirements of WB's involuntary resettlement policies. Analyze and evaluate the organization’s track records on environmental protection, land acquisition, and resettlement. Determine if there are any potential problems, and corresponding corrective actions shall be put forward. 2.Methods The following investigation methods can be used for the due diligence: i) collecting and reviewing the documents and materials related to environmental protection, land acquisition and resettlement of the project and conducting desk research; ii) conducting site visit and in-depth interviews with the relevant project managers.

3.Contents When selecting existing enterprises’ facilities for expansion activities or there are associated facilities, due diligence shall be conducted for the current and historical performance of the enterprises and associated facilities, and the provincial PMO shall be responsible conducting due diligence the potential supported enterprises. According to the WB’s business policies, the facilities in line with the bank's policies are: (a) directly and significantly related to the projects supported by the bank; (b) necessary to achieve the objectives specified in the project documents; and (c) carried out (or plan to be carried out) in the same period as the projects. The contents of the due diligence mainly include: (1) Generation and emission of wastewater, exhaust gas and solid waste Understand the production process, production facilities and main pollutants discharged. Investigate the discharge and treatment of wastewater pollutants, the discharge and treatment of exhaust gas and other pollutants, the generation and disposal of solid waste, the storage of solid waste and the generation and disposal of hazardous solid waste. (2) Construction and operation of treatment and disposal facilities for wastewater, exhaust gas and solid waste Investigate the pollution control facilities of pollution sources, including the construction and operation of sewage treatment facilities, compliance of wastewater discharge, construction and operation of exhaust gas treatment facilities, and compliance of exhaust gas emission, construction and management of solid waste storage warehouse, and construction and operation of solid waste treatment facilities. (3) Labor protection system and measures (4) Establishment of environmental management organization Specifically, it includes the organization structure and main responsibilities of the environmental management organization. (5) Environmental management system It includes the establishment and implementation of environmental management system certification, cleaner production audit, emission declaration and registration, environmental risk management and other relevant systems. (6) Land acquisition and resettlement investigations Land use approval, land acquisition and demolition, operation efficiency of implementation organization, public consultation, complaints and appeals, etc.

If there is any existing projects that not conducted environmental assessment in accordance with China's environmental laws and regulations, it is necessary to timely communicate and consult with the EPDs responsible for the approval of the existing projects, solicit suggestions from the EPDs, and improve the relevant environmental assessment procedures. Only after completing the relevant environmental impact assessment procedures that the sub-project can start construction.

4.5 Potential Environmental and Social Impacts and Mitigation Measures

The activities of this project can be categorized as field irrigation facilities construction, field tractor road construction, small-scale civil works, farming activities, breeding activities, etc. Different types of activities will bring different forms and degrees of environmental impacts. In order to reduce the environmental impacts of specific project activities in the project areas, different mitigation measures are proposed. In this framework, the ECOP have been prepared (including general mitigation measures for environmental and social impacts of small-scale civil works, farmland facilities, road constructions, land leveling, economic forest planting, and farmland shelterbelt planting) to avoid and mitigate negative impacts. See Appendix 3 for ECOP of different types of activities. The sub-project entities (cooperatives, county and village governments) shall identify and select corresponding ECOPs according to the screening of environmental and social issues of specific activities of sub-projects, and supplement and refine environmental impact analysis and mitigation measures at different phases of project implementation according to their own characteristics and surrounding environmental vulnerable areas.

Figure 4-14 List of specific mitigation measures for environmental impact Environmental vulnerable Potential Mitigation measures Implemented by Supervised by Monitored by Phase factors areas impacts environmental assessment Feasibility PMO institute, feasibility study study and Design institute feasibility study approval authority, design phase approval authority PMOs Project Acoustic Environmental implementing PMOs, local EPDs environment monitoring institutions agency Project Atmospheric Environmental implementing PMO, local EPD environment monitoring institutions agency Project Water Environmental implementing PMO, local EPD Project environment monitoring institutions agency construction Project phase Environmental Solid waste implementing PMO, local EPD monitoring institutions agency Project Environmental Cultural Relic implementing PMO, local EPD monitoring institutions agency Project Social Environmental implementing PMO, local EPD environment monitoring institutions agency Agricultural Project Environmental production implementing PMO, local EPD Project monitoring institutions activities agency operation Project phase Environmental Farm implementing PMO, local EPD monitoring institutions agency

4.6 Environmental and Social Management Plan

The ESMP proposes a series of mitigation, monitoring and institution building measures for project implementation and operation phase to minimize the adverse environmental and social impact to an acceptable level. The plan also include implementation arrangement, including institutions, monitoring, capacity enhancement, reporting, etc. The EMP of the sub-projects of Hubei Province's SSSA project shall include: i)project description, applicable laws, regulations, policies, technical specifications and standards, and WB policy requirements; ii) institutional arrangement, responsibility and capacity evaluation of environmental management; iii) environmental and social impacts and measures (including ECOP and specific mitigation measures); iv) environmental monitoring and reporting; v) training and capacity building; vi) public consultation and information disclosure; vii) implementation arrangement and cost estimation, etc. Please refer to Appendix 2 for the main contents of sub-project ESMP for reference. According to the nature of the project, the EMP of the sub-project can propose environmental management and monitoring plan in phases, including the proposed work content, budget, schedule, staffing and training requirements, as well as the support and service required for the implementation of mitigation measures, environmental management and monitoring. The proposed mitigation measures shall be agreed by the relevant parties and the affected groups before incorporated into the EMP. Please refer to Appendix 3 for details. The EMP for each sub-project can be refined considering its own characteristics.

4.6.1 Setting of Environmental Management System

The main institutions involved in Hubei Province's SSSA projects include the following four: firstly management institutions (provincial project leading group, provincial PMO, county/city/district project leading group, county/city/district PMO, responsible for project implementation and daily management), secondly supervision institutions (WB and EPD), thirdly implementation agencies (project implementation township, cooperatives and farmers), fourthly consulting firm or individual consultant (environmental and social consultant, environmental monitoring company). These institutions together constitute a complete project environmental management system that play different roles and responsibilities.

Please refer to Table 4-15 for the main responsibilities of each institution. Refer to Figure 4-1 for the organizational chart of environmental management.

