Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) People’s Republic of China Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Low Carbon Energy Transition and Air Quality Improvement Project Resettlement Action Plan & Social Assessment for Gas Transmission - Associated Facility of the Project Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd. (Beijing Gas) September 2019 Resettlement Action Plan & Social Assessment for Gas Transmission - An Associated Facility of the Project Contents Overview of the Environmental and Social Framework of AIIB................................................................ 1 Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................................9 1. Introduction and Project Overview..........................................................................................................13 1.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 13 1.2 Project Overview..............................................................................................................................14 1.3 Relevant Facilities............................................................................................................................16 1.4 Background.......................................................................................................................................16 1.5 Associated Facilities—Project Overview......................................................................................17 1.6 Project Schedule..............................................................................................................................18 1.7 Measures to Alleviate Negative Impacts......................................................................................19 1.7.1 Principles for Site and Route Selection.............................................................................19 1.7.2 Option Comparison...............................................................................................................19 1.7.3 Construction Management.................................................................................................. 19 1.8 Cut-off Date.......................................................................................................................................21 2. Impacts of the Project............................................................................................................................... 22 2.1 Project Area...................................................................................................................................... 22 2.2 Types of Impacts..............................................................................................................................24 2.3 Land Permanent Acquisition and Temporary Acquisition Occupation.....................................24 2.3.1 Permanent LA....................................................................................................................... 25 2.3.2 Temporary Land Occupation...............................................................................................26 2.4 Affected Households and Population............................................................................................35 2.4.1 Households and Population Affected by Permanent LA.................................................35 2.4.2 Households and Population Affected by Temporary Land Occupation........................37 2.5 House Demolition..........................................................................................................................40 2.6 Ground Attachments........................................................................................................................40 2.6.1 Greenhouses......................................................................................................................... 40 2.6.2 Seedlings............................................................................................................................... 41 2.6.3 Fruit Trees..............................................................................................................................47 2.6.4 Tombs..................................................................................................................................... 50 I Resettlement Action Plan & Social Assessment for Gas Transmission - An Associated Facility of the Project 2.6.5 Telegraph Poles.................................................................................................................... 51 3. Social Impact Assessment....................................................................................................................... 54 3.1 Overview of Potential Impacts....................................................................................................... 54 3.2 Affected Area.................................................................................................................................... 54 3.3 SA Methods...................................................................................................................................... 58 3.4 Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area.................................................................................. 59 3.5 Basic Information of Sample Households....................................................................................68 3.5.1 Population.............................................................................................................................. 68 3.5.2 Education............................................................................................................................... 68 3.5.3 Employment...........................................................................................................................69 3.5.4 Houses and Properties........................................................................................................ 70 3.5.5 Income and Expenditure......................................................................................................70 3.5.6 Women’s Status.................................................................................................................... 70 3.5.7 Vulnerable Groups................................................................................................................72 3.6 Project Impact Analysis...................................................................................................................73 3.6.1 Impact Analysis of Permanent LA...................................................................................... 73 3.6.2 Impact Analysis of Temporary Land Occupation............................................................. 76 3.6.3 Impact Analysis of HD..........................................................................................................76 3.6.4 Impact Analysis of Attachments..........................................................................................76 4. Resettlement Policy Framework............................................................................................................. 78 4.1 Laws, Regulations and Policies of the PRC................................................................................78 4.2 Key Provisions of National Laws, Regulations and Policies.....................................................79 4.2.1 Relevant Provisions of the Real Estate Law of the PRC................................................79 4.2.2 Relevant Provisions of the Land Administration Law of the PRC................................. 79 4.2.3 Regulations on the Implementation of the Land Administration Law of the PRC.......80 4.2.4 Relevant Provisions of the Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing Land Administration.................................................................................82 4.2.5 Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Doing a Better Job in Land Acquisition Management............................................................................................................... 83 4.2.6 Forest Law of the PRC.........................................................................................................84 4.2.7 Regulations on the Implementation of the Forest Law of the PRC (2018 Amendment)84 II Resettlement Action Plan & Social Assessment for Gas Transmission - An Associated Facility of the Project 4.2.8 Regulations on the Expropriation of Houses on State-owned Land and Compensation Therefor............................................................................................................................................85 4.2.9 Regulations on the Protection of Oil and Gas Pipelines.................................................86 4.2.10 Farmland Occupation Tax Law of the PRC.................................................................... 87 4.3 Local Regulations and Policies......................................................................................................87 4.3.1 Notice of the Tianjin Municipal Government on Adjusting Location-based Prices for Acquired Land of Tianjin Municipality.......................................................................................... 87 4.3.2 Notice of the General Office of the Tianjin Municipal Government on Further Strengthening Land Acquisition Management..........................................................................