49021-002: Heilongjiang Green Urban

Resettlement Plan

February 2021

People’s Republic of China: Heilongjiang Green Urban and Economic Revitalization Project

Prepared by Heilongjiang Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in May 2017 available on https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/prc-49021-002-rp-1

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ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AP – affected persons CNY – Chinese Yuan LA – Land acquisition RP – Resettlement plan

NOTE{S} (i) In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars.

This resettlement plan 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 Heilongjiang Green Urban and Economic Revitalization Project (Jixi City)

Jixi City Urban Drainage Infrastructure Construction Subproject - Pipe and Canal Construction (Contract JX- WT-W11)

Resettlement Plan (Updated)

Jixi Municipal Government

Jixi Municipal Facilities Maintenance Centre

February 2021

A. Introduction

This updated Resettlement Plan (URP) is about Jixi City Urban Drainage Infrastructure Construction Subproject - Pipe Canal Subproject (JX-WT-W11). The URP should be read in conjunction with the agreed Resettlement Plan in May 2017, the website is : https://www.adb.org/zh/projects/documents/prc-49021-002-rp-1.

B. Resettlement impacts identified at the feasibility stage

The 2017 Resettlement Plan (RP) confirmed that a total length of the newly built sewer network and stormwater pipe network is 39.5 km, and a total length of the newly built open channel is 10.1 km. Because the new sewage pipe network and stormwater pipe network are laid in one side of existing roads, only temporary occupation of a total of 240 mu of state-owned road land is involved. New open channels require permanent acquisition of 18 mu of collective land, affecting 75 households and 249 people. All civil work construction of the contract does not involve house demolition.

C. Changes to the project scope at the detailed design stage

1. Engineering parameters in the Feasibility Study and the Resettlement Plan are inconsistent

The engineering parameters, like length of pipelines, in the Feasibility study report (FSR) and the RP are inconsistent. The Jixi Urban Drainage Infrastructure Construction Subproject - Pipe and Canal Construction Contract (JX-WT-W11) is part of the Jixi Urban Drainage Infrastructure Construction Subproject. The contents under this contract include: (1) a new sewer pipeline network; (2) a new stormwater pipeline network; and (3) a new stormwater open canal. After comparing the engineering parameters in the RP and the FSR of this contract, it is found that some parameters are inconsistent. In the preliminary design and detailed design, the engineering parameters are also changed compared to those in the FSR, and the specific changes are shown in the table below:

Detailed Design Feasibility Study Stage Stage Contra Detail Chan Feasibili Prelimina Contract ct Resettlem ed ge Constructi ty Study ry Note Name Numbe ent Plan Desig on Report Design r n Content Quanti Quanti Quantity Quantity Quantity ty ty Jixi City JX-WT- new sewer - Part of 24.3 23.3 12.47 12.348 Urban W11 pipeline 10.952 the

Detailed Design Feasibility Study Stage Stage Contra Detail Chan Feasibili Prelimina Contract ct Resettlem ed ge Constructi ty Study ry Note Name Numbe ent Plan Desig on Report Design r n Content Quanti Quanti Quantity Quantity Quantity ty ty Drainage network pipeline Infrastruct (km) has been ure new built with Constructi stormwater domestic on Project- pipeline 15.2 12.5 11.49 12.102 -0.398 counterp Pipe network art funds Canal (km) Subproject new stormwater 10.1 16.1 14.352 14.59 -1.51 canal (km)

As the implementing unit, Jixi Municipal Facilities Maintenance Centre believes that the engineering parameters in the RP may have statistical errors since the engineering parameters in the FSR were not changed at the feasibility study stage. Compared to the FSR, the lengths of the new sewage pipelines and stormwater open canals planned at the feasibility study stage has been reduced. The specific changes are shown in the table below:

Quantity Feasibility Study Detailed Construction Content Notes Report Design Length (m) Length (m) New Sewage Pipelines Tengfei Road 5600 5680 Limin Road 2000 1649 completed with New Dark Pipes 1200 0 counterpart funds Zhongxing Street 400 513 West Xiangguang Road 600 339 completed with Nanxing Street 2500 0 counterpart funds completed with Kuangling River Upper Extension 3500 0 counterpart funds completed with Foundry Bridge Upstream 4000 0 counterpart funds Wanjia River 1000 1005 Lengjiagou Upper Extension 500 569 Lengku Canal 1200 1323 Tiexi Canal 800 1270 Subtotal 23300 12348 New Stormwater Pipelines

Quantity Feasibility Study Detailed Construction Content Notes Report Design Length (m) Length (m) Tengfei Road 4300 4831 Limin Road 1700 1633 New Rain 1700 1965 Shuian Street 1700 1281 Zhongxing Street 900 1662 Xiangguangxi Road 600 730 completed with the Nanxing Street 1600 0 counterpart funds Subtotal 12500 12102 New Stormwater Open Channels Cold Storage Open Channel 2100 1164 Tiexi 2500 2169 Kuangling River Upper Extension 3500 3498 Foundry Bridge Upstream 4000 4069 Wanjia River 3000 3131 Lengjiagou Upper Extension 1000 559 Subtotal 16100 14590

2. The construction content was reduced during the detailed design phase.

As can be seen from the table above, the length of the new sewage pipelines, stormwater pipelines and stormwater open canals planned at the feasibility study stage has been greatly reduced by 11, 0.4, and 1.51 km, respectively. This is mainly because some of the pipeline construction has been completed with the counterpart funds along with the construction of the urban roads or flood control works of other projects. At the same time, at the detailed design stage, the length of the pipeline is designed according to the actual survey data, and the estimated value of the feasibility stage is modified. The resettlement due diligence has been carried out for 4 sewage pipelines and 1 stormwater pipeline built with counterpart funds in the above table. See Annex 1: Resettlement Due Diligence Report for details.

D. Impacts of land acquisition and house demolition

1. Comparison of impact scope

According to the draft Resettlement Plan, the impact of resettlement from the sewer/stormwater network and the stormwater canal included temporary land acquisition from the sewer/stormwater network and permanent land acquisition from the stormwater canals but does not involve house demolition. The sewer/stormwater network will be piped 3

along the side of existing roads and will be excavated and restored on state-owned road construction area. Therefore, the temporary land occupation does not involve collective lands and will not affect any individual households. The restoration of the temporary land shall be the responsibility of the civil works contractor, and the costs are included in the civil works contract. The civil works contractors are responsible for road restoration when the sewer/stormwater pipes are installed.

For the stormwater open channel construction, only the new extension section of the Lengjiagou Upper Extension Canal will be constructed on rural collective land and involve permanent land acquisition, but not involve contracted farmland. At the same time, some collective land will be occupied temporarily.

According to detailed design and resettlement detailed measurement survey, the contract will occupy 176.99 mu land temporarily, including 5.86 mu collective-owned land and 171.13 mu state-owned land; and acquire 6.07 mu collective land permanently. The impacts have been reduced from 240 mu temporary land occupation and 18 mu land acquisition in the RP respectively. In addition, 1066.42 m2 of residential houses will be demolished with 9 households and 39 people affected, which are newly added compared with the RP.

The changes of permanent and temporary land acquisition in the Resettlement Plan and the detailed design are shown in the table below:

Resettlement Plan Detailed Design

Construction Permanently Temporary Affected Permanently Temporary Affected Affected Affected Affected Affected Content Acquired Land Occupied Households Acquired Land Occupied Households / Household Person Households Person (mu) Land (mu) / Person (mu) Land (mu) Person New Sewage Pipelines Tengfei Road 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 42.60 Limin Road 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 12.37 New Dark 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Pipes Zhongxing 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.85 Street Pipes are Xiangguangxi laid along Pipes are laid 0 0 0 4.5 the 0 0 0 2.54 Road along the road roadside, side, which do Nanxing which do 0 0 0 18.75 0 0 0 0 not involve Street not involve permanent land permanent Kuangling acquisition and land house River Upper 0 0 0 37.5 acquisition 0 0 0 0 demolition. Extension and house demolition. Foundry Bridge 0 0 0 26.25 0 0 0 0 Upstream Wanjia River 0 0 0 7.5 0 0 0 7.54 Lengjiagou 0 0 0 3.75 0 0 0 4.27 Upstream