Table 4-7 Organizations of environmental management system Institutional Organization name Institutional responsibilities function ⚫ Provide overall guidance on relevant policies, implementation, coordination and solutions to relevant problems, supervise the implementation of the project, review and approve the project plan, find supporting funds, coordinate between departments, and help solve the difficult problems in the process of project Project leading implementation. group ⚫ The government of Hubei Province has organized and established a leading group of SSSA projects in Hubei Province, and sets up a PMO to lead the agricultural department, development and reform department, financial department, planning department, land and resources department, EPD, cooperatives, farmers, etc. to participate in the management and implementation of the project. Under the leadership of the leading group, the PMO established within the Foreign Cooperation Office of Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the project and ensure the smooth implementation of relevant policies in the ESMP. Its Manageme responsibilities mainly include: ⚫ Inspect and coordinate the work of local environmental management departments nt Provincial PMO institutions ⚫ Responsible for arranging the investigation activities of WB environmental experts ⚫ Collect reports of different phases of each sub-project and submit them to WB for review ⚫ Report to the WB on a regular basis ⚫ Responsible for project monitoring and evaluation ⚫ Responsible for project training Responsible for managing and supervising the cooperative's project implementation activities and ensuring the smooth implementation of relevant policies in the ESMP, mainly including： County/City/District ⚫ Supervise the project implementing agencies to implement the EMP PMOs ⚫ Prepare the periodic report of project environmental management ⚫ Report to the provincial PMO on a regular basis ⚫ Promote technical training and guidance for cooperatives and farmers WB Supervise and inspect the implementation of EMP Provincial, The government administrative agency shall supervise and manage the whole process of the project Supervisory municipal and activities according to laws, including the approval of environmental impact assessment report, guidance institutions county bureau of and completion inspection.

ecological environment Project Participate in the implementation and management of the project, and regularly supervise the production implementation links that may affect the environment township Cooperatives Responsible for project implementation and implementation of environmental protection measures Implementi Accept the supervision, inspection and evaluation of the PMO and the Foreign Cooperation Office of ng agencies Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Organize farmers to participate in technical training and strengthen the contact with cooperative farmers and farmers around cooperatives Farmers Do not use prohibited pesticides and chemical fertilizers, properly handle domestic garbage, and participate in the implementation of the project Environmental and Entrusted by the project environmental management organization, provide environmental review, Consulting social Consultant consultation and technical support services Environmental Entrusted by the environmental management organization of the project, undertake the task of professional agencies monitoring environmental monitoring institutions

Figure 4-1 Environmental Management Organization Framework

4.6.2 Institutional Arrangement and Responsibilities of Environmental Management

The project involves various counties and cities with many sub-projects. The environmental management contents of different phases and personnel allocation of sub-projects are detailed in Table 4-16. Table 4-16 Institutional arrangement of environmental management Project related Phase Main environmental management contents Staffing institutions 1. Review and determine the applicable safety and safeguard policies, environmental impact assessment level and Provincial environmental and social safeguard documents to be 1 PMO prepared for the project; 2. Overall responsibility for environmental supervision of the project. 1. Preliminary screen sub-projects in accordance with Appendix 5 and Appendix 1 of this framework, and fill in the checklist in Appendix 1; County PMO 2. Contact and coordinate with the competent environmental 1 authority on environmental management. 3. Incorporate environmental protection measures into the bidding documents and contract. Project entities 1. Be responsible for a series of environmental protection (cooperatives, management in project design and preparation phase; farmers, and 2. Ensure environmental protection funds; Design 2 and county and 3. Contact and coordinate with the competent environmental prepar village authority on environmental management. ation governments) 4. Employ supervision institutions and collect records. 1. Incorporate environmental protection measures into the design scheme and budget; Design institute 2 2. Incorporate the mitigation measures in the EMP into the technical specifications of the bidding document. Environmental 1. Provide technical support for environmental protection of impact engineering design; 2 assessment 2. Prepare environmental impact assessment documents. institute Municipal and county bureau Approval of environmental assessment report / of ecological environment Public or civil society public consultation Some organizations 1. Overall responsible for environmental supervision of the Provincial project; 2 PMO 2. Submit the progress report on the implementation of the Const- ESMP to WB on a regular basis (semiannual report). ruction Manage and supervise the cooperative's project period implementation activities to ensure the smooth County PMO 1 implementation of relevant policies in the ESMP, mainly including:

Project related Phase Main environmental management contents Staffing institutions 1. Urge and inspect the implementation of the EMP 2. Prepare quarterly report of project environmental management 3. Report to the provincial PMO on a quarterly basis 4. Provide technical training and guidance for cooperatives and farmers. Project implementation township: participate in the implementation and management of the project, and regularly supervise the production links that may affect the Project entities environment; (cooperatives, Cooperatives: implementation of the project and peasant environmental protection measures; accept the supervision, household inspection and evaluation of the PMO and the bureau of 2 and county and agriculture and rural affairs; organize farmers to participate village in technical training and strengthen the contact with governments) cooperative farmers and farmers around the cooperatives; Farmers: do not use prohibited pesticides and chemical fertilizers, properly handle domestic garbage, and participate in the implementation of the project. 1. Carry out the environmental protection measures during construction in accordance with the bidding documents, contract, EMP, etc.; 2. Accept the guidance and supervision of the project entity's environmental management personnel, environmental supervision engineer and relevant functional departments of Construction the government; 2 unit 3. Accept the technical support provided by the environmental protection consulting agencies; 4. Take safety protection measures, such as setting warning signs on the construction site, enclosing the plant boundary on the construction site, etc. Establish communication channels with the public to ensure construction safety. 1. Supervise the contractor to implement the EMP and implement the environmental mitigation measures in the contract; Engineering / 2. Supervise the contractor on site; Environmental 3 3. Cooperate with the construction unit in environmental supervision management; 4. Record the implementation of the EMP, form a report and report to the project entity monthly. 1. Supervise and inspect the implementation of PMP; 2. Monitor the occurrence of local plant diseases and insect Bureau of pests, and report the extent and trend of plant diseases and agriculture and insect pests. Track and monitor the information of pesticide rural affairs of purchase, distribution and safe use. 2 counties/cities/ 3. Monitor the occurrence of local livestock diseases, and districts report the extent and trend of of livestock diseases. Track and monitor information on vaccine procurement, distribution and safe use. 1. Supervise and inspect the environmental protection Local measures of the project entity and the construction unit; Ecological 2. Receive EMP implementation report submitted by the 1 Environment project entity and PMO, and carry out administrative Bureau management according to the report; 3. In case of abnormal environment situation during

