Social Assessment Report for Harbin-Jiamusi Railway
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Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Report for Harbin-Jiamusi Railway Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation Public Disclosure Authorized Tianjin December 2012 Contents Contents LIST OF TABLES ········································································································· III 1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ································································· 1 2. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE ····························· 1 2.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES ALONG THE LINE ···························· 3 2.2 SOCIAL INVESTIGATION ALONG THE LINE ·········································································· 7 2.3 SOCIAL GENDER ANALYSIS ························································································· 12 2.4 SOCIAL BENEFIT AND IMPACT ANALYSIS ·········································································· 15 3. ADAPTABILITY ANALYSIS ······················································································ 32 3.1 ATTITUDES OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS ······································································ 32 3.2 TRAFFIC DEMAND OF LOCAL SOCIAL COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS ········································ 34 3.3 ATTITUDES OF LOCAL SOCIAL COMMUNITIES ···································································· 34 3.4 LOCAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS ······························································ 36 3.5 SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES ························································································· 38 3.6 RISK ANALYSES ······································································································ 38 4. CONCLUSIONS ········································································································ 39 ANNEX ······················································································································· 40 ATTACHED FIGURE: MAP OF MINORITY TOWNSHIPS AFFECTED BY THE LINE ·················· 78 List of Tables List of Tables Table 2-1 Basic Situation of Affected Zones by Harbin-Jiamusi Passenger Railway Dedicated Line .................................................................................................. 6 Table 2-2 House structure ............................................................................................... 10 Table 2-3 Households with water supply ....................................................................... 10 Table 2-4 Appliance Ownership ................................................................................... 11 Table 2-5 Ownership of Household Appliances ........................................................... 11 Table 2-6 Income sources of affected households ........................................................... 11 Table 2-7 Attitidue towards the Harbin-Jiamusi Railway .............................................. 8 Table 2-8The turnover volume of major stations Unit: 10000 passengers .................. 17 Table 2-9 poor families in part of villages and towms along the line ............................ 21 Table 2-10 Ethnic Minority Towns along the line .......................................................... 24 Table 2-11 Minorities in affected regions along the line ................................................ 25 Table 2-12 Villages and towns along the line ................................................................. 26 Table 2-13 Distribution of historical relics along the line .............................................. 29 Table 2-14 Hazard emissions of four transport means ................................................... 31 Table 4-1 Social Risks Analyses ..................................................................................... 39 List of Figures List of Figures Figure 2-1 Route Sketch of Harbin-Jiamusi Railway .............................................................. 1 Figure 2-2 Percentage of Affected People along the line ....................................................... 27 Social Evaluation Report 1. Brief Introduction and Background The Harbin-Jiamusi railway is a project jointly invested by the Chinese Ministry of Railways and the Provincial Department of Harbin. The project is located in the middle-east of Heilongjiang Province, starting from Harbin Railway Station, going through Bin County, Fangzheng County and Yilan County, and finally getting to Jiamusi Railway Station. A total length of the project is 343.344 km. The Harbin-Jiamusi railway is also used as inter-city railroads. It is an important component of the North-east express railway dedicated passenger network, an expention of HaDa railway towards northeast area of Heilongjiang Province. It is a direct, fast and main corridor for passenger as well as freight transport, connecting Heilongjiang Province and other parts of China, Static Investment for the project is 33.891 billion Yuan, part of which comes from the World Bank loan. In accordance with relevant regulations of the World Bank, a social evaluation shall be conducted as a large amount of land requisition and resettlement is to be conducted in the project. Purpose of the social evaluation is to identify the affected patterns, extent and scope of residents along the line, especially disadvantage groups and minorities, so as to propose specific measures on how to prevent the above mentioned groups from being affected and to ensure the implementation of these measures. Therefore, the Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation is commissioned by the Foreign Capital & Technical Import Center, Ministry of Railways to conduct the study on social evaluation. 2. Social and Economic Conditions in Heilongjiang Province The project is located in Heilongjiang Province, extending as far as Harbin in the west and Jiamusi in the east, and going by way of Daowai District, Acheng District, Bin County, Fangzheng County and Yilan County of Harbin City in the middle as well as the suburb of Jiamusi City. It is an important component of Heilongjiang express railway network (Figure 2-1). According to the Statistics Yearbook of Heilongjiang Province (2011) formulated by Heilongjiang Statistics Bureau and Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics in Heiloangjiang Province, the permanent population of Heilongjiang Province was 38. 33 million by the end of 2010, with a rate of natural population increase of 2.32%. GDP in 2010 was CNY 1,036.86 billion Yuan, 12.7% increased compared with that in World-Bank Loan Project 1 Social Evaluation Report 2009, and the average GDP per capita was CNY 27076 Yuan. The structure rate of primary, secondary and tertiary industry was 12.6:50.2:37.2. The total social investment in fixed assets in 2010 came to CNY 680.17 billion Yuan, increasing by 35.3% over the year of 2009. The fiscal revenue in 2010 was CNY 173.07 billion Yuan, up 20.2% on the previous year. The number of urban registered unemployed people was 0.36 million in the whole province by late 2010, with the registered unemployment rate increasing by 15.3 percent over the previous year. The average annual salary of an urban employee for non-private company was CNY 29603 Yuan, increasing by 11.6% over the year of 2009. The per-capita disposable income of urban residents was 13857 Yuan and the per-capita net income of rural people was 6211 billion Yuan, increasing by 10.3 percent and 19.3% over the previous year in real terms. World-Bank Loan Project 2 Social Evaluation Report Figure 2-1 Route Sketch of Harbin-Jiamusi Railway World-Bank Loan Project 2 Social Evaluation Report 2.1 Social and economic conditions of cities and counties along the line Harbin: Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, a modern central city of economy, politics, trade, science & technology, culture and tourism in the Northeast of China. The area within the administrative area of Harbin is 5.3×104km2. The total population was 9.9 milion by the end of 2010, with Han constituting over a major percentage and consisting of other minorities including Manchu, Hui, Mongolia and Korean. In 2010, the local GDP was 366.49 billion Yuan, increasing by 14% over the previous year. Of this, the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached 41.27 billion Yuan, 138.46 billion Yuan and 186.76 billion Yuan respectively, representing increases of 7.3%, 17.1% and 13.5%. The structure rate of primary, secondary and tertiary industries is 11.3:37.8:50.9. GDP per capita was 36951 Yuan. The general budgetary revenue of local governments in 2010 was 23.8 billion Yuan, increasing by 23.1% over the previous year; the aggregate output value of industrial enterprises was 338.97 billion Yuan, increasing by 17.9% over the previous year; the total social investment in fixed assets was 265.19 billion Yuan, increasing by 40.2%; the total volume of retail sales of social consumables was 177.02 billion Yuan, increasing by 17.4%; and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 17557 Yuan, increasing by 10.5%. Jiamusi: Jiamusi is located in the confluence of Songhua River, Heilong River, and Wusuli Riber, a center of economy, politics, transport, and science & technology, as well as the biggest central city in the Northeast of Heilongjiang Province. The area within the administrative area of Jiamusi is 3.3×104km2. The total population was 2.53 milion