Guangdong Province)

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China Food Safety Improvement Project (Guangdong Province)

Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Policy Framework

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Table of Content 1 Project overview ...... 1 1.1 Project background ...... 1 1.2 Main project activities ...... 3 1.3 Overall objectives ...... 3 1.4 Assessment methods and boundary in resettlement plan preparation ...... 4 The objectives, principles and related terms of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) ...... 6 2.1 Objectives ...... 6 2.2 Principles ...... 6 2.3 Related terms ...... 7 Preparation and approval of resettlement action plans ...... 9 3.1 Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan ...... 9 3.2 Approval of the Resettlement Action Plan ...... 10 Regulatory system and legal framework ...... 12 4.1 Regulatory system ...... 12 4.2 Legal framework ...... 12 Implementation procedure and timetable ...... 17 5.1 Implementation procedure ...... 17 5.2 Timetable ...... 17 Public participation and information disclosure ...... 20 6.1 Public participation ...... 20 6.2 Information disclosure ...... 21 Grievance Redress Mechanism ...... 23 7.1 Grievance Redress ...... 23 7.2 The content and manner in which complaints are responded ...... 24 7.3 Responds to Complaints and record keeping...... 24 7.4 GRM contact information ...... 25 8. Monitoring and Evaluation ...... 27 8.1 Internal monitoring and oversight ...... 27 8.2 External independent monitoring ...... 27 Annex 1: List of the sub projects ...... 29 Annex 2: Sub-project Map ...... 31 Annex 4: Resettlement Impact Screening Form ...... 36 Annex 5: Sample table of entitlement matrix ...... 38 Annex 6: A brief overview of the relevant resettlement compensation and resettlement policies 43 1. Compensation and resettlement policy for collective land acquisition ...... 43 2. State-owned land acquisition compensation and resettlement policy ...... 43 3. Temporary land compensation and restoration policy ...... 43 4. Housing demolition compensation and resettlement policy ...... 43 5. Attachment infrastructure compensation policy ...... 43 6. Land transfer policy in the project area...... 43 7. Vulnerable Groups Policy ...... 43 8. Women's support measures ...... 43

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1 Project overview

1.1 Project background

Food is the basis of human survival and productive activities. Human needs safe, hygienic, nutritious, high-quality and adequate food. Food safety has been the concern of all countries in the world. Unsafe food not only endangers people's health, but also affects the market competitiveness of food products. The Chinese government has always made food safety a top priority in its work, taking clear measures to strengthen the construction of food safety systems, upgrade food safety infrastructure, improve food safety procedures and improve food safety law enforcement capabilities. Ensuring food safety is the top priority of the implementation of the national strategy and the national economy and people's livelihood. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China promotes "the implementation of food safety strategy, so that people can eat safely." Food safety has gone beyond general regulatory work and has been elevated to the level of national security. The Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China amended in December 2018 provides legal system guarantees for strict food safety supervision, further strengthens the responsibility of all levels of government for food safety, and upholds food safety in a way that is based on the rule of law. In May 2019, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Deepening Reform and Strengthening Food Safety, which was the first food safety work framework document issued in the name of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, focusing on the establishment of the most stringent standards, the most stringent supervision, the most severe penalties, the most serious accountability, to promote the modernization of the food safety governance system and governance capacity, and further clarify the objectives and basic compliance documents for the implementation of the food safety strategy. General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "We should take the quality and safety of agricultural products as a key link in transforming the way of agricultural development and speeding up the construction of modern agriculture, adhere to the source of governance, specimen management, with the most stringent standards, the most stringent supervision, the most severe punishment, the most serious accountability, to ensure safe food for the people" "At present, the people's greatest concern for the supply of agricultural products is to eat safely. Structural reform on the agricultural supply side should focus on this issue. We

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should increase the supply of green high-quality agricultural products in a prominent position, pay close attention to the standardized production of agricultural products, brand creation, quality and safety supervision, to promote qualified products and eliminate unsafe good." In order to deeply implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on food safety supervision, accelerate the improvement of food quality and safety level, and promote the innovation and development of the food industry, the State Council officially approved the inclusion of the ‘China Food Safety Improvement Project’ as candidate project planned for 2017-2019 using World Bank loans in March 2017. It is used to support industries closely related to people's lives and actively promote food safety demonstration projects throughout the industrial chain. The project aims to improve the food safety supervision system and improve the supervision capacity, promote the construction of national and subnational food safety system, and actively carry out food safety supervision and demonstration. China Food Safety Improvement Project aims to learn from mature international experience and scientific-based effective measures, and in the light of China's actual situation and characteristics, select a representative food chain as pilot, explore the establishment of government planning, industry-led, social participation in food safety demonstration projects. Promote the formation of a food value chain that is co-managed by public and private sectors, and to provide demonstration and piloted experience, so as to promote China's food safety improvement. In recent years, Food safety in Guangdong has achieved remarkable results, and the quality and safety supervision system of agricultural products has been basically established. However, food safety challenges still exist in some areas and value chains, and need urgent attention.

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1.2 Main project activities

1. Component 1: Institution building and regulatory performance

Introduce and draw lessons from the successful experience and advanced technology, formulate a batch of standards and specifications related to vegetables, litchis, pigs and aquatic products. Establish supervision mechanism, leadership mechanism and responsibility assigning mechanism for vegetables, litchis, pigs and aquatic products, and clarify the supervision responsibilities of each link. Carry out training in supervision technology and ability, adopt targeted training for enterprises facing different challenges, and strengthen enterprises to carry out quality and safety testing on their own. Develop cross-department cooperation mechanism, data sharing and collaborative supervision. Build a public platform so that local citizens participate in the improvement of the quality and safety of agricultural products, to form a supervision model of co-governance by supervision departments and consumers.

2. Component 2: Food safety supervision process

First, build the intelligent supervision platform of agricultural product quality and safety, improve the supervision system of agricultural inputs, the standardized production service system and the traceability system of agricultural products quality,; Second, improve the quality and safety testing system of agricultural products, build regional agricultural product testing centers, and improve the animal epidemic prevention and control, inspection and quarantine system; Third, conduct branding development and promotion of high-quality agricultural products.

