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World Bank Document RP360 V5 World Bank Financed Sichuan Urban Development Project (SUDP) Mianyang Sub-project Remaining Loan Adjustment- Roads & Supporting Infrastructure Construction in the Cluster Zone of Public Disclosure Authorized Relocated Industries Through Post-disaster Reconstruction in Xinglong Area of Science & Education Pioneer Park of Mianyang Science and Technology City Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Action Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Mianyang Science and Technology City Development and Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. November 2009 Public Disclosure Authorized World Bank Financed SUDP Mianyang Sub-project Remaining Loan Adjustment-Roads & Supporting Infrastructure Construction in the Cluster Zone of Relocated Industries Through Post-disaster Reconstruction in Xinglong Area of Science & Education Pioneer Park of Mianyang Science and Technology City Compilation Description The Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is of great importance to smooth implementation of Science & Education Pioneer Park Project in Mianyang, Sichuan, especially to those affected by land acquisition and house demolition within the scope of the Project. Local governments, Mianyang Science and Technology City Development Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. and Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China, which is a design institute, attempt to minimize adverse impact of the Project on local residents through constantly repeated optimum designs. Mianyang Science & Technology City Development Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. has prepared the RAP with the assistance of resettlement specialists from Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction and Utilization, Southwest Jiaotong University. Mianyang Science and Technology City Development and Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. November 2009 Mianyang Science and Technology City Development and World Bank Financed Projects 2 Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. World Bank Financed SUDP Mianyang Sub-project Remaining Loan Adjustment-Roads & Supporting Infrastructure Construction in the Cluster Zone of Relocated Industries Through Post-disaster Reconstruction in Xinglong Area of Science & Education Pioneer Park of Mianyang Science and Technology City Contents Chapter 1 Overview ..............................................................................................................................7 1.1 Project description.............................................................................................................................7 1.2 Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan ........................................................................................10 1.3 Measures to reduce land acquisition and house demolition ............................................................10 1.3.1 Planning and design stage of the Project.....................................................................................10 1.3.2 Construction stage of the Project ................................................................................................11 1.3.3 Resettlement Action Plan for land acquisition and house demolition in the Project and implementation stage ..................................................................................................................11 Chapter 2 Socioeconomic Survey .......................................................................................................13 2.1 Socioeconomic overview of project-affected area ..........................................................................13 2.1.1 Socioeconomic conditions of Mianyang City.............................................................................13 2.1.2 Socioeconomic conditions of Science & Education Pioneer Park..............................................15 2.1.3 Socioeconomic conditions of affected communities...................................................................16 2.2 Socioeconomic survey by Southwest Jiaotong University..............................................................16 2.3 Socioeconomic characteristics of affected persons.........................................................................17 2.3.1 Overview.....................................................................................................................................17 2.3.2 Human resources.........................................................................................................................18 2.3.3 Natural resources ........................................................................................................................20 2.3.3.1 Land ownership ..................................................................................................................20 2.3.3.2 Cultivated land, orchards and economic forest...................................................................20 2.3.3.3 Water sources .....................................................................................................................20 2.3.4 Material resources.......................................................................................................................20 2.3.4.1 Houses and attachments......................................................................................................20 2.3.4.2 Productive assets.................................................................................................................21 2.3.4.3 Domestic durable goods .....................................................................................................21 2.3.5 Financial resources......................................................................................................................21 2.3.5.1 Income of households.........................................................................................................21 2.3.5.2 Income sources ...................................................................................................................22 2.3.5.3 Consumption pattern and deposits......................................................................................23 2.3.6 Vulnerable groups.......................................................................................................................23 Chapter 3 Project Impact.....................................................................................................................25 3.1 Scope of project impact...................................................................................................................25 3.2 Material indices of project impact...................................................................................................25 3.2.1 Permanent land acquisition .........................................................................................................25 3.2.1.1 Amount of permanent land acquisition...............................................................................25 3.2.1.2 Analysis on impact of permanent land acquisition.............................................................25 3.3.2 Land for temporary use...............................................................................................................25 3.3.3 House demolition........................................................................................................................26 3.3.4 Project-affected commercial shops .............................................................................................26 3.3.5 Project-affected enterprises.........................................................................................................26 3.3.6 Project-affected population.........................................................................................................27 3.3.7 Scattered trees, tombs and other attachments..............................................................................27 3.3.8 Special facilities..........................................................................................................................27 Chapter 4 Legal Framework and Resettlement Policy........................................................................29 4.1 Policy basis .....................................................................................................................................29 Mianyang Science and Technology City Development and World Bank Financed Projects 3 Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. World Bank Financed SUDP Mianyang Sub-project Remaining Loan Adjustment-Roads & Supporting Infrastructure Construction in the Cluster Zone of Relocated Industries Through Post-disaster Reconstruction in Xinglong Area of Science & Education Pioneer Park of Mianyang Science and Technology City 4.2 Land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement policies........................................................29 4.2.1 General objectives and principles ...............................................................................................29 4.3 Laws and regulations concerned .....................................................................................................30 4.3.1 Regulations in Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China.............................30 4.3.1.1 Ownership and right of use of land.....................................................................................30 4.3.1.2. General plans for the utilization of land .............................................................................31 4.3.1.3 Protection of cultivated land...............................................................................................32
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