Ethnic Minority Development Plan July 2021 People’s Republic of China: Guangxi Hezhou Environment Restoration and Sustainable Development Project Prepared by the Hezhou Municipal Government for the Asian Development Bank. PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 8 June 2021) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1563 or €0.1282 $1.00 = CNY6.3974 or €0.8203 €1.00 = CNY7.7989 or $1.2190 ABBREVIATIONS ACWF – All-China Women’s Federation ADB – Asian Development Bank CDPC – center of disease protection and control DI – design institute EMDP – ethnic minority development plan EMP – environmental management plan EMRB – ethnic minority and religious affairs bureau GDP – gross domestic product GRM – grievance redress mechanism GZAR – Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region HB – health bureau HMG – Hezhou Municipal Government HMIGC – Guangxi Hezhou Mining Investment Group Company Limited HPMO – Hezhou project management office HRSB – human resource and social security bureau km2 – square kilometer LGU – local government unit LURT – land use right transfer m2 – square meter MLS – minimum living security mu – Chinese unit of measurement (1 mu = 666.67 m2) O&M – operation and maintenance PADO – poverty alleviation development office PDG – Pinggui District Government PIU – project implementation unit PMISC – project management and implementation support consultant PMO – project management office PRC – People’s Republic of China PSA – poverty and social analysis PUCIC – Hezhou Pinggui Urban Construction Investment Company Limited RTPA – registered and targeted poverty alleviation SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement TRTA – transaction technical assistance NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. 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BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1 2. OBJECTIVES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT ........ 3 2.1. Policies on Ethnic Minorities of the People’s Republic of China ....................................... 3 2.2. Relevant Regulations on Ethnic Minorities in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ...... 5 2.3. ADB Policy Requirements for Indigenous Peoples .......................................................... 7 3. SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................. 10 3.1. Summary of Socioeconomic Situation in the Project Area ............................................. 10 3.2. Ethnic Minority Population in the Project Area ............................................................... 11 3.3. Social and Culture Features of the Yao and Zhuang People ......................................... 14 3.4. Social Situation of ethnic minority Township/Villages with Project Activities ................... 17 3.5. Poverty Situation in the Project Area .............................................................................. 18 3.6. Income and Livelihood ................................................................................................... 20 4. PROJECT BENEFITS AND ADVERSE IMPACTS ................................................................. 22 4.1. Impacted Population by Outputs .................................................................................... 22 4.2. Potential Impacts by Outputs ......................................................................................... 22 5. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION, DISCLOSURE, AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ............ 25 5.1. Consultations Conducted during the Project Design ...................................................... 25 5.2. Consultation and Participation during the Project Implementation ................................. 32 5.3. Stakeholders Analysis and Consultation and Participation Plan .................................... 33 5.4. Grievance Redress Mechanism ..................................................................................... 33 6. ACTION PLAN ....................................................................................................................... 36 7. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................ 41 8. COSTS AND FINANCING SOURCES AND SCHEDULE ...................................................... 42 9. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ........................................................................................ 43 Appendix 1: Template of EMDP Implementation Progress and Results Report ............................... 44 Appendix 2: Template of External EMDP and SGAP Monitoring Report .......................................... 45 Appendix 3: Summary of Consultation Activities .............................................................................. 46 Appendix 4: Photos of Field Survey ................................................................................................. 48 PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. Guangxi Hezhou Environment Restoration and Sustainable Development Project EMDP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Introduction E1. The ethnic minority development plan (EMDP) ensures that the ethnic minorities in the project area (Yao and Zhuang are the two main ethnic groups) would participate and benefit from the Guangxi Hezhou Environment Restoration and Sustainable Development Project (project) and that any adverse impacts on them either avoided or mitigated. The EMDP is based on relevant laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS, 2009) requirements. E2. The Government of the PRC has requested ADB to provide financial support for the proposed project. The objective of the project is to help Hezhou to (i) reduce the pollution and improve the environment of the former mineral mining area; (ii) provide essential social services to the population; and (iii) capacitate institutions to make the former mineral mining workers’ living area in Hezhou green, healthy, and sustainable. A total of 131 ethnic minority administrative villages/communities (including 5 community committees and 126 village committees) in one sub- district office and nine townships in one district (Pinggui District) and one county (Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County) are involved in the project, including one ethnic minority township and 24 ethnic minority administrative villages. None of these ethnic minority villages will be involved in the civil works construction of the project, but the project output, especially the township and village-level healthcare capacity building content, will cover these ethnic minority administrative villages. The EMDP has been prepared to focus on potential impacts on these ethnic minority villages. B. Project Description E3. The project consists of three outputs: (i) nature-friendly measures to reduce pollution in the Kedashan former mineral mining area implemented; (ii) institutional mechanisms and service quality of health and elderly care in Pinggui District strengthened, including (a) Pinggui Workers’ Hospital in Xiwan Town, (b) Pinggui Integrated Health and Elderly Care Center; (c) service and capacity improvement of town/township clinics—in one sub-district and eight towns in Pinggui District; and (iii) green and health care-related skills development institutions developed, including a Knowledge and Skills Sharing Center. C. Socioeconomic Characteristics E4. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR) had a population of 56.95 million, of which 22.2 million were ethnic minorities accounting for 39% of the total population in 2019. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was CNY42,964, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was CNY34,745, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was CNY13,676, and the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was CNY12,045. E5. Hezhou's municipal population is 2.4759 million, among which 408,000 are ethnic minorities, accounting for 16.5% of the total population. The GDP per capita was CNY38,300, urban residents’ per capita disposable income was CNY33,179, rural residents’ per capita disposable income was CNY12,737, and rural residents’ per capita consumption expenditure was CNY9,233. E6. Pinggui District had a total population of 467,500, among which 56,000 are ethnic minorities, accounting for 12% of the total population in 2019. The GDP per capita was i PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. Guangxi