3. Component 3: Whole value chain food safety control

Through selected financial intermediaries loans obtained from qualified investment activities of qualified enterprises are guaranteed (innovating the whole value chain risk sharing model of agricultural products) to support activities related to the upgrading of food safety in the value chains of pigs, litchis, vegetables and aquatic products in Guangdong Province, giving priority to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and family farms. When it involves production, processing, logistics, sales and other links, emphasis shall be given on supporting the food safety transformation of existing facilities. Innovative insurance mechanism (innovating the whole value chain safety liability insurance model of agricultural products) will be established for the project, and insurance support will be provided for the relevant enterprises.

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4. Component 4: Project implementation support

Support comprehensive project management by setting up project management office and expert team to organize project planning and implementation, fund raising, performance evaluation, etc. Carry out the whole process of monitoring and evaluation of the project, set up a monitoring and evaluation expert team, carry out the monitoring of the project progress and effectiveness, evaluate the contribution of the project implementation to the quality and safety of regional agricultural products, as well as economic, ecological and social benefits.

1.3 Overall objectives

Create a smart supervision platform for the quality and safety of agricultural products, improve the detection, traceability and standards of the three systems, create a number of green, organic, geographical indications of agricultural production base, improve the quality and safety management level of agricultural products in the project area, reduce the value chain (from origin to market) agricultural product quality and safety risks, strengthen the quality and safety of agricultural products, promote the development of high-quality agriculture.

1.4 Assessment methods and boundary in resettlement plan preparation

Assessment methodology for this project's resettlement program is as follows: Desk review of key documents: review of government rules and regulations on land acquisition and resettlement applicable to local counties, contractual agreements, records of consultation, and entitlement documents. Focused group discussions and workshops. Discussions with project management offices at provincial, municipal and county levels, workshops at impacted township/village level to understand resettlement impact, and ensure community participation in the implementation of RAPs in case land acquisition/resettlement is unavoidable once project activities are confirmed at implementation stage. Interviews with key informants. Census will be conducted for impacted households to record details of impact and related entitlement matrix. This will be done together with staff from local resettlement office to be established once OP4.12 related impacts is identified. Based on the actual situation in the impacted area, the assessment content of the resettlement plan of this project is as follows: (1) Land, including unavoidable permanent and temporary land use caused by project activities;

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(2) Housing and its ancillary facilities, including rural residential housing and non- residential housing; (3) Enterprises, institutions and shops whose income is impacted due to project activities; (4) Consultation with affected population; (5) Impacted trees/crops and graves.

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The objectives, principles and related terms of Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) to be prepared

2.1 Objectives

This resettlement policy framework has been prepared based on the Involuntary Resettlement Policy (OP4.12) of the World Bank with the overall objective of: ➢ Explore all feasible project design options to avoid or reduce involuntary resettlement as much as possible;

➢ If resettlement is unavoidable when subprojects are confirmed, it should be implemented according to the RAP to be prepared based on this framework. RAP should be prepared based on consultation with impacted people with the aim of full livelihoods recovering of affected persons;

➢ Affected persons should be helped to maintain their livelihoods and living standards at least to the level before the project commence.

2.2 Principles

In accordance with this policy framework prepared based on the World Bank's operational policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12), the specific principles and objectives are as follows: ➢ Keep land acquisition and other corresponding property and resettlement of affected persons to a minimum;

➢ Based on entitlement records agreed before the cut-off date, all affected persons are eligible to recovery measures to help them improve or at least maintain their pre-project standard of living, income and production levels. The lack of legal rights over loss of assets does not prevent affected persons from access to resettlement measures to achieve full livelihoods recovery;

➢ The measures provided for resettlement include: (1) compensation for residential houses and other buildings based on replacement costs; (2) cash compensation or other means, such as replacement land, pension scheme and social security for land loss farmers, etc.; (3) replacement housing and homesteads acceptable to affected persons; and (4) relocation cost and transition cost occured;

➢ Replacement houses and agricultural land should be as near to the original 6

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houses/land as possible, and affected persons should be allowed to choose where to relocate;

➢ The length of transition period for resettlement should be minimized and recovery measures should be made available to affected persons before project activities commence;

➢ Land acquisition and resettlement plans should be based on full consultation with affected persons to ensure full recovery of livelihoods based on agreed entitlement reached before cut-off date. Affected persons should receive compensation or all entitled benefit prior to project activities commence;

➢ Maintain or improve the community's original level of services and resources;

➢ Financial resources should be made available as part of counterpart funding to accommodate expected land acquisition and/or resettlement whenever required. The budget of the resettlement plan should include reasonable unforeseen costs;

➢ Institutional arrangements should ensure that qualified staff are available to carry out the RAPs in an effective and timely manner;

➢ Effective and timely monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of resettlement plans for affected persons.

2.3 Related terms

Displaced persons Displaced persons can be divided into three categories in terms of compensation entitlement: a) Persons with formal legal rights to the land rights recognized by national law, for example those who hold land tenure documents, or those recognized by local village committee as having access to the collectively owned land. These are the most likely case in project areas; b) Those who have no formal legal right to the land at the beginning of the census, but the affected persons making claims to the land or property and such claim is recognized by national law or through a process recognized in the resettlement action plan. The likelihood of this type is small because all Guangdong province has completed land titling; c) Those who have no recognized legal rights or claims to the land they occupy. Persons who, in the case of paragraphs a) and b), should receive compensation and other assistance for the loss of land. In the case of persons described in paragraph c), they are entitled to compensation for the land they occupy, as well as other necessary assistance to

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achieve the objectives set out in this policy, provided that they occupy the land in the project area earlier than the cut-off date set by the borrower, and that there are assets on affected land. Those who occupy the land after the cut-off date are not entitled to compensation or any form of resettlement assistance. All persons covered in paragraphs a), b) and c) have access to compensation for property losses in addition to compensation to the land.

