Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00003943 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IBRD-80520) ON A Public Disclosure Authorized LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF US$200 MILLION TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR A JITUHUN RAILWAY PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized June 2, 2017 Transport and ICT Global Practice East Asia and Pacific Region Public Disclosure Authorized CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective December 2016) Currency Unit = Renminbi (RMB) RMB1.00 = US$0.14 US$1.00 = RMB6.93 FISCAL YEAR January 1 – December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CR China Railways CRC China Railway Corporation EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return EMP Environmental Management Plan EMU Electric Multiple Unit FCTIC Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center FIRR Financial Internal Rate of Return FM Financial Management GHG Greenhouse Gas HSR High-speed Railway ICR Implementation Completion and Results Report IFR Interim Unaudited Financial Report IPP Indigenous Peoples Plan ISR Implementation Status Report JRC JiTuHun Railway Company M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MLTRDP Mid- and Long-term Railway Development Plan MOR Ministry of Railways NPV Net Present Value PAD Project Appraisal Document PDO Project Development Objective RA Shenyang Railway Authority RAP Resettlement Action Plan RF Results Framework SA Social Assessment Senior Global Practice Director: Jose Luis Irigoyen, GTIDR Sector Manager: Binyam Reja, GTIDR Project Team Leaders: Martha B. Lawrence, Gerald Paul Ollivier, GTIDR ICR Team Leader: Anita Shrestha, GTIDR PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA JITUHUN RAILWAY PROJECT CONTENTS A. Basic Information ........................................................................................................ i B. Key Dates .................................................................................................................... i C. Ratings Summary ........................................................................................................ i D. Sector and Theme Codes ........................................................................................... ii E. Bank Staff ................................................................................................................... ii F. Results Framework Analysis ..................................................................................... iii G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs ................................................................... iv H. Restructuring (if any) ................................................................................................. v I. Disbursement Profile .................................................................................................. v 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ............................................... 1 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes .............................................. 4 3. Assessment of Outcomes .......................................................................................... 10 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ......................................................... 15 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance ..................................................... 16 6. Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................... 19 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners .......... 21 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing .......................................................................... 22 Annex 2. Outputs by Component ................................................................................. 24 Annex 3. Economic, Financial and GHG Analysis ...................................................... 26 Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ............ 41 Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results ........................................................................... 43 Annex 6. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results ................................................... 46 Annex 7. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ..................... 47 Annex 8. Comments of Cofinanciers and Other Partners/Stakeholders ....................... 49 Annex 9. List of Papers published by the Bank on China Railways ............................ 50 Annex 10. List of Supporting Documents .................................................................... 51 MAP .............................................................................................................................. 52 Data Sheet A. Basic Information Country: China Project Name: JiTuHun Railway Project ID: P122321 L/C/TF Number(s): IBRD-80520 ICR Date: 12/21/2016 ICR Type: Core ICR MINISTRY OF Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: FINANCE Original Total USD 200.00M Disbursed Amount: USD 198.67M Commitment: Revised Amount: USD 200.00M Environmental Category: A Implementing Agencies: China Railway Corporation (CRC) Cofinanciers and Other External Partners: NA B. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 10/14/2010 Effectiveness: 10/03/2011 08/30/2011 Appraisal: 03/09/2011 Restructuring(s): Approval: 05/24/2011 Mid-term Review: 06/23/2015 06/23/2015 Closing: 12/31/2016 12/31/2016 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Highly Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Low or Negligible Bank Performance: Satisfactory Borrower Performance: Highly Satisfactory C.2 Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR) Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings Quality at Entry: Satisfactory Government: Highly Satisfactory Implementing Quality of Supervision: Highly Satisfactory Highly Satisfactory Agency/Agencies: Overall Bank Overall Borrower Satisfactory Highly Satisfactory Performance: Performance: i C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation QAG Assessments Indicators Rating Performance (if any) Potential Problem Quality at Entry Project at any time No None (QEA): (Yes/No): Problem Project at any Quality of No None time (Yes/No): Supervision (QSA): DO rating before Satisfactory Closing/Inactive status: D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Railways 100 100 Theme Code (as % of total Bank financing) Other environment and natural resources management 25 25 Other social development 25 25 Regional integration 25 25 Trade facilitation and market access 25 25 E. Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Victoria Kwakwa James W. Adams Country Director: Bert Hofman Klaus Rohland Practice Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Binyam Reja Manager/Manager: N. Vijay Jagannathan Martha B. Lawrence, Gerald Paul Project Team Leaders: John Carter Scales Ollivier ICR Team Leader: Anita Shrestha ICR Primary Author: Anita Shrestha1 1 Based on substantial analysis from Nanyan Zhou, Richard G. Bullock, Jitendra Sondhi and Jin Wang ii F. Results Framework Analysis Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the proposed project is to respond to existing and anticipated transport demand along the Jilin-Hunchun corridor by providing increased capacity for freight and passengers, and faster travel time and increased frequency of services for passengers. Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving authority) The development objective and key indicators were not revised. (a) PDO Indicator(s) Original Target Formally Actual Value Values (from Revised Achieved at Indicator Baseline Value approval Target Completion or documents) Values Target Years Number of train pairs operating per day on the JiTuHun line. Indicator 1 : Value 8 13 - 26 quantitative or Qualitative) Date achieved 12/31/2010 12/31/2016 - 11/20/2016 Comments Number of high speed passenger trains are twice the original target (incl. % value. achievement) Number of passengers travelling on the JiTuHun line (in millions) Indicator 2 : Value 6.00 8.00 - 8.2 quantitative or Qualitative) Date achieved 12/31/2010 12/31/2016 - 12/31/2016 Number of passengers travelling on the JiTuHun line met its target. The number of High-speed Railway (HSR) trains now operating is about twice Comments the number forecast at appraisal, while the number of passengers is about the (incl. % same. At appraisal, it was assumed that the service would be predominantly achievement) operated by 16-car trains travelling the full length of the route. Instead many services are now operated by 8-car trains, several of which only travel to intermediate stations, thus significantly increasing the service frequency. Reduced transit time for passengers travelling between Tumen and Jilin Indicator 3 : (minutes) Value 460 145 - 113 quantitative or Qualitative) Date achieved 12/31/2010 12/31/2016 - 11/20/2016 iii Comments Travel time has been reduced by 75 percent compared to before the (incl. % project and is 22 percent shorter than original target value. achievement) (b) Intermediate Outcome Indicator(s) Original Target Actual Value Formally Values (from Achieved at Indicator Baseline Value Revised approval Completion or Target Values documents) Target Years Completion rate of civil works Indicator 1 : Value 0 100% - 100% (quantitative or Qualitative) Date achieved 12/31/2010 12/31/2016 - 11/30/2015 Comments Target achieved over a year in advance of project closing. (incl. % achievement) Delivery of Bank financed goods