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Guangdong Chaonan Water Resources Development and Protection Demonstration Project The expected impact of the project will be sustained economic development in Chaonan District. The outcome of the project will be improved and equitable water supply services inclusive of urban and rural residents in Chaonan District. The project will include four outputs: (i) improved water resources protection, (ii) inclusive urban and rural water supply system, (iii) increased awareness on environment and sanitation, and (iv) strengthened institutional and staff capacity.

Improved water resources protection. This output will support (i) reforestation around the three major reservoir areas in the district; (ii) research on pollution prevention and control measures in the reservoir areas; and (iii) pilot programs on solid waste collection and treatment, and nonpoint source pollution control.

Inclusive urban and rural water supply system. This output will support (i) the expansion of the capacity of two water supply plants (Quifeng and Jinxi) from 110,000 cubic meters per day to 182,000 cubic meters per day; (ii) the construction of the Longxi water supply plant with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters per day; (iii) rehabilitation and newly installation of water delivery and distribution pipelines, including an integrated system connecting the three water supply systems; (iv) construction of an operational center for the integrated water supply system; and (v) establishment of about 40 small-scale water supply facilities for rural residents in hilly areas.

Increased awareness on environment and sanitation. This output will support the development of education and training materials for schools, training of school teachers, public awareness campaign, training equipment, and media communication.

Strengthened institutional and staff capacity. This output will (i) provide training, workshops, and study tours; (ii) establish a water quality monitoring center; (iii) develop a monitoring and regulatory system for dam safety and reservoir operations; and (iv) formulate two plans on water resources development and management, and pollution control; and (v) establish a proper operational model for the water supply company aligned to the new integrated water supply system.
Qinghai Haidong Urban-Rural Eco Development Project Qinghai Province, situated mostly on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in northwestern PRC, has long been home to a number of ethnic groups due to its location along the old Silk Road. Ethnically diverse and featuring a beautiful and rugged landscape with mountains and pastures, Qinghai is the source of the Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow rivers, making it a socially and environmentally significant province for the PRC. Given the fragile terrain, Qinghai is promoting urbanization within a northeastern corridor linking its capital, Xining, to Lanzhou, in Gansu Province. While protecting its natural resources, Qinghai also aims to protect urban areas from natural hazards such as flash flooding, which has increased in cities across the PRC as a result of impermeable paved surfaces, deforestation, poor waterway management, and an overall decrease in natural water collection areas. 