Project related Phase Main environmental management contents Staffing institutions construction, arrange emergency measures; 4. receive public complaints and coordinate the handling. 1. Provide technical support for environmental protection during construction period in accordance with the Technical environmental impact assessment report and environmental assistance / protection design; Unlimited Consultant 2. Provide the contractor with technical guidance on environmental protection, and organize environmental protection training during construction. Public or civil society Social supervision Unlimited organizations 1. Be responsible for the environmental protection management during operation, and implement the EMP, Project entities mitigation measures and monitoring during operation; (cooperatives, 2. Contact and coordinate with the competent government and departments on environmental supervision; farmers 2 county and 3. Emergency response of environmental accidents; village 4. Organize staff training regularly to improve their ability. governments) At the same time, actively carry out the exchange of environmental protection technology and experience, and further improve environmental management. 1. Monitor the occurrence of local plant diseases and insect Opera- pests, and report the extent and trend of plant diseases and tion Bureau of insect pests. Track and monitor the information of pesticide period agriculture and purchase, distribution and safe use. 2 rural affairs of 2. Monitor the occurrence of local livestock diseases, and each county report the extent and trend of of livestock diseases. Track and monitor information on vaccine procurement, distribution and safe use. Local 1. Guide environmental completion acceptance inspection; Ecological 2. Supervise environmental performance during operation; 2 Environment 3. Supervise and inspect the operation of environmental Bureau protection facilities. Public or civil society Social supervision Unlimited organizations

4.6.3 Capacity Building and Technical Support

1) Capacity building of environmental and social management of PMO The PMO of Hubei Province is located in the Foreign Cooperation Office of Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The PMO has certain experience and ability in the implementation and management of WB's safeguard policy. The PMO has appointed full-time staff to take charge of the environmental and social safeguard management of the project. In order to further strengthen the ability, it is necessary to maintain the stability of personnel and strengthen the training on WB project management and safeguard policy.

At the county level, each project county has set up a county PMO. Each county shall be equipped with a certain number of staff (environmental and social specialist), working under the guidance of the provincial PMO. Employment of professional institutions or professionals: Although the PMO has accumulated some experience in environmental and social management, the implementation of the ESMF is a systematic and professional work. In the first year of the implementation of the project, the provincial PMO shall hire relevant environmental and social professionals or competent third-party organizations to assist them in the implementation of the ESMF. The work includes not only environmental screening, public consultation, but also the supervision and monitoring of the implementation of sub-projects, as well as the preparation of periodic implementation reports. The WB team or the third-party consulting agency shall organize the environmental and social management training for the relevant staff of the provincial and county PMOs, including how to conduct environmental screening, how to review the safeguard documents, how to supervise the implementation of the project entity's safeguard measures, how to track the records, and how to prepare the implementation report, etc. 2) Capacity building of sub-project entities In order to strengthen the capacity-building of sub-project entities (cooperatives, farmers and county and rural governments), during proposal stage, the subproject entities shall be instructed safeguard documents to be submitted, the environmental responsibilities to be performed, and how to supervise sub-project implementation. The contact of the environmental and social management personnel of each county's PMO shall be informed to the sub-project entities. The subproject entity can consult with the environmental and social management personnel of each county's PMO at any time. PMOs of each county can also provide training on environmental and social management for each subproject entity in batches according to the data of subproject entities and the implementation of safeguard measures. 3) Training purpose Capacity building is very important for the implementation of the EMP. With the help of the environmental and social consultants and WB, the PMO shall develop a training plan within the scope of the project, which is applicable to different stakeholders such as the provincial PMO, the county PMO, the environmental and social experts, the construction unit, the supervision engineer, the environmental management personnel, the sub-project entities (cooperatives, the farmers and the county and rural governments). The

purpose of training is to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of environmental management, make relevant personnel familiar with the contents and procedures of environmental management, improve the environmental management ability of environmental management personnel, and ensure the effective implementation of various environmental protection measures. 4) Trainees The training objects are: environmental and social management personnel, environmental and social experts, construction units, environmental and social monitoring institutions, EPD of the project county, sub-project entities (cooperatives, the peasant household and county rural governments), etc. 5) Training content The training will include but not limited to: ⚫ Interpretation of the ESMF of the project, especially strengthening understanding of Appendix 1 Environmental and Social Screening Checklist, Appendix 4 Pest Management Framework, Appendix 5 Project Exclusion List, and Appendix 6 Resettlement Policy Framework. ⚫ WB environmental and social safeguard policy. ⚫ Laws, regulations and policies related to environmental protection in China. ⚫ The environmental management requirements of WB financed project and the environmental clauses in the loan agreement. ⚫ EMP of the project, including environmental monitoring plan. ⚫ Environmental standards. ⚫ Implementation of continuous public consultation and appeal. ⚫ Preparation of progress report and environmental monitoring report of EMP ⚫ Mitigation measures during project operation 6) Training plan Please refer to Table 4-17 for the phased capacity training plan of the project. Table 4-17 Environmental protection training plan Time Phase Participants Main training contents Number (day) Project industry advantages, regional Provincial and environmental constraints, and coordinated county PMOs, Prepar development of social economy and environment. environmental ation Sub-project environment screening. some 2 and social phase Interpretation of project ESMF: experts and 1. Main function in project implementation; specialist 2. Requirements of policies and regulations;

Time Phase Participants Main training contents Number (day) 2. Relevant environmental protection measures and requirements; 3. Screening and preparation of sub-projects, learning of review form of potential environmental and social safeguard issues 4. Project selection, implementation details and requirements; 5. Implementation of continuous public consultation and appeal. 6. RPF and PMP. 1. Introduction of main objectives and objects of project implementation; 2. Environmental and social issues to be considered in the selection of sub-projects; 3. Development relationship between sub-projects and regional industries. 3. Interpretation of the project environment and social management framework, mainly including: Cooperatives, The main function in the project implementation the farmers and 2~4 persons process; county and for each 2 Requirements of policies and regulations; rural sub-project Relevant environmental protection measures and governments requirements; Application, screening and preparation of sub-projects; Appendix 1 and Appendix 5; Project selection, implementation details and requirements; Implementation of continuous public consultation and appeal. RPF, PMP Social public or civil society Public consultation and appeal. some 1 organizations County PMO, ESMP training; County Supervision and monitoring of project Ecological some 2 implementation and preparation of phased Environment implementation report. Bureau Trainings on ESMP, environmental protection measures during construction, operation and Cooperatives, maintenance of environmental protection the peasant facilities, construction related environmental 2~4 persons household and protection laws and regulations, construction Const- for each sub- 2 county and planning, supervision rules, occupational health, ruction project rural health and safety measures and precautions, period governments environmental risk emergency. In particular, the implementation of mitigation measures for various projects. 1. Simple monitoring methods and control measures (self-test) for noise during construction; 2 persons for 2. Relevant measures and requirements of EMP; Construction each 3. Construction related environmental protection 1 Entities construction regulations, construction planning, occupational section health, health and safety measures and precautions.