Compensation and resettlement measures

To eliminate or mitigate the impact of involuntary land acquisition resulting in (1) relocation or loss of residence, (2) loss of assets or access to assets, or (3) loss of sources of income or means of livelihood (whether or not the affected persons are relocated), a resettlement action plan should be prepared covering the following: a. The Resettlement action plan include appropriate measures to ensure (a) Affected persons are informed of their options and other rights to receive compensation; (b) Understand technically and economically viable options based on participation in consultations and have the opportunity to choose from various options; (c) Receive timely and effective compensation at full replacement cost to offset loss of livelihoods caused by the project. Full replacement cost for the project means all impacted loss including land, housing, and access to income should be compensated based on market value where affected persons could easily gain with received compensation. b. If the impact includes relocation, the resettlement action plan should include appropriate measures to ensure (d) assistance be provided during relocation (e.g. relocation subsidies); (e) receive replacement housing or homesteads, or access to agricultural production sites based on impact. The potential productivity, location and other comprehensive factors relating to access to markets or services of the agricultural production sites should be at least equivalent to the conditions of the original sites. c. In order to achieve the objectives of this policy, the resettlement action plan should also take appropriate measures to ensure

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(f) a reasonable estimate of the transition time before full recovery of livelihoods and living standards, and provide assistance during the transition period; (g) In addition to the compensation referred to in paragraph a (c), assistance such as land leveling, access to credit, training or employment should also be made available. d. Cut-off date: the date on which the entitlement to compensation is agreed based on census. This should be disclosed in a manner to allow access by all affected families with sufficient time. Only impacts and related compensation entitlement agreed prior to or on the cut-off date is recognized by the RAP. The cut-off date should be set well after wide public consultation, and typically on the day when census is being conducted with all affected persons agreeing to their entitlement after confirming impact from project activities. Other relevant terms

Affected persons: those who have been affected by relocation (removal, loss of land, or housing) or economic impact (loss of land, assets, conditions of use of assets, sources of income or means of livelihood) as a result of (1) involuntary land acquisition, (2) involuntary restrictions to land use or restrictions on access to natural resources and protected areas. Entitlement: Refers to a series of measures provided to affected persons to help them recover their income and social development, including compensation, income recovery, transition assistance, alternative livelihoods, relocation subsidy, etc., depending on the type of loss and the extent of impacts. Grievance Redress mechanism: a mechanism for receiving and resolving complaints from affected persons and stakeholders regarding the project, particularly the impact of resettlement, income loss, other impact caused by the project. Income restoration/recovery: the recovery of the income sources and livelihoods of the affected persons, including activities to support the affected persons in restoring their income/livelihoods to the level prior to project intervention. These activities are mitigation measures designed to address the specific needs of affected persons based on impact assessment. Effective consultation: the process includes :(1) starting early in the project preparation phase and continuing throughout the project cycle, (2) making relevant information available in a timely and adequate manner understandable and accessible to the affected population, and (3) free consultation without intimidation (4) gender inclusive and

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responsive to women's voices and responsive to the needs of vulnerable groups, and (5) decisions made on project design, mitigation measures, sharing of development benefits/ opportunities, and implementation issues should accommodate all perspectives of affected persons and other stakeholders. Vulnerable groups: Individuals and groups of people who may be affected by project activities disproportionally due to their vulnerable status. Vulnerable groups usually include the low income households, land-loss farmers, the elderly, women, children and ethnic minorities, as well as those without recognized legal rights to their land.

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Preparation and approval of resettlement action plans 3.1 Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan

(1) When the project is approved and ready for implementation, under the guidance of this framework, relevant governmental departments and implementing agencies of the project undertake to prepare the resettlement action plan in accordance with relevant national laws/regulations and the Bank's Operational Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12). (2) The preparation and implementation of resettlement action plans (including budget required to pay for compensation and various costs associated with resettlement) is carried out by the borrower. The institution and implementing agency that are fully responsible for the project are the provincial project management office. (3) When land acquisition affects more than 200 people or residential housing demolition is unavoidable, the provincial project office will work with the relevant county project office to prepare the corresponding Resettlement Action Plan and submit it to the World Bank. The RAP should be prepared based on full consultation with affected persons to give them the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of the RAP. (4) On the basis of the Operational Policy for Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12), the RAP will cover all relevant aspects as the following: ➢ The overall description of the project;

➢ Project potential impact identification;

➢ Objectives (the main objectives of the RAP);

➢ Socio-economic analysis and baseline data. The analysis should include information of potential affected persons in the early stages of project preparation, including assessment findings and other descriptions;

➢ Legal framework. The assessment of the legal framework, including the scope of authority of the relevant bodies responsible for resettlement activities and the nature of the compensation associated with it, applicable rules and regulations, and necessary legal steps;

➢ Institutional framework. This includes the identification of institutions responsible for resettlement activities, including potential non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the assessment of their institutional capacity, and any steps proposed to strengthen capacities of all related institutions; 9

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➢ Entitlement. Determining criteria for impact assessment and determining their eligibility for compensation and other resettlement assistance for affected persons;

➢ Evaluation of loss of affected persons and required compensation;

➢ Resettlement and rehabilitation measures. Describe cash compensation and other resettlement measures;

➢ The selection, preparation and re-arrangement of resettlement sites;

➢ Provision of replacement housing, basic infrastructure, and social services;

➢ Environmental protection and management;

➢ Public participation and consultation, resettlement affected persons and related communities must be included;

➢ Integration with the receiving community. Measures to reduce impact of resettlement on local receiving community;

➢ GRM. Procedures available and accessible for affected persons to raise concerns and/or file complaints on resettlement implementations;

➢ Organization structure and role & responsibilities;

➢ Implementation timetable;

➢ Cost and budget;

➢ Monitoring and evaluation.

3.2 Approval of the Resettlement Action Plan

(1) The RAP should be completed no later than six months before the estimated start of the resettlement work. The RAP should be submitted to the World Bank for review at least three months in advance of the actual start of operations. Compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation activities can only begin if the Bank accepts the RAP. Compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation activities shall be completed before project construction work commences. (2) When land acquisition affects no more than 200 people, the Provincial Project Office will prepare an Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) and submit it to the World Bank; On the basis of the Operational Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12), the ARAP should cover at least the following: 10

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➢ Detailed description of resettlement and asset evaluation;

➢ Description of compensation and other resettlement assistance to be provided;

➢ Communicate with affected persons acceptable alternative compensation methods;

➢ Institutional setting and responsibilities, and GRM procedures to be implemented;

➢ M&E and implementation arrangements;

➢ Timetable and budgets allocation.

(3) The ARAP is completed no later than four months before the estimated start of the resettlement work. The ARAP will be submitted to the World Bank for review at least three months in advance of the actual start of resettlement work. Compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation activities can only begin after the Bank accepts the ARAP. Compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation activities shall be completed before the civil works commence.

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Regulatory system and legal framework 4.1 Regulatory system (1) Provincial project management office and local governments and local project offices is responsible for the overall coordination of land acquisition and resettlement, the implementation of the RAP, funding preparation and land acquisition and resettlement progress report. The county project office is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the resettlement plan, including resettlement impact assessment, resettlement policy and compensation standard consultation and replace housing construction if required. The affected persons select a real estate appraisal company to assess the value of affected property. In addition, the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau and the resettlement office in the project areas are responsible for the management and supervision of resettlement activities. (2) The legal framework guiding the implementation of the RAP is the World Bank's Operation Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12) and the relevant laws, rules and regulations of the People's Republic of China, including the relevant documents of Guangdong Province and the relevant counties where the project activity is located.

