THE WORLD BANK **WfU*AAk IBRD* IDA I wolu.DBANKGROUP Beijing OFFICIAL World Bank Office, DOCUMENTS September 14, 2017

Public Disclosure Authorized Mr. Deng Xiangyang Executive Vice Governor Province People's Republic of

RE: China: Ma'anshan Cihu River Basin Improvement Project (Loan No. 8251-CN) Amendment to Project Agreement

Dear Mr. Deng: Public Disclosure Authorized

We refer to the Loan Agreement (the Loan Agreement) dated July 4, 2013 between the People's Republic of China (the Borrower) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank), and the Project Agreement (the Project Agreement) of the same date between the Bank and Anhui Province, both for the above-referenced project (the Project).

We also refer to the letter from the Ministry of Finance, dated April 18, 2017, requesting a restructuring of the Project, which requires certain amendments to the Loan Agreement and the Project Agreement. We are pleased to inform you that the Bank concurs with the request, and accordingly agrees to amend the Project Agreement as follows:

Public Disclosure Authorized I. Section I.A.1(c) of the Schedule is amended to read as follows:

"(c) Project implementation units in each of: (i) the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB); (ii) MCRD; (iii) Huashan ; (iv) ; and (v) Hitech Zone, all of which shall be responsible for implementing their respective parts of the Project, including leading the engineering design, procurement, signing and management of contracts, and authorizing disbursements for each Project activity accordingly.

Except as specifically amended in this letter, all other terms and conditions of the Project Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Loan Agreement is similarly being amended as reflected in an amendment letter to the Loan Agreement of even date herewith.

Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing on behalf of Anhui Province by

Public Disclosure Authorized countersigning and dating the corresponding form of confirmation set forth below, and returning one fully countersigned original of this letter to us. This amendment letter shall become effective as of the date of the last countersignature of the two amendment letters (including this one) prepared further to the above-mentioned request, upon receipt by the Bank of: (a) a duly countersigned original of this letter by the authorized representative of Anhui Province; and (b) a

-fM1*& 2 A 16 A (100004) 16th Floor, China World Tower 2, No.1 Jianguomenwal Avenue, Beijing 100004, China t 1 AIM tljP k* 1 Tel. t: (86-10) 5861-7600; Fax. #-: (86-10) 5861-7800 Mr. Deng Xiangyang Page 2 September 14, 2017

duly countersigned original of the amendment letter to the Loan Agreement by the authorized representative of the Borrower.

Yours sincerely,

Bert an Country Director, China

CONFIRMED: Anhui Province

By: Authorized Representative

Name:

Title:

Date:

cc: Mr. Chen Shixin Director-General International Economic and Financial Cooperation Department Ministry of Finance Beijing People's Republic of China