Time Phase Participants Main training contents Number (day) 1. EMP, measures during construction, and operation and maintenance of environmental protection facilities. 1-2 persons Engineering / 2. Project management procedures and reporting for each Environmental mechanism of the WB. construction supervision, 1 3. Monitoring and control technology; monitoring section / environmental standard, test, method, sample transfer, data monitoring monitoring quality control, equipment uses, etc. organization 4. Environmental risk emergency measures, etc. 5. Occupational health, health and safety. Social public or civil society Public consultation and GRM. some 1 organizations Environmental protection regulations, environmental management, occupational health, County PMO 2 2 health and safety measures and precautions, environmental risk emergency. Cooperatives, 1. Environmental protection measures during the peasant operation; 1-2 people household and 2. Routine supervision training related to the for per sub- 2 county and project; project village 3. Pest control management; governments 4. Environmental risk emergency 1. Ambient air monitoring and treatment Operat technology, noise monitoring and control ion technology; period 2. EMP, measures in operation period, and Engineering / operation and maintenance of environmental Environmental protection facilities. supervision, 1-2 people 2 3. Project management procedures and reporting Environmental mechanism of WB. monitoring 4. Monitoring standard, test, method, sample transfer, data quality control, equipment uses, etc. 5. Environmental risk emergency measures, etc. 6. Occupational health, health and safety. Public or civil Public consultation and complaint handling society some 1 system organizations 7) Training cost The expenses of environmental management training include: transportation, subsidies, accommodation, meals, training materials, meeting rooms and other expenses of training experts. The estimate cost of training is 500,000 yuan.

4.6.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan

1)Purpose of monitoring The purpose of making environmental monitoring plan is to supervise the implementation of all kinds of measures, so as to adjust the environmental protection action plan timely according to the monitoring results, and provide basis for the

implementation time and plan of environmental protection measures. Environmental monitoring includes two phases: construction period and operation period. The purpose of environmental monitoring is to comprehensively and timely grasp the pollution dynamics of the proposed project, understand the change degree of environmental quality, impact scope and environmental quality dynamics of the project construction to the project area, and feedback information to the competent department in time, so as to provide scientific basis for the environmental management of the project. 2)Monitoring organization The monitoring agency is the local environmental monitoring station or the environmental monitoring agency with monitoring qualification. The responsible agency is the PMO of each county, and the supervision agency is the EPD of each project county 3)Implementation of monitoring The monitoring indicators are determined according to the expected major pollutants during construction and operation and environmental impact prediction results. The monitoring shall be conducted in accordance with the technical specifications for environmental monitoring issued by environmental protection authority. The monitoring results will be evaluated against the national standard confirmed by the environmental assessment. The implementation of environmental monitoring and the results of monitoring reports shall be recorded in detail, included in the monthly and quarterly reports, and submitted to the local county PMO. PMO of each county shall provide quarterly environmental monitoring reports to the provincial PMO. Please refer to Table 4-18 and Table 4-19 for the preliminary monitoring plan of the project. Table 4-18 Pollution source monitoring plan

Category Monitoring location Monitoring items Monitoring frequency Main wastewater Wastewater volume, pH, COD, NH -N, wastewater 3 Once a month outlet TP, etc. Particulate matter, H S, NH , odor Project exhaust funnel 2 3 Quarterly concentration, etc. waste gas Outside the factory Particulate matter, NH , HCl, odor 3 Once a year boundary concentration, etc. 1m outside the Quarterly (once every day noise Equivalent continuous A sound level factory boundary and night) Table 4-19 Environmental quality monitoring plan Monitoring Category Monitoring location Monitoring items frequency Surrounding and Particulate matter, NH , H S, odor ambient air 3 2 Once a year downwind direction of concentration, etc.

the project area

500m upstream and surface 1000m downstream of PH, COD, NH -N, TP, etc. Quarterly water 3 wastewater outlet Upstream and PH, permanganate index, total hardness, total groundwater downstream of the Once a year dissolved solids, NH -N, nitrate, nitrite, etc. project area 3 Planting base for pH, Hg, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, etc.; soil manure fertilization of application amount and application area of Once a year environment livestock and poultry livestock manure

5. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

Public consultation is a method for project entities to understand the attitudes and opinions of the people affected by the project, and also an opportunity for the people to participate in the environmental assessment of the project. Therefore, public consultation can make the environmental assessment of the construction project more democratic and public, so as to avoid one-sided decisions which will bring difficulties and resistance to the future work. According to the Environment Impact Assessment Law of the People's Republic of China and the regulations of WB, during environmental assessment process the public shall be consulted. 1. Make the public understand the construction purpose, scale, location of the project as well as the potential pollution to the surrounding environment during and after construction of the project, as well as the proposed prevention and mitigation measures. Let the public express their opinions and finally get their understanding and support. 2. Consulting the local residents' personal and intuitive experiences about their living environment is helpful to understand the current environment quality in the area, so as to reflect the objectivity of the environmental assessment and protect the vital interests of the public. Considering the actual situation of the project, surveys shall be conducted on the farmers involved in the project areas.

5.1 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure During Project Preparation

5.1.1 Stakeholder Identification

In order to make the public consultation objectively reflect the public's opinions on the SSSA projects in Hubei Province, and make the public consultation fully representative, the following stakeholders are identified for public consultation and information disclosure of the ESMF: (1) People affected by the project: farmers, agricultural cooperatives, etc. (2) Relevant government departments and management departments, including all county PMOs, departments of agriculture, EPDs, water conservancy departments, animal husbandry departments, quality and technical supervision departments, safety supervision departments, poverty alleviation office, women's federation, civil affairs bureau, human

resources and social security bureau, state soil Bureau, demolition office, etc.; (3) Relevant experts.