4.2 Legal framework

(1) China has developed a complete legal framework and policy system for land acquisition, housing demolition, resettlement and compensation. These include the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China (as amended on 28 August 2004), the Regulations on the Acquisition and Compensation of Housing on State-owned Land (Decree No. 590 of the State Council) (21 January 2011), etc. Within the framework of national laws and policies, local governments at all levels have promulgated and implemented relevant laws and policies in accordance with local areas to manage and direct local land acquisition, housing demolition, resettlement and compensation. Municipalities and counties involved in the project have formulated relevant local laws and policies in accordance with the requirements of national laws and policies, managed and directed local work, and implemented the relevant provisions of the provincial and municipal governments. (2) The main laws, regulations and decrees of the World Bank and the People's Republic of China based on which RAPs are prepared guarantee its legal effect as follows: ⚫ Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China (as amended on August 28, 2004).

⚫ Notice of the Regulations on the Acquisition and Compensation of Housing on 12

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State-owned Land (State Council Order No. 590, January 21, 2011) on the issuance of the Guidance on Improving the Land Acquisition Compensation and Resettlement System (Land Development No. 238, effective November 3, 2004).

⚫ Guangdong Province Land Acquisition Compensation Protection Standard (revised and adjusted in 2016).

⚫ Opinions of the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government on Speeding Up the Transfer of Rural Contracted Land Management Rights (Guangdong Provincial Office No. 16 2019).

⚫ Measures for the Administration of the Transfer of The Right to Use Collective Construction Land in Guangdong Province (Guangdong Provincial Government Order No. 100).

⚫ "Regulations on the Demolition of Urban Housing" (Guangdong Housing Construction No. 154, 2006).

⚫ Measures for the Implementation of Housing Acquisition and Compensation on State-owned Land in Guangzhou (Guangzhou Government (2014) No. 38).

⚫ "Trial Measures for The Pension Insurance of Farmers Who Have Been Requisitioned land in Guangzhou City" (Guangzhou Government, No. 12 of 2008).

⚫ Measures for the Administration of Urban Renewal and Resettlement Housing in Guangzhou City (Guangzhou Construction Regulation No.14 of 2020).

⚫ Measures for the Implementation of the Renewal of Old Villages in Guangzhou City (Guangzhou Govt Office No. 56 of 2015).

⚫ Measures for the Supervision of Funds for the Rehabilitation and Resettlement of The Comprehensive Renovation Project of The Old Villages of Guangzhou City (No. 21 of Guangzhou Construction Regulations No. 2020).

⚫ Measures for the Administration of Compensation and Resettlement Funds for Land Acquisition and Relocation in Huizhou City (Huizhou government Office No. 69 of 2013).

⚫ Huizhou Land and Resources Bureau on the issuance of Guangdong Province land acquisition compensation protection standards (revised and adjusted in 2016) (Huizhou Land Resources (2017) No. 68).

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⚫ Interim Measures for collective land acquisition and compensation in Huizhou City (Huizhou government No. 189, 2017).

⚫ Interim Measures for the Audit and Management of Land Acquisition and Requisition Compensation Funds in Huizhou City (Huizhou Government (2007) No. 70).

⚫ "Temporary Provisions on Compensation for the Relocation of Land Demolition Houses for The State Construction of Huizhou City" No. 83 of Huizhou government (1990).

⚫ Regulations on the Transfer of the Right to Use Land for Rural Collective Construction in Zhaoqing City (Zhaoqing government No. 61 of 2007).

⚫ Interim Rules for the Administration of the Transfer of The Right to Use Land for Rural Collective Construction in Jiangmen City (Jiangmen government No. 7 of 2004).

⚫ "Jiangmen Electric Power Construction Land Acquisition and Relocation and Compensation Measures for Young Crops" (Jiangmen government Office No. 60 of 2009).

(3) The purpose of the RAP/RAPs to be prepared is to ensure that affected persons have sufficient opportunities to replace their lost property and to improve or at least restore their original income level and standard of living. In order to achieve these goals, it is important to ensure that all affected persons are identified and that all affected persons acknowledge the remedies in the resettlement scheme to be reasonable. Taking into account the main types of impact (e.g. land acquisition, residential demolition, non-residential housing demolition including enterprises, institutions, shops), etc., the following measures are usually taken. (4) Affected persons who have lost agricultural land will be entitled to the following types of compensation and rehabilitation measures: ➢ The remaining collective arable land or unallocated land in the village after land acquisition will be redistributed by the village committee among all collective members. In cases where function of house or building is compromised caused by partial acquisition of the land, then the entire land should be taken with proper compensation. All affected persons are eligible to participate in the redistribution of land and benefit from collective land compensation paid by investment projects.

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➢ Under the Land Management Act and related laws, affected persons who have lost their arable land must be identified where land redistribution is not possible. In such cases, they may be offered paid employment with salary level at least to recover their livelihoods prior to project intervention. In cases where affected persons receive compensation for loss of agricultural land, they would receive the amount so that their original livelihoods can be restored, sometime up to 15 times the average annual output value of the previous three years of the land; ➢ If the land compensation payment and subsidy still cannot restore the living standard of the affected persons, the municipal and county governments concerned may take measures to improve their income by providing state-owned land for income generating activities; ➢ Land acquisition and resettlement compensation paid to village committees or affected persons for increasing arable land area if land is available, improve agricultural productivity if viable means are identified, or invest in non-agricultural income generating activities, pay for the loss of seedlings, fruit trees and cash crops damaged by project activities to affected persons at replacement price; ➢ The loss of livelihoods including green crops, building structures etc caused by temporary land use or other activities by the project should also be compensated at replacement cost; ➢ If the affected persons who have lost their agricultural land meet the entitlement criteria for social security designed for land-loss farmers, they should be included in the social security scheme in a timely manner. The social security scheme will provide insurance for unemployment, vocational training tailored for recipients to help them finding new jobs, pension contribution, etc; ➢ Affected persons should be given timely and reasonable skills training in order to improve their agricultural or non-farm skills and enhance their ability to earn income. (5) The demolition of residential or non-residential houses will be compensated for with rehabilitation measures taken as following: ➢ Provide replacement housing of the same value;

➢ Compensation at full replacement cost;

➢ Compensation for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of all basic infrastructure and services (e.g. roads, water supply, electricity, telephone, cable TV, access to schools,

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etc.);

➢ Subsidies for the transitional period should ensure the relocation of all property to the new replacement housing or access to transitional housing.

