Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 50050-003 August 2020 Annual Environmental Monitoring Report for 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2020 PRC: Guangxi Regional Cooperation and Integration Promotion Investment Program – Tranche 1 Submitted by Guangxi Project Management Office This environmental 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. Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: L3501/3508-PRC August 2020 PRC: Guangxi Regional Cooperation and Integration Promotion Investment Program (Tranche 1) Annual Environmental Monitoring Report for 1 January 2019 – 30 June 2020 Prepared by Guangxi Foreign Loans Project Management Office in the Guangxi Development and Reform Commission for the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental 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. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 June 2020) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $ 0.1413 $1.00 = CNY 7.0715 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank BDS Business Development Services BEZ Border Economic Zone BOCOM Guangxi Branch Of Bank Of Communications EA Executing Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EEM External Environmental Monitor EMS Environmental Monitoring Station EMP Environmental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau ESE Environmental Supervisor Engineer ESMS Environmental and Social Management System GPMO Guangxi Foreign Loans Project Management Office GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism GZAR Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination LDI Local Design Institute 1 MFF Multi-Tranche Financing Facility PMO Project Management Office PIE Project Implementing Entity REAC Rapid Environmental Assessment Checklist WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION ................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 8 A. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................... 8 B. PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE EMP ............................................................................................... 8 C. KEY ISSUES AND CORRECTED ACTIONS ............................................................................................... 10 D. LESSONS LEARNED .................................................................................................................................. 10 E. NEXT STEPS .............................................................................................................................................. 10 II. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................12 A. PURPOSE OF REPORT .............................................................................................................................. 12 B. PROJECT OUTCOME, OUTPUTS AND SUBCOMPONENTS ................................................................... 12 C. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS .............................................................................................. 15 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ..............17 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD ................19 A. PROJECT READINESS MONITORING ...................................................................................................... 19 B. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP .............................................................................................................................. 20 C. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ....................................................................................................................... 24 D. CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 26 E. UPDATING OF THE EMP .......................................................................................................................... 27 F. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................... 27 G. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES ......................... 35 H. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT MONITORING PROGRAM .......................................................... 44 I. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ................................................. 48 J. TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ....................................................................................................... 52 K. COSTS OF EMP IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD ........................................... 58 L. COMPLIANCE WITH LOAN AND PROJECT ASSURANCES ..................................................................... 59 M. REPORTING ................................................................................................................................................ 59 N. ISSUES FOR FOLLOW-UP DOCUMENTED IN THE MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD ................................................................................................................................. 61 3 V. LESSONS LEARNED ..................................................................................................62 VI. NEXT STEPS ...............................................................................................................63 APPENDIX 1. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCES .............................65 APPENDIX 2. MONITORING DATA .......................................................................................68 A. SUBPROJECT 1, FANGCHENGGANG TRAINING CENTER FOR PRC AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS AND SMES............................................................................................................................. 68 B. SUBPROJECT 2, DEVELOPMENT OF PINGXIANG CROSS-BORDER LABOR COOPERATION DEMONSTRATION PARK .......................................................................................................................... 75 APPENDIX 3. PHOTOGRAPHS .............................................................................................81 A. CONSTRUCTION SITE OF CONTRACT PX-C2, SUBPROJECT 2 ......................................................... 81 B. CONSTRUCTION SITE OF CONTRACT FGS-C1, SUBPROJECT 1 ...................................................... 90 APPENDIX 4. COVID-19 RISK ASSESSMENT ......................................................................96 A. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 98 B. POLICY, REGULATION AND GUIDANCE ..................................................................................... 98 C. PREVENTION AND CONTROL, AND MITIGATION MEASURES ....................................... 105 D. COVID-19 RISK ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................... 113 E. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND STRENGTHENING ............................................... 119 F. EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS AND RESPONSE .................................................................. 120 G. MONITORING, INSPECTION AND REPORTING ..................................................................... 122 APPENDIX 5. SAMPLE CONTRACTOR’S HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN ......................... 124 A. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE H&S PLAN ........................................... 126 B. PRINCIPLES FOR COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL ............................................................ 127 C. OPENING / RE-OPENING OF SITES AND MOBILIZING KEY STAFF .................................................... 128 D. PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES DURING CONSTRUCTION ............................................. 128 E. AWARENESS CREATION, ROUTINE AND REGULAR HEALTH/ HYGIENIC PRACTICES .................... 130 F. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS .............................................................................................................. 131 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary of Implementation Progress ........................................................................16 4 Table 2 Project Readiness Assessment Indicators ..................................................................19 Table 3 List of Designated Environment Persons of the Project ..............................................23 Table 4 Implementation