Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 49029-002 October 2020 PRC: Xinjiang Changji Integrated Urban-Rural Infrastructure Demonstration Project Prepared by Xinjiang Linshuishe Engineering Technical Consulting Company 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. Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report ADB–Financed Xinjiang Changji Integrated Urban-Rural Infrastructure Demonstration Project Xinjiang Changji Integrated Urban-Rural Infrastructure Demonstration Project Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report Baseline Report Xinjiang Linshuishe Engineering Technical Consulting Company September 2020 Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report Xinjiang Linshuishe Engineering Technical Monitor Institution: Consulting Company Director: Jiangaguli Evaluator: Jiangaguli Wang Liuqing Zhao Songsong Report Writing Staff: Jiangaguli Wang Liuqing Zhao Songsong Yang Shuying Hebei East Road No.430, Shanghai Mansion Address: Comprehensive-A Room 1206, Urumqi City Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Postcode: 830011 Phone: 0991－ 3638030 Fax: 0991－ 3638030 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report Table of Contents 1. Overview .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2. Involuntary Resettlement External Monitoring ......................................................................... 6 2. Project Progress .................................................................................................................... 12 2.1. Project Progress .................................................................................................................... 12 3. Project Resettlement Progress .............................................................................................. 20 3.1. Resettlement Impact .............................................................................................................. 20 3.2. Resettlement Progress .......................................................................................................... 24 4. Socioeconomic Profile and Impact Evaluation of Affected Area ........................................... 31 4.1. Socioeconomic Status ........................................................................................................... 31 4.2. Socioeconomic Profile of Affected People ............................................................................. 31 4.3. Interview Survey .................................................................................................................... 40 5. Public Participation and Grievance Redress ......................................................................... 45 5.1. Public Participation ................................................................................................................ 45 5.2. Appeal Procedure .................................................................................................................. 51 5.3. Appeal Contact Information ................................................................................................... 54 6. Organizational Structure and Responsibilities....................................................................... 56 6.1. Resettlement Action Agencies ............................................................................................... 56 6.2. Organizational Chart .............................................................................................................. 56 6.3. Qitai ADB Loaned Project Management Leading Group....................................................... 57 6.4. Division of Responsibilities among Agencies ........................................................................ 59 6.5. Evaluation of Organizational Ability ....................................................................................... 61 7. Conclusion and Recommendation ......................................................................................... 63 7.1. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 63 7.2. Recommendation ................................................................................................................... 64 Appendix 1: Project Site ................................................................................................................ 66 Appendix 2: Social Investigation of External Monitoring .............................................................. 68 Appendix 3: Note for Grassland Resettlement Subsidy of Solid Waste Landfill .......................... 69 Appendix 4: Agreement on Compensation for Grassland Resettlement Subsidy of Qitai County Solid Waste Landfill ......................................................................................................................... 70 Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report List of Tables Table 1-1: Project Compensation ............................................................................................................. 4 Table 1-2: Road Engineering Scales ....................................................................................................... 4 Table 1-3: External Monitoring Task Arrangement (Baseline monitoring) ........................................ 10 Table 2-1: Implementation Schedule of Each Sub-project ................................................................. 16 Table 3-1: Resettlement Impact .............................................................................................................. 22 Table 3-2: Calculation Base Table for Compensation of Grassland .................................................. 26 Table 3-3: Compensation Standards of Grassland for Solid Waste Landfill Project ...................... 28 Table 3-4: Other Charges and its Standards of Solid Waste Landfill Project .................................. 28 Table 4-1: Demographic Profile of Surveyed Households ................................................................. 32 Table 4-2: Occupation Distribution of Affected People ........................................................................ 36 Table 4-3: Average Household Income Sources of Affected Households ........................................ 38 Table 4-4 Average Household Expenditure Pattern of Affected Households .................................. 38 Table 5-1: General Situation of Public Participation ............................................................................ 46 Table 5-2: Overview of Public Participation Activities Organized by the Project Unit..................... 49 Table 5-3 Complaint Registration Form ................................................................................................. 53 Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report List of Figures Figure 4-1: Marital Status ........................................................................................................................ 34 Figure 4-2: Age distribution of Affected People .................................................................................... 35 Figure 4-3: Education Lever Distribution of Affected People ............................................................. 36 Figure 4-4: Occupation Distribution of Affected People ...................................................................... 37 Figure 4-5: Source of Income ................................................................................................................. 38 Figure 4-6: Expenditure Structure .......................................................................................................... 40 2 Qitai County Subproject Resettlement External Monitoring Report 1. Overview 1.1. Introduction 1 Qitai County urban and rural infrastructure construction demonstration subproject (Subproject) is one subproject in Xinjiang Changji urban and rural infrastructure construction demonstration Project, which is financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB). The total investment of the sub-project is 706.39 million yuan, supporting fund of ADB is 345 million yuan (ADB loan is USD 50 million, the exchange rate is 1:6.9), and local supporting fund is 361.39 million yuan. Among them, 100% of equipment procurement funds financed by ADB, 64.36% of civil construction funds financed by ADB and local finance funds are 35.64%. The total construction and installation investment of the project is CNY 467.86 million (CNY 335.15 million for civil construction, CNY 132.71 million for equipment) and CNY 238.53 million for other expenses. The implementation period of the project is from 2017 to 2022. 2 The main content includes 4 components: (1) Road engineering: 5 new roads with a total length of 11.43 kilometers;