(6) Affected persons who have lost their business income (or employment income) will be entitled to the following rehabilitation measures: ➢ Measures to mitigate the loss of operating income include: (1) providing alternative business premise within same area and similar customer/market sources;

➢ Measures taken for the loss of employment income include: (1) the provision of employment opportunities for the same wage.

4.3 Gap Analysis China has complete measures in the management of land acquisition and resettlement, including public participation, household investigation, verification of impact, determination of deadlines, registration in line with the compensation policy, and compensation in accordance with the local compensation policy. Guangdong province has implemented World Bank financed projects before, and has experience in managing OP4.12 policies. The natural resources bureaus of all counties in Guangdong Province have experience in land expropriation and demolition management when managing land issues for development projects funded by domestic and internal sources. The difference with the World Bank OP/BP4.12 is that the World Bank compensation standard should be at full replacement cost to ensure that the living standards of the affected people are restored to before the project activities are carried out. Domestic policies usually assess price compensation based on the market and require an improvement in the living standards of the affected population. Compensation is provided domestically only for assets with legal procedures, while the World Bank requires compensation for all affected assets, whether they are legally owned or not. The project will adopt World Bank's social safeguard policy of OP4.12 to ensure full replacement cost, which means affected persons should be compensated in full so that the living standards are not reduced.

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Implementation procedure and timetable

5.1 Implementation procedure

(1) The resettlement plan should include a timetable of detailed implementation activities that need to be undertaken. If necessary, the payment of compensation, measures for the restoration of all relevant entitlement (in cash or in kind) and resettlement shall be completed at least one month before land acquisition. Additional transitional subsidies are necessary if it is not possible to pay all compensation before land acquisition, or if it is not possible to provide other necessary forms of assistance. According to the planned arrangement of the project implementation timetable, land acquisition and resettlement timetable will be linked with the project construction plan. The basic principles of planning are as follows: ➢ Land acquisition and resettlement should be completed at least one month prior to the start of construction activities of the project in order to allow sufficient time for those affected to prepare for resettlement and income recovery activities; ➢ During the resettlement process, the affected persons should have the opportunity to participate in the project implementation to access various implementation progress. Before project construction starts, the scope of land acquisition will be announced to affected persons by distributing resettlement information such as brochures to facilitate consultation; ➢ All kinds of compensation will be paid directly and in full to the entitled affected persons within 3 months from the date of approval of the resettlement action plan, and no unit or individual may use compensation budget for other purposes, nor shall it be paid less than the entitled amount for whatever reason.

5.2 Timetable

Timetable planned for resettlement work is made according to project construction plan. The implementation time may be adjusted based on overall progress of the project. Table 5-1 provides template a timetable. 17

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Table 5-1 Timetable for resettlement implementation

Resettlement activities Timing Progress

1 Resettlement planning stage

1.1 Establishment of a resettlement office Completed

1.2 Commission RAP preparation team To be completed

Conduct detailed socio-economic surveys, census on 1.3 To be completed impacted households, baseline survey

1.4 Prepare RAP To be completed

2 Information disclosure and public consultation To be completed

Stakeholder engagement with relevant departments and 2.1 To be completed authorities

Disclosure of draft RAP and information from census, 2.2 To be completed entitlement records

If necessary, disclose the revised RAP and updated 2.3 To be completed entitlement records

2.4 World Bank disclosure of RAP To be completed

3 RAP approved To be completed

4 Land acquisition process

4.1 Pre-approval of land use plan To be completed

4.2 Land use approved To be completed

5 The implementation phase

Sign agreements with affected persons and pay 5.1 To be completed compensation

5.1 Acquisition of land, house demolition To be completed

5. 2 Provides clean land To be completed

5. 3 Income recovery measures To be completed

5. 4 Skills training To be completed

6 Monitoring and evaluation

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Resettlement activities Timing Progress

6.1 Internal monitoring To be completed

6.2 External monitoring and evaluation To be completed

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Public participation and information disclosure

6.1 Public participation

(1) The participation of affected persons is for the whole process, especially during the impact assessment and agreeing related compensation measures with affected persons. (2) The resettlement action plan must describe measures taken to involve affected persons in the proposed resettlement arrangements and to foster a sense of participation in activities to improve or restore livelihoods and living standards. To ensure that the views and recommendations of those affected are fully taken into account, public participation should take place before the project design and the implementation of resettlement measures. Public participation must be carried out throughout the planning, implementation and monitoring of the entire resettlement process. (3) During project implementation, the preparation of social assessment, the resettlement policy framework or RAP need to take into account gender aspects and require the participation of women by agreed percentage. ➢ Women should be included in the villager committees, and women and men have the same right to participate in the village assembly and the villagers' representative meetings; ➢ Women's views are understood and taken into account in the relevant opinion polls on land acquisition and demolition; ➢ Women will have the same entitlement to compensation for land acquisition and demolition; ➢ Give priority to women who wish to be employed in project activities and enjoy the right to local employment training and employment referrals; ➢ Ensure that women's participation is no less than 50% in public participation; ➢ The payment of compensation for land acquisition shall be made after both spouses in the family have signed the land acquisition agreement, and then the funds shall be allocated to the households to ensure women's right to know and to share;

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➢ In the project operation and maintenance phase, to ensure that all levels of project organizations in the implementation of institutions (projects at all levels,

construction units, etc.), all need to be at least 1 female member;

➢ Project information disclosure should take in consideration women’s access, for example timing when women are free from work, and in a manner that is easily

understood by women.

6.2 Information disclosure

First and finalized draft of the RAP should be disclosed to stakeholders (affected persons, women, vulnerable groups, ethnic minorities) and the public in specific locations where the project is located, in specific languages (which need to be translated into minority languages if minority areas are involved), and in specific ways. The first draft of the Resettlement Policy Frameworkhas been locally disclosed on November 19, 2020.. With the endorsement of the World Bank, the policy framework for resettlement and the resettlement plan must be made disclosed again. ➢ Public consultation and participation should be carried out by county and township level PMOs as long as project progress. Details of participation activities during project preparation are shown in 6-1, and public participation arrangements are detailed in Table 6-2.

