Resettlement Plan March 2014 PRC: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Prepared by Heishan County Municipal Construction Management Department for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in June 2012 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/integrated-development-key-townships- central-liaoning-resettlement-plan-heishan Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Heishan Subproject Resettlement Plan Heishan County Municipal Construction Management Department 27 March 2014 Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Heishan Subproject Resettlement Plan ENDORSEMENT LETTER OF RESETTLEMENT PLAN Asian Development Bank: The Resettlement Plan (hereinafter referred to as RP) of the Heishan Environmentally Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development Subproject of ADB Financed Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Project (Project) is prepared and compiled in accordance with relevant involuntary resettlement policies of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and relevant laws and regulations of the China Central Government and Liaoning and Heishan governments. During implementation of the Project, we will strictly abide by this RP. Date: September 2012 Signature: Deputy Governor: Heishan County Government 2 Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Heishan Subproject Resettlement Plan Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS & MEASURABLE UNITS .............................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 11 1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 MEASURES REDUCE THE SUBPROJECT IMPACT ................................................................................. 12 2. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT .................................................................................... 13 2.1 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACT ........................................................... 13 2.2 AFFECTED VULNERABLE GROUPS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES ............................................................ 15 3. SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS AND IMPACT ANALYSIS ............................................................. 17 3.1 HEISHAN COUNTY AND AFFECTED COMMUNITIES/VILLAGES ........................................................... 17 3.1.1 Heishan County ................................................................................................................................ 17 3.1.2 Affected Communities/Villages .................................................................................................... 17 3.2 SOCIAL-ECONOMIC SURVEY .................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 SOCIAL-ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE AFFECTED PERSONS ................................................................ 18 3.3.1 Education and Occupation ............................................................................................................ 18 3.3.2 Land Resource in the Affected Villages .................................................................................... 19 3.3.3 Income and Expenditure ............................................................................................................... 19 3.4 GENDER ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 20 3.4.1 Gender Difference on Education ................................................................................................ 20 3.4.2 Gender Difference in Employment ............................................................................................. 20 3.4.3 Gender Difference in Income ....................................................................................................... 20 3.4.4 Opinions on Resettlement ............................................................................................................. 20 3.5 IMPACT ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.1 Farmland Income Loss .................................................................................................................. 21 3.5.2 House Demolition ............................................................................................................................ 22 3.5.3 Demolition of Enterprises .............................................................................................................. 23 4. PARTICIPATION, CONSULTATION AND GRIEVANCE MECHANISM ....................................... 25 4.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................ 25 4.2 PERCEPTIONS AND CONCERNS .............................................................................................................. 26 4.3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION PLAN ............................................................................ 28 4.3.1 Public Participation in the project construction ....................................................................... 29 4.3.2 Women’s Participation .................................................................................................................... 29 4.3 DISCLOSURE OF RESETTLEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................ 29 4.4 APPEAL AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ...................................................................................................... 29 5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY ............................................................... 31 5.1 LAWS AND POLICIES RELEVANT TO RESETTLEMENT ......................................................................... 31 5.1.1 ADB Policy Requirements ............................................................................................................. 31 5.1.2 PRC Laws, Regulations, and Policies ....................................................................................... 31 5.1.3 Main Policies of Liaoning Province and Heishan County.................................................... 31 5.1.4 Policy Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 31 5.2 SUMMARY OF ADB’S POLICY REQUIREMENTS ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ..................... 32 5.3 MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADB AND PRC POLICIES ................................................................. 32 5.3.1 Resettlement Plan ............................................................................. 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Bookmark not defined. 5.4 COMPENSATION STANDARDS .................................................................................................................. 34 5.4.1 The Compensation Standards for Permanent Land Acquisition ....................................... 34 5.4.2 Compensation Standards for Urban and Rural Houses ...................................................... 35 5.4.3 Compensation Standards for Enterprises ................................................................................ 36 5.4.4 Compensation Standard for Ground Attachments and Infrastructure ............................. 37 5.5 COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENT ............................................................................................................... 37 6. RESETTLEMENT AND INCOME REHABILITATION ....................................................................... 40 6.1 RESETTLEMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 40 6.1.1 Resettlement of HHs Affected by House Demolition ............................................................ 40 6.1.2 Resettlement of Enterprises ......................................................................................................... 40 6.2 INCOME REHABILITATION .........................................................................................................................