5.1.2 Approaches of Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

Since the preparation and operation of WB project in 2019, the foreign cooperation office of Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the county PMOs have cooperated with relevant functional departments at all levels to organize and carry out a series of information disclosure work. At the same time, during the preparation of the project, a series of organizations, including: the feasibility study institute, the environmental impact assessment institute and the social assessment institute, etc., publicized the project information, and conducted public consultation activities. 1 Notification and publicity of project related information (1) When the feasibility study institute conducted the field inspection in May 2019, the PMOs has started to communicate with the residents in the project areas about the construction content, necessity and social benefits of the project construction and listened to their attitudes and opinions on the project construction. (2) Since June 2019, under the guidance of WB experts, the foreign cooperation office of Hubei department of agriculture and rural affairs, local Department of Agriculture of the project area and project design organization have carried out a series of social and economic surveys and public opinion consultation, and carried out the information disclosure and publicity of project construction content, site selection standard and public traffic safety knowledge. They also have carried out the public demand and willingness survey. (3) From August to September 2019, the environmental impact assessment institute conducted field survey on 11 project areas one by one and publicized the project information through posting during the environmental impact assessment survey. 2 Conduct on-site public consultation surveys (1) Public consultation in environmental impact assessment From August to September 2019, the environmental impact assessment institute carried out on-site surveys on 11 project areas one by one, and carried out public consultation through on-site visits, workshops and posters. On-site posting: the project information has been posted and publicized on the bulletin board of local departments of agriculture of the project area or village committee in the project areas. Publicity information includes: project overview, name and contact

information of the implementation organization, name and contact information of the environmental impact assessment institute, main scopes and issues of public opinion solicitation, and main approaches for seeking public opinions. Workshops: in the form of visits and workshops, investigations were conducted to understand the local existing environmental problems, the project to be implemented, prevention and control measures of current environmental impact, pest management, the treatment of livestock and poultry manure, the existing environmental problems, etc. Inform the stakeholders of the potential environmental impact of the project and the mitigation measures taken against these impacts, so as to get the public's opinions and suggestions, and inform the public about the complaint channels of environmental issues related to the project. (2) Public consultation in social evaluation From August to September 2019, the social assessment institute conducted on-site surveys on 11 project areas one by one, visited the communities and villages involved in the project, and conducted questionnaire surveys, workshops, and interviews on the production and living conditions, social and economic conditions, and the development of SSSA of the affected residents within the project area. Sampling survey of social economy has been carried out to understand the possible impact of each project on the affected people. The residents were informed with the contents of the project, social benefits, and the land transfer compensation policies and recovery measures. The negotiation results will be included in the RPF or due diligence report. Detailed consultation shall be conducted with residents on their requirements and expectations of the project, as well as their opinions and suggestions on the project implementation. Records and feedback shall be made on the aforementioned activities. 3 Online full text publicity On October 30, 2019, after the completion of the ESMF, the provincial PMO published the full text of the ESMF for SSSA projects in Hubei Province on the website of the Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The website is: http://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/yw/ywdt/snytdwgzbgs/200054826.htm. The screenshot of online publicity is as follow:

Figure 5-1 Screenshot of online publicity

Table 5-1 Public consultation conducted during environmental impact assessment Consultation Date Place Consultation Contents Participants Methods Publicity information includes: project overview, name and 11 local contact information of Departments of the implementation County PMOs, Agriculture of organization, name and cooperative, August 25, 2019 the project areas, contact information of environmental Poster - village the environmental impact September 8, 2019 committee assessment team, main assessment bulletin boards, scopes and issues of institute cooperatives public opinion solicitation, and main approaches for public opinions. Visit to understand the Farmers, current environmental cooperatives, problems in the project August 25, 2019 Affected villages county PMOs and area, the proposed On site visits, and cooperatives environmental - project, the current workshops in 11 project impact environmental impact September 8, 2019 areas assessment mitigation measures, institute in the pest management. project area The current situation of

livestock and poultry manure treatment and existing environmental problems; Official website of Hubei Publicity on October 30, 2019 Departments of Full text publicity / Internet Agriculture and Rural Affairs Table 5-2 Public consultation conducted during social impact assessment Consultation Date Place Consultation contents Participants Methods Project affected village, Relevant August 25, 2019 cooperative, affected sampling survey of - PMOs, project villages and social economy September 8, 2019 entity, due cooperatives diligence report preparation team Through field survey, questionnaire, interview Project affected and other ways, to villages, Relevant August 25, 2019 understand the opinions cooperatives, affected - and suggestions of PMOs, project villages and September 8, 2019 residents in the project entity, and social cooperatives area on the assessment On-site implementation of the institute investigation project The proposed project site has been surveyed, the community residents have been visited and exchanged, August 25, 2019 the preliminary Proposed social assessment - preparation of the project site institute September 8, 2019 project has been communicated and negotiated, and suggestions for project optimization have been put forward. A total of 400 questionnaires were Cooperative sent out and 400 members, 2 August 25, 2019 Relevant effective questionnaires Questionnaire surrounding - cooperatives in were recovered. The surveys farmers and September 8, 2019 the project area effective recovery rate social assessment was 100%, of which institute 63% were men and 37% were women. There were 120 group Cooperative Relevant interviews conducted, members, local August 25, 2019 communities / 680 participants in total, farmers, Focus group - villages and including 203 female, representatives of September 8, 2019 cooperatives in 257 old people, 133 village committee the project area vulnerable groups, and and Residents,

87 village committee social assessment and Residents' institute representatives. 187 samples were carried out for the sampling survey in 11 Managers of project sites, including relevant 12 in Yiling District, 13 government Relevant in Jingshan City, 13 in departments, Key August 25, 2019 institutions, Honghu City, 25 in representatives of informant - communities / Zhongxiang City, 20 in village committee interview September 8, 2019 villages, Nanzhang County, 19 and Residents, cooperatives in Gongan County, 24 cooperative in Tongcheng County, members, social 21 in Tongshan County, assessment 23 in Xian'an district institute and 17 in Duodao district. 5.1.3 Summary of Public Consultation Opinions and Feedback

(1) Environmental assessment surveys See table 5-3 for public opinions and feedback of environmental assessment survey. Table 5-3 Summary of public opinions and feedback on environmental assessment