Table 6-1 Participation during project preparation

Number The content of of public Time Participants participa Organizers. participation and nts consultation (persons) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Number The content of of public Time Participants participa Organizers. participation and nts consultation (persons) 10

Table 6-2 Public Participation Arrangements

Particip Objective Method Time Organization Topics ants Announce Village Announcement of land ment of bulletin All acquisition area, land boards and affected compensation standards acquisitio villagers' persons and resettlement routes n plan meetings Announce ment of the land Village acquisitio bulletin All Reimbursement costs n boards and affected and payment methods compensat villagers' Provincial Project persons ion meetings Office, Project settlement County Project scheme Office, Natural Resources and 1) Check for missing Planning Bureau, data and confirm the Housing and final impact Construction Bureau 2) A breakdown of the Resettlem Field All and townships, land occupied and the ent Impact investigatio affected village committees, assets lost by the Review ns persons project design affected persons consulting units 3)Prepare the basic contract of the compensation agreement Determine the revenue Villagers' Discuss the final income All recovery meetings recovery program and affected plan and (multiple the use of compensatory persons its times) funds implement ation

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Particip Objective Method Time Organization Topics ants All Training Villagers' influenc Discuss training needs program Assembly e people 1) The progress and impact of resettlement 2) Compensation The External monitoring payment villagers institutions for All Monitorin 3) Disclosure of participated affected persons, influenc g. information in the township and village e people 4) Production and living meeting cadres recovery, demolition of housing relocation recovery

Grievance Redress Mechanism

7.1 Grievance Redress

Since resettlement is carried out with the participation of the affected persons, not much disputes is expected. However, in order to ensure that affected persons have access to all aspects of resettlement related issues, the following GRM must be established: ➢ Stage 1: Affected persons may raise their grievances with the Village Committee / Resident Committee through oral or written complaints. The village committee / the neighborhood committee must keep a written record of the oral complaint and give a clear reply within two weeks. If serious problems are involved, feedback needs to be provided to the township government or county project office.

➢ Stage 2: If person raised complaints is not satisfied with the response given in the first stage, the complainant may appeal to the Township/Street Government, County Project Office within one month of receiving the first phase of the reply, and the Township/Street Government or County Project Office must make a decision within two weeks.

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➢ Stage III: If the affected people are not satisfied with the responses of the township/street government and the county project office, they can appeal to the provincial project office within one month of receiving the second stage reply. The provincial project office should respond within 4 weeks.

➢ Stage IV: If the affected persons are not satisfied with the responses received in Phase III, they may appeal to the civil courts.

7.2 The content and manner in which complaints are responded

Respond to the content of the complaint 1)A brief description of the complainer's dissatisfaction; 2) The results of the investigation; 3) The relevant provisions of the State, the principles and standards of the resettlement action plan; 4) To deal with the views and specific basis; 5) The complainer has the right to appeal to the resettlement office at the next level and to sue the civil court, and the legal fees shall be paid by the project unit. The way in which complaints are answered 1) For complaints limited to individual cases, reply in writing directly to the complainer if considered appropriate. 2) To address complaints of common concern, communicate with the community through public meetings with sufficient representatives attending. Regardless of the way the response is made, the response must be made sure to reach the complainer and reported to the county project office and provincial project office for record.

7.3 Responds to Complaints and record keeping

During the implementation of the resettlement action plan, resettlement offices at all levels shall keep records of complaints received and the responding process. The county project office will conduct regular checks on the book keeping of complaints handling. In order to fully document the handling of complaints and related issues by the affected population, the County Project Office has developed a register of complaints and complaints 24

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handling of the affected population, in Table 7-1.

Table 7-1 Resettlement GRM Registration Form

Accepted by: Time: Location:

Name of the Issue Proposed Request Description Processing complainant Description solution

The recorder Complainant (signature) (signature)

Note:1. The recorder shall truthfully record the contents and requirements of the complainant's

complaint. 2.The appeals process should not be subject to any interference or obstacles. 3. The

proposed solution shall be made to the complainant within the agreed time. The main contents of this chapter will be disclosed to the affected persons and sent to each affected household in the form of public information materials prior to the implementation of resettlement.

7.4 GRM contact information

Provincial project office and county project office should designate staff responsible for collecting and receiving complaints related to the project. The name, office address and contact number of the person in charge are below Table 7-2.

Table 7-2 Complaint Contact Phone Form

Agency/unit Contact. Address. Phone.

Provincial project

office

Guangzhou

Agricultural and Xu Lin 388 Yanjing Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou 020－86396612

Rural Bureau

Huizhou Agricultural / 43 Huizhou Avenue, Huizhou City 0752-2808831

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and Rural Bureau

Jiangmen Municipal A 7th floor building at 1 Baisha Avenue, Bureau of Agriculture Miss Chen Pengjiang District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong 0750-3276992 and Rural Province Development

Zhaoqing Municipal

Bureau of Agriculture 3rd Road 52, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong / 0758-2260136 and Rural Province

Development

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8. Monitoring and Evaluation

The provincial project office will monitor the implementation of the resettlement plan for affected persons. The results of monitoring and evaluation are recorded in bi-annual reports to the World Bank.

8.1 Internal monitoring and oversight

➢ Check performance, including baseline information on all affected persons, evaluation of loss of assets, provisions for compensation, implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation, in accordance with the terms of the resettlement action plan.

➢ Monitor whether the resettlement plan is implemented in accordance with the approved design.

➢ Verify that funds for the implementation of the resettlement scheme are allocated in a timely and adequate manner and that their use is consistent with the provisions of the resettlement plan.

➢ Document all complaints and their solutions to ensure that they are resolved in a timely manner.

8.2 External independent monitoring

The provincial project office will employ independent agencies through open tenders to perform periodic external monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the resettlement plan. An independent institution or individual may be an academic or institutional unit, a non- governmental organization (NGO), or an independent consulting firm, provided that qualified and experienced staff are available and that Terms of Reference is accepted by the World Bank. In addition to the internal oversight information and monitoring reports, the external monitoring team would conduct sample survey to cover 5-20% of the affected households six months after the implementation of the resettlement scheme, with the main objectives being:

➢ Assess the implementation of resettlement, compensation procedures and rehabilitation entitlement, and whether they are consistent with the resettlement action plan. 27

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➢ Assess whether the RAP objective of "improving or at least maintaining the standard of living and income levels before project intervention” has been achieved.

➢ Bring together qualitative indicators of the social and economic impact of projects on affected persons.

