RP784 V 1 Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Plan Nannin-Guangzhou Railway Public Disclosure Authorized Construction Project Freign Investment Center of Ministry of Railways Public Disclosure Authorized of P.R.C. March 10 2009 Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Plan for Raiway from Nanning to Guangzhou Table of Contents Executive Summary of Resettlement Action Plan................................................................................4 Chapter I Overview ................................................................................................................................9 1.1 Project Description .........................................................................................................................9 1.2 Preparation for Relocation Plan....................................................................................................11 1.3 Measures to Minimize the Impacts of Engineering ......................................................................11 1.3.1 Stage of Project Planning and Design....................................................................................11 1.3.2 Stage of Engineering Construction........................................................................................13 1.3.3 Stage of Project Land Requisition, Demolition and Implementation ....................................14 Chapter II Socio-economic survey.......................................................................................................15 2.1 Overall socio-economic conditions of the regions affected by the project ...................................15 2.2 Overview of autonomous region, province, city, county and districts along the line ...................16 2.3 Social and Economic Investigation...............................................................................................27 2.3.1 General Outline .....................................................................................................................27 2.3.2 Investigation by the Second and Fourth Institutes of China Railway and China Railway Consulting (2008)...........................................................................................................................27 2.3.3 Social economic investigation by Southwest Jiaotong University (2008).............................28 2.4 Social economic characteristics of the affected population ..........................................................32 2.4.1 General Outline .....................................................................................................................32 2.4.2 Human resource.....................................................................................................................32 2.4.3 Natural Resources..................................................................................................................37 2.4.4 Material resources..................................................................................................................38 2.4.5 Financial resource..................................................................................................................39 2.4.6 Affected minority...................................................................................................................41 2.4.7 Vulnerable group ...................................................................................................................42 Chapter III Project impacts .................................................................................................................44 3.1 Scope of project impacts...............................................................................................................44 3.2Material indicators of project impact.............................................................................................44 3.2.1Permanent land appropriation.................................................................................................44 2.3.2Temporary land use ................................................................................................................49 3.3.3 Building demolition and relocation .......................................................................................49 3.3.4 Population affected by the project .........................................................................................49 3.3.5 Enterprises and public institutions........................................................................................50 3.3.6 Shops and commercial buildings ...........................................................................................59 3.3.7 Sporadic trees and graves ......................................................................................................60 3.3.8 Dedicated facilities ................................................................................................................60 Chapter IV The Policy Framework of Resettlement..........................................................................62 4.1 The Objectives of Resettlement....................................................................................................62 4.2 Applicable Policies and Laws.......................................................................................................62 4.2.1The Policy of Involuntary Resettlements of the World Bank .................................................62 4.2.2 Legal Framework...................................................................................................................64 WB Loan Project Nanning1 to Guangzhou Railway Resettlement Plan for Raiway from Nanning to Guangzhou 4.2.3 Relevant Legal and Policy Regulations of China and Provincial Government .....................65 Chapter V Compensation Criteria and Compensation Budget ........................................................79 5.1 Compensation Criteria..................................................................................................................79 5.1.1 Compensation criteria for land requisition ............................................................................79 5.1.2 Compensation Criteria for House Demolition and Ground Attachment................................84 5.1.3 Compensation Criteria for Infrastructure and Special Facilities compensation criteria ........89 5.2 Estimation of Compensation Costs for Migration ........................................................................89 Chapter VI Resettlement and Development of Livelihood................................................................98 6.1 General Principles.........................................................................................................................98 6.2 Planning of Villagers’ Livelihood.................................................................................................99 6.2.1 Land is owned collectively by villagers ................................................................................99 6.2.2 Villager Self-administration.................................................................................................100 6.2.3 Means of villagers’ livelihood planning ..............................................................................101 6.2.4 The first stage – general plan of livelihood development....................................................102 6.2.5 Second stage – detailed plan of villagers’ livelihood...........................................................107 6.3 Relocation Plans .........................................................................................................................108 6.3.1 Production Plan ...................................................................................................................108 6.3.2 Housing Plan for Relocation................................................................................................114 6.3.3 Relocation Plan for Schools Affected..................................................................................117 6.3.4 Relocation Plan for Affected Factories,enterprises and public institutions .........................118 6.3.5 Relocation Plans for Affected Shops and Buildings for Commercial and Residential Purposes........................................................................................................................................120 6.3.6 Relocation Plans for Affected Infrastructure .......................................................................121 6.3.7 Relocation Plans for Vulnerable Groups..............................................................................122 Chapter VII Implementation Plan for Resettlement .......................................................................124 7.1 Procedure of Implementation......................................................................................................124 7.2 Plan of Progress ..........................................................................................................................125 7.3. Appropriation of Funds..............................................................................................................129 7.3.1. Principles ............................................................................................................................129 7.3.2. Fiscal institutions for resettlement......................................................................................129 7.3.3. Flow of funds......................................................................................................................129