Resettlement Plan Detailed Design

Construction Permanently Temporary Affected Permanently Temporary Affected Affected Affected Affected Affected Content Acquired Land Occupied Households Acquired Land Occupied Households / Household Person Households Person (mu) Land (mu) / Person (mu) Land (mu) Person Cold Storage Open 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9.92 Channel Tiexi Open 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 9.52 Channel Subtotal 0 0 0 182.25 0 0 0 92.61 New Stormwater Pipelines Tengfei Road 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 36.23 Limin Road 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 / Pipes are New Rain 0 0 0 3 laid along 0 0 0 14.74 Pipes are laid the Shuian Street 0 0 0 11.25 0 0 0 9.61 along the road roadside, side, which do Zhongxing which do 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 12.46 not involve Street not involve permanent land permanent Xiangguangxi acquisition and land 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 5.47 house Road acquisition demolition. Nanxing and house 0 0 0 / demolition. 0 0 0 0 Street Subtotal 0 0 0 57.75 0 0 0 78.52 New Stormwater Channels Cold Storage no no house Open 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 temporary demolition Channel

Resettlement Plan Detailed Design

2. Impact scope after detailed survey

Based on the detailed design and survey, the new sewer/stormwater pipeline network does not involve permanent land acquisition and house demolition, but only temporary occupation of state-owned road land, so no residents will be affected. The open channels under this contract involve the dredging of the channels of the 6 existing channels and the reconstruction or reinforcement of the retaining walls on both sides, but do not involve permanent land acquisition, house demolition and temporary land occupation. However, the existing Lengjiagou Open Channel will be extended to the south as the new section of the open channel, which means the existing open channel will be extended to the south for 558m with width of 7 to 11 m. Thus, the extension of Lengjiagou Open Channel requires (i) permanent land acquisition of 6.07 mu of collective land (including the water surface) of No.1 Group of Changzheng, Hongtai Village of Hongxing Township in Jiguan District, which are all natural river ditch. The collective land acquisition does not involve the use of residents’ farmland, (ii) 1066.42 m2 of house demolition of residential houses adjacent to the ditch, affecting 9 households, 39 people, including 19 women, but no low-income households are affected. (iii) The road access for the construction will require the temporary occupation of 5.86 mu of collective land along the ditch, but does not involve the residents’ cultivated land, so no residents will be affected by the temporary land occupation.

Current status of Lengku Open Channel – Current Status of Tiexi Open Channel – Covers have been placed Covers have been placed

Current Status of Kuangling River Upper Current Status of Wanjiahe Open Extension Channel

Current Status of Foundry Upper Stream Current Status of Lengjiagou Upper Open Channel Stream Open Channel

Current Status of section to be constructed Current Status of section to be of Lengjiagou Upper Extension -1 constructed of Lengjiagou Upper Extension -2

Therefore, the permanent land acquisition and temporary land occupation under this Contract will involve 1 township, 1 village and 1 village group, but no residents are involved; the house demolition will involve 1 village and 1 village group in this township, with a total of 9 households and 39 people affected by the house demolition. The impacts of land acquisition and house demolition are summarized in the table below.