➢ Recommendations for improvements to the procedures for the implementation of the resettlement plan in order to achieve the principles and objectives of the RAP.

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Annex 1: List of the sub projects

municipality County/district Industry type Note. Pig, lychee production, processing, circulation and Conghua Pigs, lychees marketing of the entire industrial chain Vegetables, lychee production, processing, Zengcheng Vegetables, lychees circulation and marketing of the entire industrial chain Aquatic production, processing, circulation and 1 Guangzhou Nansha District Aquatic. marketing of the entire industrial chain Aquatic production, processing, circulation and Panyu Aquatic. marketing of the entire industrial chain Aquatic production, processing, circulation and Huadu district Aquatic. marketing of the entire industrial chain Vegetable production, processing, circulation and Huiyang District Vegetables. marketing of the entire industrial chain Vegetable production, processing, circulation and 2 Huizhou city Huidong county Vegetables. marketing of the entire industrial chain Aquatic production, processing, circulation and Boluo Aquatic. marketing of the entire industrial chain Aquatic production, processing, circulation and Taishan Aquatic. marketing of the entire 3 Jiangmen city industrial chain Aquatic production, Enping Aquatic. processing, circulation and marketing of the entire

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industrial chain Vegetables, pig production, processing, circulation and Huaiji county Vegetables, pigs marketing of the entire industrial chain Pig production, processing, Gaoyao District Pig. circulation and marketing of 4 Zhaoqing city the entire industrial chain Pig production, processing, Guangning Pig. circulation and marketing of County the entire industrial chain Pig production, processing, Fengkai county Pig. circulation and marketing of the entire industrial chain

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Annex 2: Sub-project Map

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Annex 3: The legal framework guiding the implementation of the resettlement plan

Table 1. Laws and policies relating to land acquisition and land transfer

Level Place Policy document The effective time

Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China August 28, 2004

Regulations on the Implementation of the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China (Decree No. 256 December 27, 1998 of the State Council) Property Law of the People's Republic of China October 1, 2007

Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Strict Land Management (State Development Agency, No. 28, October 21, 2004 2004)

Coun Guidance on improving the land acquisition compensation and resettlement system (Land Development (2004) No. / November 3, 2004 tries. 238).

Notice of the State Council on Issues Related to Strengthening Land Control (State Development Agency, No. 31 of August 31, 2006 2006).

Notice of the General Office of the State Council forwarding the guidance of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security April 10, 2006 on the employment training and social security of land-loss farmers (State Office issued No. 29 of 2006)

Measures for the Announcement of Land Acquisition (Decree No. 10 of the Ministry of Land and Resources) January 1, 2002

Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Further Land Acquisition Management (released by the Ministry of June 26, 2010

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Land and Resources on June 26, 2010).

Guangdong Province Land Acquisition Compensation Protection Standard (revised and adjusted in 2016) 2016

Opinions of the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government on Speeding Up the Transfer of Rural Provi Guangd September 3 Contracted Land Management Rights (Guangdong Provincial Office (2019) No. 16) ncial. ong Measures for the Administration of the Transfer of The Right to Use Collective Construction Land in Guangdong June 23, 2005 Province (Guangdong Provincial Government Order No. 100) Measures for the Administration of Compensation and Resettlement Funds for Land Acquisition and Relocation in November 1, 2013 Huizhou City (Huifu Office No. 69) Huizhou Land and Resources Bureau on the issuance of Guangdong Province land acquisition compensation protection Huizho February 6, 2017 standards (revised and adjusted in 2016) (Huizhou Land Resources (2017) No. 68) u city Interim Measures for collective land acquisition and compensation in Huizhou City (Whifu No. 189) December 30, 2017 Interim Measures for the Audit and Management of Land Acquisition and Requisition Compensation Funds in Huizhou June 21, 2007 City (Huifu (2007) No. 70) City Zhaoqin Regulations on the Transfer of the Right to Use Rural Collective Construction Land in Zhaoqing City (Zhaofu No. 61 level June 25, 2007 of 2007) g city Interim Rules for the Transfer and Management of the Right to Use Rural Collective Construction Land in Jiangmen February 20, 2004 Jiangme City (Jiangfu No. 7 of 2004) "Jiangmen City Power Construction Land Acquisition and Relocation and Green Miao Compensation Measures" n city June 26, 2009 (Jiangfu Office, No. 60 Measures for the Implementation of Housing Acquisition and Compensation on State-owned Land in Guangzhou (Shofu Guangz 2014 (2014) No. 38)

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"Trial Measures for Pension Insurance for Farmers Who Have Been Requisitioned land in Guangzhou" (Shofu, No. 12, hou 2008 2008)

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Table 2. Laws and policies related to house demolitions

Level. Place. Policy document The effective time

Regulations on the Acquisition and Compensation of Housing on State-owned Land (Decree No. 590 of the State January 21, 2011 Council). Natio / Notice on the issuance of the Measures for the Assessment of the Collection of Housing on State-owned Land (Jian nal June 3, 2011 Fang (2011) No 77)

"Urban Housing Demolition Procedures" (Guangdong Building No. 154, 2006) December 1, 2005

Notice on the issuance of the Measures for the Administration of Urban Renewal and Resettlement Housing in February 21, 2020 Guangzhou (Guangdong Construction Regulations (2020) No. 14)

Munic Measures for the Implementation of the Renewal of Old Villages in Guangzhou City (Guangzhou Govt Office, No. Guangzhou 2015 ipality 56 of 2015

Measures for the Supervision of Funds for the Rehabilitation and Resettlement of The Comprehensive Renovation February 21, 2020 Project in The Old Villages of Guangzhou City (2020) No. 21)

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Annex 4: Resettlement Impact Screening Form District Due and Coope Township Land acquisition Details of Cities Village level Resettlement Impact diligence or county rative level amount acquisition framework level Huadu

district Zengcheng

City Guangzhou Panyu Nansha

District Conghua

District Huiyang

District Huizhou Huidong City county Boluo

Jiangmen Taishan City Enping

Zhaoqing Huaiji

city county

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District Due and Coope Township Land acquisition Details of Cities Village level Resettlement Impact diligence or county rative level amount acquisition framework level Gaoyao Guangning

County Fengkai

county

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Annex 5: Sample table of entitlement matrix

Compensation or Type of Affected resettlement Entitlement impact persons measures

1) Collective land For collective land without a land contractor, the

compensation full land compensation fee shall be obtained

according to the land acquisition compensation

Village standard, 20% of the land compensation fee shall be 2) Compensation for collective obtained for the contractor's land, and the cost shall attachment facilities of be owned by the collective, and the villagers' the village collective assembly shall decide on the mode and use of the

allocation of funds.

