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49028-002: Hebei Elderly Care Development Project Social Monitoring Report #1 Semiannual Report December 2018 People’s Republic of China: Hebei Elderly Care Development Project Prepared by Shanghai Yiji Construction Consultants Co., Ltd. for the Hebei Provincial Government and the Asian Development Bank. 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 31 December 2018) Currency unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.15 $1.00 = CNY6.88 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank HD – house demolition HH – household LA – land acquisition PMO – project management office PRC – People’s Republic of China RP – resettlement plan WEIGHTS AND MEASURES mu – 666.67 m2 square meter – m2 NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ADB-financed Hebei Elderly Care Development Project (Loan 3536-PRC) Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Report (No. 1, as of 31 December 2018) 1 CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 SCOPES AND IMPACTS ............................................................................................................ 1 1.3 DUE DILIGENCE REPORT ON LA&R FOR JULU COUNTY SUBPROJECT ................................ 7 1.4 DUE DILIGENCE REPORT ON LA&R FOR YANSHAN UNIVERSITY SUBPROJECT ................... 8 2 IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT .......................................................................................................... 9 3 LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES ........................................................................................10 4 RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ..................................................................12 5 ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION ..................................................................................15 6 FORMALITIES OF LAND USE .......................................................................................................16 7 ALLOCATION AND UTILIZATION OF COMPENSATION ........................................................17 8 EXTERNAL MONITORING & EVALUATION ...............................................................................19 9 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .........................................................................................20 A. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 20 B. Suggestions ............................................................................................................................ 21 2 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved Loan 3536-PRC: Hebei Elderly Care Development Project (the project) for $100 million and its attached capacity development technical assistance (TA) for the Establishment of an Integrated Comprehensive Three-tier System for Elderly Care (TA 9326-PRC) for $0.670 million on 6 June 2017. The loan agreement was signed on 17 July 2017 and became effective on 26 October 2017. The physical completion and the financial closing of the project are expected on 30 June 2022 and 31 December 2022, respectively. The project comprises six subprojects, five of which will establish integrated three-tier elderly care service systems in local cities and counties across Hebei Province, and the rest one, a provincial level subproject with Yanshan University (located in Qinghuangdao City in northeast Hebei), will strengthen human resources in the elderly care sector and will conduct specialized research relevant to it. The five cities and counties that will create the integrated elderly care services are Shuangluan District, Chengde Municipality; Li County, Baoding Municipality; Xinji City (provincially governed); Julu County, Xingtai Municipality; and She County, Handan Municipality. 1.2 Scopes and Impacts Table 1-1 lists the implementation agency of the subproject in six cities/counties. Table 1-2 summarizes the scope and impacts of those six subprojects. Table 1-1 List of Subprojects City/County Name of Subproject Implementation Agency Baoding Li County Elderly Care Center Li County Li County Veterans Home Subproject She County Elderly Care and Hebei Runqinyuan Elderly Care She County Rehabilitation Center Subproject Industry Development Co., Ltd. Xinji Elderly Care Service Center Xinji City Xinji PMO Subproject Shuangluan Shuangluan District Haoren Health and Chengde Haoren Elderly Care District Elderly Care Service Center Subproject Industry Co., Ltd 1 City/County Name of Subproject Implementation Agency Julu County Integrated Health and Julu County Julu County Hospital Elderly Care Service Center Subproject Yanshan Yanshan University Medical Care Yanshan University University Training Center Subproject 2 Table 1-2 Locations and Major Impacts of Subprojects Major Impacts from Major Impacts from No. City Description Construction Site Description Construction Site Resettlement Resettlement RP RP RP Final design Final design Final design (1) Construction of an elderly care center, located in Beiguan Village, Liwu (1) Construction of an Town, Li County, with a elderly care center, located (1)75 mu of collective building area of 37718.18 in the south of the planned (1) The elderly care land in Beiguan Village, m2 and a planned floor area Fanli East Rd and the west There will be a center will be Liwu Town will be of 50,000 m2 (75 mu), of Land Administration permanent acquisition of located in Beiguan acquired permanently (1) The elderly care consisting of an information Office on the planned 60 mu of land, lease of village, Liwu Town for the elderly care center is located in service center, elderly care Xinjing No.2 Rd, with a 7.44 mu of land, the (2) 4 daycare center, all being Beiguan Village, Liwu center, a healthcare center, building area of 31,282.41 relocation of 1 1 Li County centers located in collective construction County a health checkup center, a m2 and a planned floor enterprise, and the Li County land; (2) Daycare centers are fitness and culture center, area of 40,000 m2 (60 mu) demolition of houses downtown and (2) The 10 daycare located in both rural and and auxiliary facilities, with (2) Construction or with a total area of other 6 ones centers will be built in town area. 400 beds. renovation of 10 daycare 1,027.65 m2 involved in located in rural existed vacant land via (2) Construction or centers, with a total the subproject. areas. leasing, including 5.25 renovation of interior building area of 7,283.35 mu of land. decoration of 10 daycare m2, through land and centers, with a total house leasing building area of 7,283.35 m2, through land leasing, (1) Construction of an (1) Xiaqing Village, (1) 24 mu of collective (1) Construction of an (1) Xiaqing Village, elderly care and Shecheng Town, land in Xiaqing Village, elderly care and Shecheng Town, She rehabilitation center, with a She County Shecheng Town, She rehabilitation center. It has There are 30.52 mu of County building area of 25,850 m2, (2) 3 daycare County will be acquired a building area of collective land to be (2) Located in the She a planned floor area of center is located in permanently for the 26,542.19 m2, a planned acquired by the 2 downtown of She County. County 16,000 m2 (24 mu) and 360 Runqingyuan elderly care and floor area of 20,344.37 m2 subproject and there is One in the Runqinyuan beds Community, Junziju rehabilitation center, all (30.52 mu) and 360 beds no house demolition and community and other 2 in (2) Construction of 3 Community, and being garden land, (2) Construction of 3 relocation get involved. Junziju & Lanbaowan daycare centers, with a Lanbaowan including 14.34 mu of daycare centers. They community total 80 beds and total Community contracted collective have in total 80 beds and a 3 building area of 3,100 m2 land in Group 2, total building area of affecting 79 HHs with 2,606.31 m2 through 239 persons, and 9.66 renovating of interior and mu of that in Group 5, decorating of the existing affecting 7 HHs with 34 properties. persons (2) 3 daycare centers, 2 of which will be constructed via leasing properties (1) Elderly Care Institution: floor area 39.75 mu, in which a building area of 30,223 m2(24,269 m2 above ground and 5,964m2 (1) 26,498 m2 (39.75 underground) is financed mu) of collective land in by ADB, with 378additional Xinleitou Village, Elderly Care Institutions: There will be a total of beds, serving a population Xinleitou Town will be (1) Semi-self-care area. 1 39.75 mu of collective of 50,000; building with 9 land in Xinleitou Village, acquired for the aboveground floors and a (2) Community Elderly (1) Xinleitou Xinleitou Town acquired subproject. total construction area of (1) Xinleitou Village, Care Branches and Service Village, Xinleitou 2 2 for the subproject. The (2) 3,400 m (5.1 mu) of 7,963 m Xinleitou Town, Xinji City Centers: floor area 136 mu, Town, Xinji City; (2) land will be occupied, in land acquisition will 3 Xinji Community Elderly
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