HD (m2)

PLA AH/ TLO AH/ Project Brick (mu) People (mu) People Brick concret Household People wood e

New Lengjia Valley Upper Extension 6.07 0 5.86 0 1066.42 0 9 39 project

3. Basic information of households affected by house demolition

The construction of this contract will demolish residences of 9 households in No.1 Group of Changzheng, Hongtai Village of Hongxing Township in Jiguan District. The basic information of 9 households is as follows:

Name of Age Current Family Annual Existing Project Does the HH householder occupation population household housing demolition have another (person) income in area (m2) area (m2) apartment 2019 elsewhere Chen xx 66 Retiree 7 120,000 800 400 Yes Zhao xx 65 Self - 5 80,000 77.22 77.22 No employed Chen xx 54 Farmer 10 35,000 74 74 No Hou xx 69 Farmer 3 15,000 130 130 No Hou xx 48 Farmer 3 30,000 96 96 No He xx 53 Farmer 2 20,000 85 85 No Shi xx 57 Farmer 3 18,000 75 75 No Lei xx 30 Farmer 3 20,000 25.2 25.2 Yes Li xx 51 Farmer 3 40,000 172 104 No Total 39 1534.2 1066.42

No.1 Group of Changzheng, Hongtai Village of Hongxing Township in Jiguan District is close to urban area of the city. The existing residents include not only farmers, but also 10

workers or retirees who used to work in the city. Workers or retirees working in cities have a fixed salary income, and some have housing in cities. For residents who are still farmers now, most of the family labours are working in the city, especially the young people. After marriage, most of them live independently, and buy houses in the city and have left the land and current rural houses.

Among the nine households affected by this contract, one is a retired worker with a fixed pension. In addition to this residence, the other members of the family who work as laborers in urban areas have another house in the Jixi urban area.

E. Compensation standards

The compensation standard for permanent land acquisition and crops involved in accordance with the standard in Resettlement Plan (2017) for Hongxing Township and Xijiao Township in Jiguan District is: permanent land acquisition compensation is CNY36,666.85/mu; young crop compensation: CNY2,200 /mu. The temporary acquisition of road construction site involved in this contract and the road restoration costs are still in line with the standard in the Resettlement Plan, which is CNY12,666.7/mu. There is no house demolition involved in this contract, so there is no compensation standard for house demolition set in the RP of 2017.

According to the document of Jixi Municipal People's Government (Ji Zheng Gui [2020] No. 7), from October 1, 2020, the new comprehensive land price for the land acquired in Jixi City will be implemented, that is, the compensation standard for the permanent land acquisition under this contract (Hongxing Township, Xijiao Township, Jiguan District) is CNY68/m2 (or CNY45,333.56/mu), which is higher than that in RP of 2017. For temporary land occupation of road construction, the road recovery cost is CNY12,666.7/mu. The compensation standard for the temporary occupation of collective land is CNY6.8/m2 or CNY4,533.36/mu per year, and it is planned to occupy for 2 years; The housing price of residents shall be determined by an assessment agency according to the market price to determine the compensation amount. The compensation standards for house demolition are: CNY2,080 /m2 for brick and concrete structure, CNY1,980 /m2 for brick and wood structure and CNY1,880/m2 for civil structure based on current local market evaluation. At present, the price of second-hand houses in the project area is CNY1,900-2,200/m2. With the evaluation standards, the residential house with the same structure can be bought at similar area in the market. The houses of 9 households affected by the demolition are all licensed houses.

For the licensed houses within the demolition scope, in addition to the compensation for house demolition according to the market evaluation results of different house structures, Jixi Municipal Government (JMG) also provides corresponding subsidies.

For the affected households (AHs) who choose to purchase apartment in the urban area of Jixi City in the online transaction platform developed by the government within 3.5 months of signing agreement, the government will give subsidies according to the actual transaction area but not more than the original licensed house area (i)If AHs choose to purchase multi-storey apartment for resettlement, the subsidy is CNY1,000/m2; (ii) if AHs choose to purchase high-rise apartment for resettlement, the subsidy is CNY1,500/m2.

Based on site visits and consultations it is confirmed that, multi-storey apartments and high- rise apartments are available in urban area of Jixi City that can be chosen by affected households in light of their willingness. Consultations with the affected persons and government agencies confirmed that the various localities in Jixi urban area are supported with complete public facilities and services, including nursery, supermarket, clinic and public transportation.