Land For farmers the villages affected by land acquisiti acquisition, as the affected production groups will on 1) Land compensation adopt the method of land transfer as a group, the compens and resettlement land compensation fee and the resettlement ation subsidy compensation will be allocated to the affected group

according to the quantity of land taken, and Farmers compensation will be paid to households within the

groups.

According to the time of use, to obtain all

2) Temporary land temporary land compensation fees, after the use of

land, it should be restored to its original conditions.

3) Green crop Those directly affected receive full compensation

compensation fee for the loss.

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Compensation or Type of Affected resettlement Entitlement impact persons measures

Farmers who meet the criteria for land-loss farmers 4) Social Security are entitled to participate in social security.

5) Livelihoods Enjoy free training and employment referral

restoration program services for land-loss farmers.

1). In accordance with their own wishes, choose the

right to return housing or monetary placement;

2). Choose to return the housing placement by the

demolition person to provide the return of housing,

Housing demolition and responsible for the return of the surrounding

compensation and supporting and three-way one flat; Farmers / resettlement 3). Those who choose monetary placement shall, in urban accordance with the compensation standard, receive residents compensation for demolition in accordance with the Relocati who have replacement price, and the local government shall on of been provide free homesteads for reconstruction. housing transferred Resettlement In accordance with the local compensation from farming compensation, standards to obtain resettlement subsidies, to non- relocation subsidy and relocation subsidies and incentives, enjoy the right farming incentive bonus to ensure a smooth transition of demolition.

Entitlement to compensation in accordance with the Attachment structures standard of compensation for the affected and cash crop attachment and cash crop. Civil works should be compensation planned during slack seasons to minimize impact on standards crops.

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Compensation or Type of Affected resettlement Entitlement impact persons measures

1). The right to choose cash compensation or

replacement building;

2). Affected entities could assist in finding new

Enterpris locations for replacement building, and receive Cash compensation / es and entitled compensation; replacement building institutio The unit 3). If cash compensation is selected, payment

ns owner should be made based on replacement cost;

relocatio 4). Get compensation for losses such as production

n cuts or production reductions.

Compensation for losing of employment, and Employees and vocational training and alternative employment temporary workers assistance.

1). Equal access to compensation for land acquisition and demolition;

2). They will be further identified during the detailed planning process.

Affected farmers who have lost their contracted land, as members of the

villagers, will share equally and fairly the redistribution of the village's

resources in the development of the village's productive life;

All affected 3). To be helped and given priority attention in measures for the development Vulnerab vulnerable of production and living standard; le groups groups 4). For poor families affected by demolition, the local government should

undertake to give priority attention to the reconstruction of housing, and give

some labor and material support;

5). The civil affairs departments in the affected areas have incorporated five

insured households, persons with disabilities, poor households and women-

owned households into the local low-security system to provide them with a

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Compensation or Type of Affected resettlement Entitlement impact persons measures

minimum monthly living security; assistance to vulnerable groups will be

provided before project activities start.

6). In the development of local characteristic industries and the operation of

cooperatives, priority should be given to the participation of vulnerable

groups, and the participation and assistance measures of poor farmers should

be clearly stated in the articles of association of cooperatives;

7). For vulnerable groups such as single-parent families and disabled

households that lack labor force in their families, priority can be given to the

transfer of their land and the protection of their income.

1). Women are members of the various villagers' committees, and women and

men have the same right to participate in the villagers' congresses and

villagers' representative meetings;

2). Women's opinions have been understood and taken into account in the

All affected relevant opinion polls on land acquisition and demolition Women. women 3). In the future compensation for land acquisition and demolition, women

have the same right to share and distribute;

4). Priority is given to women who wish to work in the construction of the

project and in employment opportunities provided upon completion, while

women enjoy the right to local employment training and employment referral.

1). have the right to priority employment placement and skills training;

All affected 2). Priority is given to the right to employment information and job selection; Minority minorities 3). To participate in the minority project consultation, ethnic minorities may

express their own opinions and suggestions and put forward their own needs;

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Compensation or Type of Affected resettlement Entitlement impact persons measures

4). Relevant policy documents should be translated into the languages of

ethnic minorities to enable access of understanding of ethnic minorities, and

the Bank and local policies should be explained in detail;

5). Vulnerable groups in ethnic minority areas, especially the poor, should be

given priority in the process of resettlement

1) It shall be dismantled by the construction department The right to be and restored directly by the construction unit in the course replacement Relocati of construction, such as rural roads, agricultural canals, The owner of housing or on of etc.; the affected compensated at infrastru 2) The former infrastructure owner uses compensation infrastructure the cture costs to rebuild and requests the professional team to make replacement changes, such as communications facilities, power price facilities, etc.;

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Annex 6: A brief overview of the relevant resettlement compensation and resettlement policies 1. Compensation and resettlement policy for collective land acquisition

2. State-owned land acquisition compensation and resettlement policy

3. Temporary land compensation and restoration policy

4. Housing demolition compensation and resettlement policy

5. Attachment infrastructure compensation policy

6. Land transfer policy in the project area

7. Vulnerable Groups Policy

➢ In addition to the above-mentioned land acquisition compensation policy, the

vulnerable groups affected by the project may enjoy some other preferential policies:

(1) Vocational training of the labor force in vulnerable groups' families, while

providing employment information and guidance to increase employment

opportunities;

(2) In the course of the construction of the project, priority is given to recruiting the

labor force of vulnerable families to do some unskilled work;

(3) In cooperation with the social labor security department of Guangdong Province

allocate special support fund to assist vulnerable groups. The project has set up at 1%

of the resettlement cost.

8. Women's support measures

➢ In addition to the policy of compensation for land acquisition, women also enjoy

special support policies.

(1) Priority is given to employment opportunities, with 30 per cent of women gaining

access to non-skilled employment.

(2) Priority access to agricultural and non-agricultural technical training, 40

agricultural and non-agricultural technical trainings will be conducted under this

project, of which 182 will be conducted by women (50 per cent)

(3) Affected women have access to relevant information during the resettlement

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process and can participate in fair consultation and resettlement.

(4) In the implementation of resettlement, a special women's workshop to be to

introduce resettlement-related policies, thereby raising women's awareness.

(5) The compensation agreement must be signed by both spouses.

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