Category Public opinion Feedback on ESMF General Strengthen the protection The mitigation measures of environmental impact are put comments of ecological environment forward during Strictly implement the exclusion list of Appendix 5 and Project location construction the screening checklist of Appendix 1 in the ESMF. Hope to provide technical Corresponding training requirements have been put support and training forward in the ESMF of the project Construction of solid waste treatment facilities Biogas digesters and other facilities can be built for (domestic waste, solid livestock wastewater, and ecological treatment measures waste generated by shall be preferred development industry, animal manure, etc.) It is hoped that there will be a reasonable feedback Corresponding complaint handling system has been put way to solve the technical Common forward to ensure smooth feedback problems encountered in opinions the operation process during The project will strengthen the communication with operation farmers via public consultation and information Increase the propaganda to disclosure, such as posting, holding workshops, etc., so farmers and strive for the that farmers can understand the significance of the project greatest support from more clearly. We shall understand the demands of farmers farmers for the project, and strive for the maximum support for farmers. The project will establish four level management Management mechanism organizations of provinces, counties, townships and villages. Secondary pollution The project will develop a comprehensive monitoring caused by manure plan, strengthen the monitoring and supervision of

Category Public opinion Feedback on ESMF returning to the field agricultural inputs and livestock manure returning to the field, and minimize the risk of secondary pollution caused by agricultural inputs Strengthen the technical training of farmers in the project area, strengthen the supervision of the project implementation process, and ensure the smooth Project implementation implementation of the project. This requirement has been effect implemented in the design of the project, and technical training for farmers has been designed in the technical assistance of the project. (2) Social assessment survey From the perspective of residents' attitude towards the project, 95.5% of the respondents held the opinion that the implementation of the project is important to their families, and 97.5% of the respondents supported the construction of the project. Table 5-4 Analysis of residents' support for the project Percentage effective cumulative statistical indicators frequency (%) percentage (%) percentage (%) very supportive 192 48.0 48.0 48.0 supportive 198 49.5 49.5 97.5 Effective indifferent 10 2.5 2.5 100.0 total 400 100.0 100.0

Table 5-5 for public opinions and feedback of social assessment survey. Table 5-5 Summary of public consultation and feedback of social assessment Main stakeholder Public Opinions Feedback on ESMF groups (1) the infrastructure and public service facilities (1) formulate basic have been improved; (2) while training its compensation package and members, the cooperative can also carry out cultivate agricultural Farmers in unified training for the Residents; (3) the price of cooperation organization; (2) the project raw materials is too high; (4) adjust the industrial strengthen technical training and areas structure, increase the proportion of economic specification; (3) strengthen crops and raise the income level; (5) reduce the publicity training and public risk of increasing the cost of heavy metal treatment opinion guidance process to farmers. (1) obtain financial support, reduce financing costs, and reduce the financial pressure on the development of ecological agriculture. (2) improve the management level of cooperative organizations Agricultural To formulate basic and promote the development of local agriculture cooperatives compensation package and on a large scale. (3) it needs the introduction and in the project cultivate agricultural investment of modern science and technology. (4) areas cooperation organization due to the backward construction of information agriculture, it is necessary to upgrade the files, establish the intelligent internet, and reduce the risk of agricultural product sales. Poor It hopes to play a demonstration role after the (1) strengthen technical training households project construction, increase the guiding role of and standard; (2) strengthen

industrial poverty alleviation, and lead the people publicity training and public to become rich together. opinion guidance; (3) formulate action plans conducive to the consultation and benefit of poor households (1) strengthen technical training and standard; (2) strengthen publicity training and public Increase employment opportunities, provide labor Women opinion guidance; (3) formulate protection and improve production skills. action plans conducive to women's participation and benefits.

5.1.4 Summary of Public Consultation

According to the information collected in various ways, the county PMOs generally understands the situation of the project. The residents generally support the implementation of the project without any opponents. They think that the construction of the project will improve the quality of the ecological environment, which is conducive to the promotion of social and economic sustainable development. They hope that the project can be implemented with quality assurance, technical support and training efforts as soon as possible and at the same time, does a good job in environmental protection. They hope the project will bring social, environmental and economic benefits as soon as possible. All stakeholders expressed their own concerns, opinions and requirements. Their concerns and opinions were fully reflected in the project design and environmental and social mitigation measures.

5.2 Continuous Public Consultation

Public consultation is a continuous process. From project design to implementation and to operation, it should be open to the public and make a public plan. In the preparation phase, the major stakeholders shall be informed and consulted as early as possible. A series of activities of project information disclosure and public consultation shall be organized. In order to promote the effective participation of all stakeholders, especially the main stakeholders in the project, it is critical to improve their awareness and participation in the project to ensure that the project target groups at the project village level and the affected stakeholders are well informed. They have the right to know the project information and participate in decision making so as to minimize the social costs and environmental impact during the implementation and operation of the project.

On the other hand, in the preparation phase of the project, the level of knowledge and participation of farmers is not high. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a work plan to promote the farmers' understanding, knowledge and participation in the project design, and to identify possible opportunities for different stakeholders to participate in the project, as well as their rights and obligations in the process of project preparation. A mechanism for stakeholder participation shall be designed and established. The potential beneficiary groups and affected groups, especially the vulnerable groups such as poor households and female can be fully consulted and participate in the project.

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Table 5-6 Public consultation action plan Consultat Project Consultation ion Participants Rules and methods Responsible unit Outputs Phase methods activities Carry out publicity on the basic The villagers know the main activity situation of the project and the Provincial PMO, information, environmental impact and Media publicity Villagers content of environmental county PMOs social impact assessment content of the assessment for the villages of the project. whole city / county / district Publicize the contents of the The villagers know the main activity project and environmental Network information, environmental impact and Villagers assessment on the websites of county PMOs publicity social impact assessment content of the Poverty Alleviation Office and project. Project other institutions Project publicity The county PMOs shall hold a preparatio and Village Cadres' meeting of the village head or the The villagers know the main activity County PMOs, n phase mobilizat- meeting and village secretary to inform the information, environmental impact and Villagers project Township ion Villagers' basic information of the project social impact assessment content of the and village cadres Congress under the coordination of the project. township Village The key project contents shall be The Villagers know the main activity publicity (post publicized within the village; the Villager information, environmental impact and Villagers announcement, publicity time shall not be less representatives social impact assessment content of the banner, radio) than 2 weeks project. The village cadres will receive Publicity Villager The villagers know the project Villagers them and distribute them to the proposal representatives information households Residents participate in supervising the implementation of Project Participate in counselors in information Villager Villagers' evaluation of counselors; implemen Supervisi- and supervise Villagers publicity and mobilization, representatives, Complaints from counselors collected by tation on the work of cooperative organization, training, county PMOs village committee and PMOs. phase Counselors industrial development planning and other daily work