For AHs who choose monetary resettlement, if they complete the relocation within 3.5 months, they can receive a reward of CNY700/m2 in terms of original licensed house area that is to be demolished.

In addition, each AH is entitled to receive a moving fee of CNY1,000 per household, which is enough to cover all the moving expenses of one household in Jixi City.

F. Resettlement of households affected by house demolition

The new extension section of the Lengjiagou Upper Extension Canal in this contract needs permanent acquisition and temporary occupation of collective land in Hongtai village of Hongxing Township but does not involve affected households and people directly; meanwhile, it needs to demolish houses of 9 households in No.1 Group of Changzheng, Hongtai Village of Hongxing Township in Jiguan District, affecting 39 people.

The project IA is responsible for the permanent land acquisition and temporary land occupation of the contract, including informing the project content and implementation plan, negotiating compensation standards, paying compensations, monitoring and reporting. However, the demolition of residential houses involved in this contract has been listed in the "Notice on Issuing the Second Batch of Urban Shanty Area Renovation Project Plan in 2020" [Hei Peng Gai [2020] No. 7] issued by the Heilongjiang Province Non-coal Urban Shanty Renovation Promotion Office (see Annex 2), and JMG is responsible for the house demolition, compensation payment and resettlement. 12

1. Resettlement willingness

The permanent land acquisition and temporary land occupation in this contract belong to collective land and do not involve the contracted farmland of farmers. Therefore, the compensation for permanent land acquisition and temporary land occupation will be paid directly to the village collective, and the use of the compensation will be decided by the villagers' congress.

According to the "Notice on Issuing the Second Batch of Urban Shanty Area Renovation Project Plan in 2020" [Hei Peng Gai [2020] No. 7] issued by the Heilongjiang Provincial Non-coal Urban Shanty Renovation Promotion Office, there are two resettlement options for house demolition related to this contract: monetary resettlement and purchasing housing from the open market for resettlement.

After full consultation with the affected households, among the 9 AHs, 3 households have chosen monetary resettlement and 6 households have chosen to purchase housing from the open market for resettlement. The specific resettlement willingness is as follows:

Purchasing housing from Name of householder Monetary resettlement the open market Chen xx Yes / Zhao xx Yes / Chen xx Yes / Hou xx / Yes Hou xx / Yes He xx / Yes Shi xx / Yes Lei xx / Yes Li xx / Yes

2. Entitlement matrix

Village collectives affected by land acquisition and occupation, and households affected by house demolition have the following entitlement:

Impact type Eligible people Entitlement Note No.1 Group of Permanent This project is Changzheng, Hongtai acquisition of The compensation standard is responsible for Village of Hongxing collective land of CNY45,333.56/mu land acquisition Township in Jiguan 6.07 mu costs District

Impact type Eligible people Entitlement Note The compensation standard is No.1 Group of This project is Temporary CNY9,066.71/mu; the road Changzheng, Hongtai responsible for occupation of construction land recovery Village of Hongxing land occupation collective land of cost is CNY12,666.7/mu; the Township in Jiguan and restoration 5.86 mu occupation period will not District costs exceed 2 years AHs are all licensed houses. The shantytown House compensation for renovation project brick-concrete structure: of JMG is CNY2,080/m2, brick wood responsible for structure: CNY1,980/m2, civil demolition structure: CNY1,880/m2; compensation moving cost of CNY1,000 costs. yuan/household. In addition, subsidy will also be provided:  for AHs who choose monetary resettlement, if they complete relocation

within 3.5 months when signing agreement, they can

Residential houses receive a reward of 9 households with 39 demolition on CNY700/m2; persons, including 19 collective land of  for AHs who choose women 1066.42 m2 to purchase multi- storey apartment for The subsidies resettlement in the will be according online transaction to the actual platform developed transaction area by the government in but not more 3.5 months when signing agreement, than the original the subsidy is licensed house CNY1,000/m2; area  for AHs who choose to purchase high-rise apartment for resettlement in the online transaction platform developed by the government

Impact type Eligible people Entitlement Note within 3.5 months when signing agreement, the subsidy is CNY1,500/m2. There are no Ground attachment None Not applicable affected ground attachments.

