ADB Loan-2709 PRC Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project Gender Action Plan Completion Report (G326) (Gender and Development) December 2013 Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau Gender Action Plan Completion Report December 2013 Loan No. 2709-PRC: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project—Gender Action Plan Completion Report (G326) (Gender and Development) Prepared by the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau for the Asian Development Bank i Content ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv CONCISE SUMMARY v I. Project Background ..................................................................................................1 A. Subproject Overview: .....................................................................................1 B. Socioeconomic status of the subproject site ..........................................1 II. Gender and road maintenance ..............................................................................3 III. Gender Mainstreaming.............................................................................................5 IV. Implementing Schedule ...........................................................................................5 V. Relevant policies, laws and regulations .............................................................5 VI. GAP Progress, Table 1 .............................................................................................6 VIII. Pictures taken on-site ........................................................................................... 14 ii The gender action plan progress report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Asian Development Bank 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. iii Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following parties for their support and guidance on data collection and the preparation of this report: 1. We would like to thank Mr. Shen Haiping, the Deputy director general of YHAB, Mr. Zhang Shijun and Ms. Wu Likun. Yunnan Road Science Research Institute, Qujing General Section, Luliang General Section, officers and staff from G108 steering office also pay tremendous time and efforts in helping collecting data and preparing the report. The residents along the maintained road sections cooperated and supported the project as well as providing us with a great many of value suggestion. Moreover, we would thank ADB for reviewing the report. 2. Also, we need to express our gratitude to the related design institutes, supervision units, contractor and other related personnel and experts participated in feasibility study, designing and project preparation technical assistance as well as the making of maintenance schedule. iv CONCISE SUMMARY I. Overview of road maintenance conducted by YHAB The road maintenance project conducted by YHAB is 605.54 km long. There are 7 contracts contain 197.2 km road maintenance which is financed by ADB with 20 million USD together with government counterpart. The project was planned to implement from Jan, 2012 to Dec 31, 2015. II. Project progress and plan 3 Out of 7 contracts are ADB-financed, including CL18 section on G108, CL15 and CL16 sections on G326, of which the subprojects have all been finished. Total investment for G326 is 66,436,987 CNY. The subproject was started on Jay 6, 2013 and completed on late August, 2013. III. Gender action pan progress YHAB make sure that local villagers, especially women should be recruited in some non-technical job of maintenance subproject, and provide them safety condition. According to national laws and international rules, equal pay for equal work for both male and female has been implemented. Employment opportunities and economic income have been increased. v I. Project Background A. Subproject Overview: 1. In 2012, Yunnan Highway Administrative Bureau (YHAB) planned to conduct maintenance over 605.54km highway, which would take 4 years’ time. The project was started in 2012. It was divided into 2 parts: the 1st part would be solely financed by domestic counterpart funds. The 2nd is 197.2 km road maintenance with 20 million USD loan from ADB together with government counterpart on 7 contracts. 3 out of the 7 are ADB-financed contracts (with a total length of 79.3 km), the CL18 section on G108, CL15 and CL16 sections on G326. The bid winner is Yunnan the 3rd Highway & Bridge Engineering Co., LTD. The contract was signed on Dec 26, 2012. The subproject was started on Jan 6, 2013 and completed on late August, 2013. 2. The G326 section in Yunnan Province starts from Shanmuqing on border between Xuanwei City of Yunnan and Guizhou Province and ends on Xiqiao in Luliang County, with a total length of 146.5km. It connects Guizhou in north and Kunming-Shiling expressway in south, as an important path from Yunnan to west Guizhou and the only way from inland to Hekou, the national level port from China to Vietnam. The sections are class 3 mountain highways with asphalt pavement, belonging to Qujing Highway Administrative General Section and Luliang Highway Administrative General Section as 2 separate subprojects, the CL-15 and CL-16. The first subproject starts from K1022+660 and ends on K1077+700, it is 23.4km and would be divided into three small sections for maintenance: K1022+660-K1032+300, K1051+940-K1059+000 and K1071+000-K1077+700. The second subproject starts from K1077+700 and ends on K1108+600 with a total length of 30.9km. The construction period would be 8 months with the standard of class 3 double lane highway, with driving speed of 30 km/hour and sub-grade width of 7.5 m (the K1022+660-K1032+30 on CL15 subproject would be 8.5m). The sub-grade and pavement are in the same width. With the rapid growth of traffic load, traffic load increases quickly and leads to serious damage on pavement, which severely constrained local development and daily life of the local residents: (1) the road damage causes heavy dust and affects ambient air quality; (2) the road condition reduces transport vehicles’ useful life; (3) frequent traffic congestions seriously affect the development of the local economy and people’s daily life; (4) frequent traffic accidents puts the safety of local children at great risk. Based on these problems, YHAB planned to have maintenance on G326 pavement and roadbed. The total length of the section for maintenance is 54.3KM. The subproject would be funded by ADB 20 million loans. B. Socioeconomic status of the subproject site 3. The section for maintenance passes through Zhanyi County of Qujing City, Sanbao Town in Qiling District of Qujing and Banqiao Town and Fanghua Town of Luliang County. 4. Population: 1 (i). Zhanyi County has a population of 431,058, with an annual increase rate of 1.01%, among which 225,792 male and 205,266 female with110% sex ratio. Population of the ethnic groups is 25,815, taking 5.99% of the total. (ii). The total population of Banqiao Town is 101,404, among which 1,886 are Hui people. (iii). Fanghua Town has a population of 33,492, among which 31,003 Han, 1,893 Yi, 596 Hui; 31,892 agricultural population, 1,600 non-agricultural population. In 2010, the natural population growth rate was 4.31%. 5. Education Level: (i). In total population of Zhanyi County, 16,484 have university degree (bachelor degree), taking 3.9% of the total; 38,549 have high school (including technical secondary school), 8.9%; 126,903 have junior high school education, 29.4%; 185,332 have primary school education, 43.0% and the illiteracy rate is 6.6%. (ii). By 2011, the Banqiao Town has 1 county-level middle high school, 2 town-level high schools and 17 primary schools. In county level high school, there are 105 teaching and administrative staff and 1,292 students (1185 in junior high and 107 in senior high); in No.1 Middle School, there are 76 teaching and administrative staff and 1,174 students; in No.2 Middle School, there are 87 teaching and administrative staff and 1718 students; in all primary schools, there are 437 teaching and administrative staff and 7,792 students; there are also 1 public kindergarten and 21 private kindergartens with totally 2,625 children in them. (iii). The enrollment rate of primary and junior high school students in Fanghua Town is 100%. the proportion of students graduated from junior high to high school is 48%; the test results of junior high entrance examination is among the leading level in mountainous and semi-mountainous towns in the county. 6. Health care: (i). There are 1 central hospital in town and 17 village clinics in administrative village. There are 42 doctors in the hospital and 67 village health workers. 7. Economic Conditions: (i). In 2011, gross value of production of Zhanyi County was 11.7 billion CNY, year-on-year growth was 15% and the fiscal revenue was 1.235 billion CNY. The first industrial added value was 2.6 billion CNY, with 8% year-on-year growth; the second industrial added value was 6.2 billion CNY, with 18.4% year-on-year growth; the third industrial added value was 2.9 billion CNY, with 14.4% year-on-year increase. The three industrial structure ratio was 22:53:25. Per capita disposable income of urban residents and rural per capita net income were 18,074 CNY and 5,715 CNY. (ii). In 2011, Banqiao