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Consultat Project Consultation ion Participants Rules and methods Responsible unit Outputs Phase methods activities Residents supervise the Project The villagers are aware of the relevant Villagers, construction quality and County PMOs and construction situation of project construction and cooperatives environmental protection construction entities supervision environmental protection facilities。 measures The propaganda backbone should Basic information of the project, understand the basic contents of the industrial development ideas, project, industrial development ideas, project operation procedures, Propaganda Villagers, project operation procedures, procedures and relevant backbone cadres and County PMOs environmental and social protection requirements for the establishment training representatives requirements, etc.; of the joint stock cooperative, The propaganda backbone should requirements for the use of understand the mobilization methods and conditional grants from the Organizati contents of project information. cooperative, contents of on training Villager infrastructure construction, The villagers understand the basic Villagers' representatives, environmental protection contents of the project, industrial propaganda and counselors and Villagers requirements for the project development ideas, project operation mobilization representatives construction (general EMP), procedures, environmental and social training participating in the village publicity activities. protection requirements, etc. training The PMOs will distribute the Villagers know the basic content of the Distribution of County PMOs, Villagers manual to all residents through the project, industrial development ideas, brochures village cadres village committee. project operation procedures, etc. The construction party shall post the construction information once Villager County PMOs and The Villagers know about the Posters a month and announce the contact Construct- representatives construction entities construction of the project. person and contact information of ion the construction entities informati- Carry out the residents' meeting on for the construction problems disclosure Villagers' Villager County PMOs and Handling results of complaints on project found by the residents, and meeting representatives construction entities construction. summarize the problems and submit them to the construction

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In the process of infrastructure Construct- County PMOs, construction, priority shall be ion Villager village committee The consultation of villagers in the Villagers work given to providing jobs for local participat- representatives and construction project. villagers, of which 30% shall be ion entities given to women The villagers are aware of the operation status of the cooperative (such as the Cooperative sales price of agricultural products, Cooperati- Cooperative Organize and publicize the Publicity of Council, board of income distribution, etc.); the percentage ve members, operation and funds of the operation supervisors, of the members participating in the operation villagers cooperative on a quarterly basis counselors production and operation activities of the cooperative as a percentage of the members of the cooperative. Publicity of Let the villagers know the environmental Environ-m Publicize the environmental environmental Cooperative County PMOs, protection measures during the ental protection measures during the protection members, counselor, village construction period and the construction participat- construction period, and carry out facilities villagers committee of environmental protection measures of ion in phases construction the project. Results of training demand survey; According to the local training plan; photos of training site; development industry, organize Agricultural percentage of poor households who have on-site training for experts, among County PMOs, technology participated in industrial training in the Villagers which the number of ethnic counselor, village Industry training for cooperative members; percentage of minorities shall not be less than committee and villagers female members who have participated 30% and the number of women cooperativ in industrial training in the cooperative shall not be less than 30%. e training members. Training in the management of The number of cooperatives that have Cooperative County PMOs, Cooperative cooperatives, with equal held training on the operation and management counselor, village Managers opportunities for cooperative management of cooperatives; records of training committee members the participation of Cooperative

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Consultat Project Consultation ion Participants Rules and methods Responsible unit Outputs Phase methods activities Managers in the training.

Training on Let the villagers know the environmental Cooperative Training on environmental County PMOs, environmental protection matters that should be paid members, protection requirements during counselor, village protection attention to during the implementation of villagers project implementation committee requirements the project. Distribute planting / breeding County PMOs, Issue training Villagers technical manual to residents in counselor, village Villagers' access to training manuals. manual the project area committee According to the affected areas of infrastructure, the maintenance personnel are divided, such as production access road, water Selection of reservoir, etc., which are managed County PMOs, Follow up management measures for maintenance Villagers by the surrounding income village committee infrastructure projects. personnel groups; the market right of agricultural trade belongs to the government, so it can be managed Infrastruc- by the villagers funded by the Project ture government operation maintena- Carry out training on maintenance phase County PMOs, nce Maintenance of relevant infrastructure and construction entities Attendance of maintenance personnel personnel Villagers environmental protection and village and relevant paper materials. training measures for maintenance committee personnel Training on environmental Village Training on management Let villagers understand the role of assessment and committee, County PMOs, framework contents, such as management framework and how to social cooperative, village committee general EMP and PMP implement it. management villagers framework

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Consultat Project Consultation ion Participants Rules and methods Responsible unit Outputs Phase methods activities

Villagers’ complain about the Provincial PMO, Complain- Clear appeal problems encountered in the Let Residents know the complaint Villagers county PMOs and ts process operation phase of the project. See handling process village committee the complaint process for details

Table 5-7 Public consultation arrangement plan for resettlement

Objective Mode Time Unit Participant Issue Announcement of Village bulletin board All affected Announcement of land acquisition area, April 2020 land acquisition and villagers’ meeting people compensation standard and RAP, etc. Announcement of compensation and Village bulletin board All affected April 2020 Provincial PMO, Compensation fee and payment method RAP for land and villagers’ meeting people county PMOs, acquisition natural resources 1) check the leakage and make up the and Planning deficiency, and confirm the final impact Bureau, housing amount and Construction Immigration All affected 2) list of land occupied by resettlement and Field investigation May 2020 Bureau, township, impact review people assets lost village committee 3) prepare the basic contract of compensation and project design agreement consulting

organization Determine revenue recovery Villagers’ meeting All affected Discuss the final income recovery plan and Before implementation plan and its (many times) people the use plan of compensation funds implementation

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Objective Mode Time Unit Participant Issue All affected training plan Village assembly March 2020 ~ June 2021 Discuss training needs people Migrant external 1) resettlement progress and impact monitoring 2) payment of compensation Villagers’ participate All affected Monitor June 2021 to December 2024 organization, 3) information disclosure in the meeting people township and 4) recovery of production and living, village cadres resettlement of demolished houses