G. Information disclosure and Public Participation

The land acquisition and house demolition implementation agency of this contract is the Jiguan District Government (JDG) of Jixi City. The land acquisition and resettlement and compensation involved in the contract will be implemented by JDG. The land acquisition and house demolition department of the JDG has initiated consultations with the village committee and representatives of AHs in October 2020 to inform the project construction content, land acquisition and demolition compensation standards, land acquisition and demolition implementation plan, resettlement measures for AHs, and conducted on-site surveys and inspections.

The construction of open channels will greatly improve the sanitary and ecological environment of the existing ditch, benefit the health of residents, and improve the living environment. At the same time, it can also resist greater flood disasters. They all believe that the construction of open channels can greatly benefit them.

Since the construction of open channels will widen the current ditch, it is necessary to expropriate the collective river embankment land on both sides of the ditch. Because the land of river courses and embankments is collectively owned and does not involve contracted farmland, it has no impact on personal livelihoods. The village committee stated that the compensation for land acquisition will be used to improve the sanitation environment in rural areas and help low-income families solve their difficulties in life.

For households affected by the house demolition, they were concerned about whether the compensation is enough to buy house or apartment in the local area after receiving the house compensation. When they learnt that they can not only receive compensation for house demolition according to the market price as determined by a real estate appraisal agency, but also receive rewards or subsidies for relocation, they were all satisfied, because it is enough for them to buy apartment.

The AHs have been informed about the grievance redress mechanism (GRM) of this project (see Jixi Resettlement Plan of 2017). The land acquisition and demolition department of JDG stated that it will promptly accept the problems and appeals raised by the AHs and solve their problems in a timely manner.

In the event of any restrictions due to COVID-19 outbreak or other unforeseeable phenomena during further consultations and negotiations with the AHs, virtual meetings (videoconference, telephone calls, wechat) will be carried out. The PMO and concerned agencies will strictly adhere to social distancing, wear protective masks/equipment during in-person meetings in line with government protocols and guidelines.

H. Budget

In the Resettlement Plan, the resettlement budget for the Jixi Urban Drainage Infrastructure Construction project is CNY6,952,200, including CNY855,900 for permanent land acquisition and CNY4,657,200 for road restoration. Since this subproject includes 4 civil construction contracts, the Resettlement Plan of 2017 does not provide the resettlement costs involved in this contract.

According to the document of Jixi Municipal People's Government (Ji Zheng Gui [2020] No. 7), from October 1, 2020, the new comprehensive land price for the land acquired in Jixi City is implemented. After the detailed design and survey, the area of permanent land acquisition for the stormwater open channels have been changed, the corresponding compensation costs for the land acquisition and young crops have been changed accordingly. At the same time, the compensation for temporary land occupied by sewage/stormwater pipe network, which is the road restoration cost, has been changed as some of the pipelines have been completed with the counterpart funds. In addition, due to the house demolition involved, the compensation for the house demolition is added, as shown in the following table:

Pipe and Canal Construction (JX-WT-W11) Compensation Budget No. Type Standard Quantity (m2) (CNY (CNY/m2) 1,000) 1 Base Cost for Resettlement 484.63 Compensation for Permanently Acquired 1.1 68 4,044.8 27.50 Rural Collective Land Compensation for Permanently Acquired 1.2 0 0 State-owned Land Compensation for House Demolition in 1.3 2,080 1,066.42 221.82 Rural Areas 16

Pipe and Canal Construction (JX-WT-W11) Compensation Budget No. Type Standard Quantity (m2) (CNY (CNY/m2) 1,000) 1.4 Compensation for Moving of AHs 1,000 9 0.9 1.5 Temporary Land Occupation Compensation 13.6 3,906 5.31 1.6 Young Crops/Forest Compensation 3.3 0 0 1.7 Road Restoration 19 114,085 216.76 Cultivated Land Reclamation 1.8 2.5 4,044.8 1.01 Compensation 1.9 New Construction Land Use Compensation 28 4,044.8 11.33

