Resettlement Plan December 2014 PRC: Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Project Prepared by Yumin County Urban-Rural Construction Bureau for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 28 December 2014) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.163 $1.00 = CNY6.149 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AH – affected households AP – affected persons DMS – detailed measurement survey EA – executing agency EMDP – ethnic minority development plan FSR – feasibility study report HD – house demolition HH – households IA – implementing agency LA – land acquisition LAR – land acquisition and resettlement PMO – project management office RP – resettlement plan YCG – Yumin County Government XUAR – Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ha – hectare km – kilometer mu – Chinese unit of measurement (1mu=666.67 m2) NOTE In this report, “$” refers to US dollars. This resettlement plan 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. II ADB-financed Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Project Yumin County Infrastructures and Municipal Services Component Resettlement Plan Yumin County Urban-Rural Construction Bureau December 2014 III Table of Contents COMMITMENT LETTER ................................................................................................... 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………… .... 3 1. OVERVIEW………………………………………………………………………………… ... 6 1.1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………… ….6 1.2.IMPACT SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT………………………… 8 1.3.OPTIMIZING PROJECT DESIGN TO REDUCE RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS……………. ... 9 2. IMPACT SCOPE………………………………………………………………………….. .. 11 2.1.TYPES OF IMPACTS………………………………………………………………….. .. 11 2.2.METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURES………………………………………………… .. 11 2.3.IMPACT IDENTIFICATION……………………………………………………………… . 11 2.4.LOSS OF COLLECTIVE LAND………………………………………………………… .. 13 2.5.IMPACTS OF STATE-OWNED LAND ACQUISITION……………………………………. 14 2.6.IMPACT FOR TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION……………………………………… . 14 2.7.AFFECTED VULNERABLE GROUPS………………………………………………….. .. 14 2.8.ETHNIC MINORITIES…………………………………………………………………. .. 15 2.9.AFFECTED ATTACHMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE…………………………………. 15 3. SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED AREAS……………………………… . 16 3.1.SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS…………………………………………………………… . 16 3.2.SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE………………………………… . 16 3.3.GENDER ANALYSIS…………………………………………………………………… . 22 4. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES………………………………………………… 26 4.1.LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES APPLICABLE TO RESETTLEMENT……………… 26 4.2.ADB’S POLICY REQUIREMENTS ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT…………………. 26 4.3.DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADB AND PRC POLICIES………………………………….. 28 4.4.ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFICIARIES……………………………………………………… . 30 4.5.COMPENSATION RATES……………………………………………………………….. 30 4.6.ENTITLEMENT MATRIX………………………………………………………………… . 32 5. RESETTLEMENT MEASURES…………………………………………………………. 35 5.1.OBJECTIVES OF RESETTLEMENT…………………………………………………….. .. 35 5.2.PRINCIPLES OF RESETTLEMENT RESTORATION…………………………………….. .. 35 5.3.RECOVERY PLAN FOR ACQUIRED COLLECTIVE ARABLE LAND……………………… . 35 5.4.TRAINING………………………………………………………………………………. 39 5.5.DISADVANTAGED GROUPS SUPPORT PROGRAM………………………………….. .... 39 5.6.PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS………………………………………………… ... 40 5.7.ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT…………………………………………………. .... 40 5.8.RESTORATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROUND ATTACHMENTS……………….. .. 40 6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS……………………… ....... 41 6.1.CONSULTATION AT PREPARATION STAGE ............................................................... 41 6.2.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION PLAN.................................................. 45 6.3.APPEAL PROCEDURE........................................................................................... 46 6.4.APPEAL CONTACT INFORMATION .......................................................................... 47 7. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ..................................................................................... 49 7.1.RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ..................................................................................... 49 7.2.ANNUAL INVESTMENT PLAN ................................................................................. 50 7.3.DISBURSEMENT FLOW AND PLAN OF RESETTLEMENT FUNDS ................................. 51 8. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................................ 53 8.1.RESETTLEMENT ACTION AGENCIES ...................................................................... 53 8.2.ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ..................................................................................... 54 8.3.ORGANIZATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING ................................................. 54 8.4.DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG AGENCIES ................................................. 55 8.5.MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ......................................... 57 9. RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ................................................ 59 9.1.WORK BEFORE RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ................................................. 59 9.2.WORK DURING RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ................................................. 59 9.3.WORK AFTER RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION .................................................... 60 10. MONITORING AND EVALUATION .......................................................................... 63 10.1.INTERNAL MONITORING ..................................................................................... 63 10.2.EXTERNAL MONITORING .................................................................................... 65 APPENDIX 1 APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES ............................. 68 APPENDIX 2: RESETTLEMENT INFORMATION BOOKLET (RIB) ................................. 82 APPENDIX 3 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF EXTERNAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION .................................................................................................................. 88 APPENDIX 4: MINUTES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INTERVIEW ..................... 91 APPENDIX 5: DUE DILIGENCE REPORT ON YUMIN ROAD COMPONENT ................. 98 APPENDIX6: LAND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT .................................................. 109 List of Tables Table 1-1: Project Roads .........................................................................................................6 Table 1-3: Comparison of the Affected Area before and after Design Optimization .............10 Table 2-1: Detail Impact Scope .............................................................................................12 Table 2-3: Affected Vulnerable Households ..........................................................................15 Table 2-4: Nationality and Distribution of Affected Minority People ......................................15 Table 2-5: Affected Attachments and Infrastructure ..............................................................15 Table 3-3: Selected Household Assets of Affected Households ...........................................20 Table 3-4: Economic Statistics of the Sample Households in 2012 ......................................21 Table 3-6: Average Household Expenditure Pattern of Affected Households in 2012..........22 Table 4-1: Unified Annual Output Values of Collective Land .................................................30 Table 4-2: Cultivated Land Compensation Standard of the Project ......................................31 Table 4-3: Attachments and special facilities affected compensation standards ..................32 Table 4-4: Entitlement Matrix .................................................................................................32 Table 5-1: Net Income Loss and Compensation After Land Acquisition ...............................35 Table 5-2: Affected Households’ Income Restoration Programs ..........................................37 Table 5-3: Expected Job Creation of The Project .................................................................38 Table 5-4: Training Content and Program .............................................................................39 Table 6-1: Public Participation Activities during Preparation Stage .......................................42 Table 6-2: Public Opinion Survey Results .............................................................................44 Table 6-3: Public Participation Plan .......................................................................................45 Table 7-1: Resettlement Cost Estimates ...............................................................................49 Table 7-2: Resettlement Budget Plan ....................................................................................51 Table 9-1: Project Implementation Schedule.........................................................................60 Table 9-2: Resettlement Implementation Schedule ..............................................................61 Table 10-1: Progress Report on Resettlement for LA and HD ..............................................64 Table