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6. GRM

In order to better protect the local environment and the interests of the surrounding residents, the PMOs shall establish a convenient, quick, open and effective complaint handling system, set up a complaint handling office, and publicize the telephone number, fax, address, e-mail address, etc. of the complaint handling office through bulletin boards, so that the affected people can make complaints any environmental issues at any time. (1) Complaint handling procedures ⚫ Receiving and recording complaints If the affected residents are dissatisfied with the EMP, or the local environmental quality is affected due to the implementation of the project, they can make an oral or written appeal to the complaint handling office. The complaint handling office shall make a record after receiving the complaint, and the main contents of the record shall at least include: receiving date, contact information of the complainant, type of the complaints, details, responsible investigator, etc. The complaint handling office shall keep the contact information of the complainant confidential and issue a written receipt within 5 business days. ⚫ Complaints investigation, further action and resolution Once the complaint is received, the complaint handling organizations will conduct a preliminary assessment of the issues to determine the right person who can solve the grievance, such as environmental engineer, and then forward the copy of the grievance to the person, and request the person to complete the response report within 10 business days. When assessing the problems, the grievance investigator shall determine the actions to be taken to investigate and solve the problems at the same time, and contact with other relevant parties so as to let them know the situation and avoid unnecessary duplication of work. The main contents of the complaint investigation include: the cause of the incident, its impact on the environment and health, and the responsible party of the incident. Based on the above investigation results, the complaint handling office shall determine the actions to be taken further, the time schedule for the implementation of the actions, the mandatory measures to mitigate and solve the environmental impact of the incident, and propose preventive measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. ⚫ Response to complaints Generally speaking, a basic principle of complaint response is that a written

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complaint needs a written response, and an oral complaint needs at least an oral response. The complaint investigation report shall be sent to the complainant within 20 business days after receiving the complaint. If it cannot be completed within 20 business days, the complainant shall be provided with a written reply on the investigation process and when the complaint report will be issued. In the process of preparation and implementation of the project, in order to timely understand and solve the social impact and problems brought by the project to immigrants, affected farmers and other stakeholders, ensure the demand of the affected groups for information disclosure and the widest possible community participation, the project has established various and effective complaint channels, details are as follows: Phase 1: the affected people can submit their complaints verbally or in written to their village committee / community neighborhood committee or township government. The village committee / neighborhood committee or township government where the farmer is located must keep a written record of the complaint and a clear response shall be given within 2 weeks. Phase 2: if the handling decision of Phase 1 cannot meet the complainant’s satisfaction, a verbal or written complaint can be made to the township manager. If it is a verbal complaint, the township manager shall make a written record. A decision shall be made within 2 weeks; Phase 3: if the handling decision of the township manager cannot meet the complainant’s satisfaction, a complaint can be made to the county PMOs. A decision shall be made by the county PMOs within 2 weeks; Phase 4: if the handling decision of the county PMOs cannot meet the complainant’s satisfaction, you can appeal to the provincial PMOs. A decision shall be made by the provincial PMOs within 2 weeks; Phase 5: if the handling decision of the provincial PMOs cannot meet the complainant’s satisfaction, the complaint can bring a suit in a civil court in accordance with the civil procedure law. The above complaint handling methods should be publicized in a way that the affected residents and migrants can understand, so that the residents/migrants can fully understand their own right to appeal. Relevant organizations shall conduct field investigations and researches on the complaints and dissatisfaction raised by the residents/migrants, fully solicit opinions from the affected residents/migrants, and objectively and fairly put forward the handling opinions according to the criteria and

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standards stipulated in the national laws and regulations and the RAP. In the process of handling complaints and appeals, relevant departments shall follow the following principles: 1) There are complaint specialists in relevant organizations who are responsible for filing, organizing, recording the complaints, and ensuring responses made to each complaint by the corresponding administrative complaint handling organizations within two weeks. 2) Complaints from the affected people shall be accepted and handled free of charge, and the reasonable expenses incurred therefrom will be paid from the unforeseen expenses of the project. 3) During the whole construction period of the project, this complaint handling system shall be kept effective to ensure that the affected people can take advantage of the system to deal with relevant issues. The aforementioned complaint handling approaches shall be publicized by public meetings and handouts. At the same time, the complaint process will be published in the affected areas through the media. 4) During the implementation of the RAP, the land acquisition department shall file and organize the complaint registration and result documents, and report them to the PMOs in written form monthly. The PMOs will regularly check the registration of complaint handling. In order to fully record the complaints of the affected people, The PMOs shall develop a registration form for the complaints of the affected people. (1) Responsibilities of the complaint handling organization ⚫ Be fully responsible for handling environmental complaints ⚫ Coordinate the affected people, contractors, PMOs, local EPD, etc. when handling environmental complaints ⚫ Dealing with the environmental crisis caused by the governance process (2) Responsibilities of complaint investigators ⚫ Record the complaint content and receiving date; ⚫ Verify the validity of the appeal content through investigation, and assess whether the problems are caused by the project activity of improving the safety and quality of the agricultural products origin; ⚫ Put forward mitigation measures if the appeal is effective; ⚫ If mitigation measures need to be taken, the project implementer shall be informed immediately; ⚫ Inspect the implementation and latest progress of mitigation measures by the

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contractor; ⚫ Conduct additional monitoring and verification if necessary, and review the justifiable reasons for no recurrence of complaints; ⚫ Report the results of the complaint investigation and subsequent actions; ⚫ Record the content, investigation, action and result of the appeal in the report of the EMP.

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Complainants

Feedback t Appeal by letters, telephone, emails, etc.

publicize them in the community when necessary when publicize community the them in

he complaint handling results to the complainants and results complainants and handling he complaint to the

Village committee Village/Town WB office County/city/district WB office Legal channels

According to the content of the complaints

Direct processing Instruct subordinates to Report to the WB office Judicial treatment

handle (above county level) for handling

Handling opinions and results

Appeal procedure Processing program Feedback procedure

Figure 6-1 GRM flow chart

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Table 6-1 Complaint handling registration form

Name of Time complainant

Receiving Place Organization

Content of

complaint

Solution

required

Proposed

solutions

Actual handling

Complainant Recorder

(signature) (signature)

Note: 1. The contents and requirements of the complaint shall be truthfully recorded. 2. The complaint handling process shall be free from any interference and obstacles. 3. The proposed solution shall be replied to the complainant within the specified time.

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