2 Land Management Fee 4% of sum of 1.1－1.7 18.89

3 Reward or Subsidy 115.87 10% of Base Cost for 4 Contingencies 48.46 Resettlement Total 667.85

I. Implementation Plan

According to the contract construction plan, the land acquisition and demolition compensation agreement shall be signed before June 2021. At the same time, the compensation will be paid to the village collective and AHs. The implementation plan is as follows:

Responsible No. Action Participant Time Remark organization Negotiate 9 affected Jiguan resettlement households, District 1 policies and October 2020 done affected village Demolition compensation committee Office standards 9 affected households, affected village Jiguan Detailed committee, a real District 2 measurement November 2020 done estate appraisal Demolition survey agency, Office implementation unit, demolition office

Responsible No. Action Participant Time Remark organization 9 affected Jiguan Disclose updated households, District 3 "Resettlement February 2021 affected village Demolition Plan" committee Office Negotiation of Jiguan demolition 9 affected District November 4 ongoing compensation households Demolition 2020~March 2021 agreement Office Sign demolition Jiguan compensation 9 affected District 5 agreement and March-April 2021 households Demolition issue Office compensation Purchase an apartment or Jiguan house in 6 affected District 6a house/apartment May-June 2021 households Demolition transaction Office platform built by the government 3 affected Jiguan Cash households who District 6b compensation and April 2021 chose monetary Demolition self-resettlement resettlement Office Implementing Monitoring and 9 affected unit, external June 2021-October 7 evaluation households monitoring 2023 agency

J. Monitoring and Reporting

The monitoring of implementation of the provisions of this URP shall be carried out in accordance with the internal and external monitoring requirements formulated in the resettlement plan, and the monitoring report shall be submitted to ADB once every six months. Jixi Municipal Development and Reform Commission signed the consulting services contract of "External Resettlement and Social Monitoring and External Environmental Monitoring Service – Jixi" with the Wuhan Yunhaichen Consulting Co., Ltd. Joint Venture with Zhongdi Qingyang (Hubei) Testing and Certification Co., Ltd. on July 9, 2020.

In the event of any restrictions due to COVID-19 outbreak or other unforeseeable phenomena during monitoring, virtual meetings (videoconference, telephone calls, wechat) will be carried out. The external monitoring agency will strictly adhere to social distancing, wear protective masks/equipment during in-person meetings in line with government protocols and guidelines.

Annex 1: Resettlement Due Diligence Report

Resettlement Due Diligence Report

sewage/stormwater pipe network constructed

1. Introduction

The Resettlement Plan of 2017 confirmed that the total length of new sewage/stormwater pipe network is 39.5km, and the total length of new open channels is 10.1km. Because the new sewage/stormwater pipe network is laid in one side of the existing road, only the temporary occupation of state-owned road land with a total of 240 mu is involved, and the occupation of collective land is not involved.

From April 2017 to May 2020, Jiguan district government of Jixi City built sewage pipelines and stormwater pipelines with a total length of 12.8 km by domestic counterpart funds. The installation of pipes only involved the temporary occupation of state-owned construction land of 91.5 mu, without persons affected directly.

According to the safeguard policies of ADB, a resettlement due diligence report (DDR) was required on the project that has been completed with counterpart funds but is still included in the ADB project. The purpose of this DDR is to verify whether the project meet the requirements of involuntary resettlement in the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009).

2. Construction site and land use

The sewage pipelines and stormwater pipelines are located in Jiguan District of Jixi City. The sewage pipelines consist of New Dark Pipes, Nanxing Street, Kuangling River Upper Extension and Foundry Bridge Upstream, and the stormwater pipeline is Nanxing Street stormwater pipeline. See Table 1 for the length, starting point and ending point of each pipeline, as well as the temporary occupation area.

Table 1: Length, location and area of constructed sewage/stormwater pipelines

Temporary Actual Starting and ending positions No. Project name occupation area length (m) of pipelines (mu) Sewage pipelines Connected to the western 1 New Dark Pipes 1200 drainage main pipe on Xijiao 9 Road 2 Nanxing Street 2500 Hongqi Road to Heping Avenue 18.75 Kueling River (infectious disease Kuangling River 3 3500 hospital section) extends 37.5 Upper Extension westward Foundry Bridge Hongxing Road to Dongtai 4 4000 26.25 Upstream Bridge Stormwater pipelines

Temporary Actual Starting and ending positions No. Project name occupation area length (m) of pipelines (mu) Construction with 1 Nanxing Street 1600 Hongqi Road to Heping Avenue the sewage pipeline above Total 12800 91.5

3. Impact of resettlement

The construction of the sewer/stormwater pipes only involved the temporary occupation of state-owned urban construction land and didn’t involve the rural collective land and the demolition of any buildings and ground attachments. No person was affected directly. The land condition of the construction site before construction is shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Land conditions and ground attachments

Whether there are Are there any No. Project name Land conditions ground people affected attachments Sewage pipelines Urban construction land, New Dark temporary excavation and 1 No No Pipes replacement of existing and old sewage pipelines The road pavement Urban road land, temporary 2 Nanxing Street needs to be No excavation of Nanxing Street restored Urban construction land, Kuangling temporary excavation and 3 River Upper No No replacement of existing and Extension old sewage pipelines Urban construction land, Foundry temporary excavation and 4 Bridge No No replacement of existing and Upstream old sewage pipelines Stormwater pipelines The road pavement Urban road land, temporary 1 Nanxing Street needs to be No excavation of Nanxing Street restored 4. Construction reasons and construction time

The reasons for the construction of the pipelines in advance are as follows: first, to cooperate with the construction of residential areas, sewage collection pipelines need to be equipped in time to ensure the normal life of residential areas; second, the government has obtained the national special construction funds, which need to be used within the planned time, and cannot wait for the contract procurement of ADB projects. The specific reasons and construction time of the pipelines are shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Reasons for construction in advance and construction time

Road surface Reasons for construction No. Project name Construction time restoration in advance time Sewage pipelines With the construction of Xinfa New Dark community, special funds 1 April - October 2017 October 2017 Pipes were used for construction in advance Construction was carried out together with road reconstruction, and special November 2019 - May 2020 2 Nanxing Street funds for road reconstruction May 2020 (road surface) must be used in the same year. With the construction of Kuangling Weimei Xincheng community, August - December 3 River Upper December 2018 special funds were used for 2018 Extension construction in advance With the construction of Foundry Hongxiang community, August-December 4 Bridge December 2018 special funds were used for 2018 Upstream construction in advance Stormwater pipelines Construction was carried out together with road November 2019 - May 2020 1 Nanxing Street reconstruction, and special May 2020 (road surface) funds for road reconstruction were used in the same year.

The contractors were responsible for the earthwork backfill and ground (road) surface restoration after laying the pipeline, and the cost was also included in the contractor's civil engineering contracts. The 3 sewage pipelines (New Dark Pipes, Nanxing Street,

Kuangling River Upper Extension, Foundry Bridge Upstream) were constructed underground for urban construction which didn’t affected urban roads. All sites were compacted after earthwork backfilling. Nanxing Street sewage / stormwater pipeline was laid under the existing urban road, which involved the restoration of road surface. The construction had been completed in May 2020, and the road surface of Nanxing Street was restored at the same time.

5. Conclusion

The sewage pipelines and stormwater pipeline involved in the project had been constructed from April 2017 to May 2020. The construction of the pipelines only involved the temporary occupation of state-owned urban construction land, and no person was affected directly. The road surface of urban roads involved in the project construction had been restored. Up to date, there was no residual problem of resettlement.

Annex 2: Notice on Issuing the Second Batch of Urban Shanty Area Renovation Project Plan