Haidong, the second-largest city in Qinghai, is located within this corridor, immediately east of Xining. A city of 1.7 million residents (30.0% of Qinghai's total population of 5.7 million), Haidong upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 2013, denoting its importance in regional development. Haidong has two districts - Ping'an and Ledu - and four counties.  Both districts straddle the Huangshui River, an important tributary of the Yellow River. Strengthening the ecological function of the Huangshui River to protect these critical watersheds is an urgent priority. This involves managing flood risks, reducing soil erosion, improving water quality and availability, increasing climate change resilience, and limiting urban expansion.
Inner Mongolia Sustainable Cross-Border Development Investment Program - Tranche 1 The investment program will promote sustainable development of cross-border areas and
mutually beneficial regional cooperation and integration between the PRC’s Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region (IMAR) and Mongolia. The program will improve economic inclusion,
ecosystems, and basic social services in the five IMAR border crossing point (BCP) communities
and surrounding areas on both sides of the 3,200-kilometer (km) PRC–Mongolia frontier, which
lags in economic and social development. Expanded financial and business support to small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in border regions will spur local income growth. Establishment
of an agricultural value chain will enhance livelihoods on both sides of the frontier. The program
will have strong regional spillover benefits to Mongolia: improvement in infrastructure and services
at IMAR–Mongolia BCPs will boost the volume and quality of trade, creating about 3,300 direct
and indirect jobs in Mongolia; and improvement in health and other services will benefit
disadvantaged communities on both sides of the border.
Guizhou Gui'an New District New Urbanization Smart Transport System Development Project The proposed project will support Gui'an New District (Gui'an) in developing an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and sustainable transport infrastructure. This will make public transport more enticing for all, averting congestion as Gui'an grows and improving quality of life for all.
Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF): Guangdong Energy Efficiency and Environment Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1 The impact of the Project is to promote energy conservation in Guangdong Province using advanced technologies, and is justified in technical, economic, and financial terms. The Project will provide substantial environmental and health benefits. The environmental benefits from the Project include expected energy savings, and the emission reduction.
Railway Energy Efficiency and Safety Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 3 Tranche 3 of Investment Program will finance (i) procurement of energy efficient, environmental protection, and safety equipment that will result in energy savings, environmental protection, and enhanced safety. Physical components of Tranche 3 are (i) energy efficiency component: (a) railway electrification equipment, and (b) electric power supply system; (ii) environmental protection component: (a)  noise barrier; and (iii) railway safety enhancement component: (a) enhanced railway fasteners and switches, (b) railway telecommunications system, (c) railway signaling system, (d) advanced railway inspection equipment, and (e) emergency rescue equipment, and any other equipment as agreed between PRC and ADB. This equipment has significant energy efficiency, environmental, and safety benefits 0d to what is used currently on the PRC railways. Integrating this equipment into the southwestern PRC railway network will help optimize performance, ensure reliability, and enhance safety.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II) The goal of this Project is improved air and water quality in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) by rehabilitation and construction of more efficient and less polluting heating supply systems.

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Xinjiang Akesu Integrated Urban Development and Environment Improvement Project The proposed project aims to improve the urban environment and promote inclusive economic development of Akesu City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a multisectoral and integrated urban upgrading project that will address urgent environmental and infrastructure needs, including the  (i) rehabilitation of the Akesu Duolang Wetlands; (ii) upgrading of urban infrastructure and services, including roads, public parks, water supply, sewerage, and district heating; and (iii) strengthening the institutional capacity for sustainable urban development, planning, and management of Akesu Municipal Government (AMG).
Yunnan Lincang Border Economic Cooperation Zone Development Project The project will address cross-border trade capacity, border connectivity, and urban and social development issues in the Cangyuan Wa, Gengma Dai and Wa, and Zhenkang counties in Lincang Prefecture; and support Yunnan Province in enhancing regional cooperation and integration (RCI) under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) program, focusing on economic corridor development. It is expected to enhance RCI in the Shan border province of Myanmar by providing benefits to Myanmar nationals who trade, work, and use social services in the project counties.
Yangtze River Economic Belt Jiangxi Ecological Civilization and Circular Economy Project The project will demonstrate mainstreaming of ecological civilization and the circular economy in Jiangxi Province.1 This will be done through strengthening institutional capacity to unfold key policy reforms and innovations, addressing wastewater pollution in the rural areas and old urban neighborhoods, enhancing river basin ecological health and climate resilience, and promoting the low-carbon circular economy. The project will directly benefit more than 500,000 residents of five project areas through enhanced natural resources, living environment, and livelihood opportunities. Moreover, experiences and best practices generated from the project may serve as models for replication in the Yangtze River Basin, other parts of the PRC, and other developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), contributing to sustainable development on a broader scale.
Gansu Internet-Plus Agriculture Development Project The project will promote social and economic inclusion and sustainable livelihoods of poor people and vulnerable groups by providing an agriculture service system, information technology for value chains, and information support to areas where rural poverty is still endemic. The main beneficiaries of the project will be members of cooperatives, small and medium-sized enterprises, and contracted farmers in the seven prefectures that comprise the project area: Baiyin, Dingxi, Jiuquan, Lanzhou, Tianshui, Wuwei, and Zhangye. The project will include design features to ensure that farmers have access to high-value e-commerce markets and thereby increase their income.
Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) - Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program - Project 2: Dagushan Hydropower Project The Investment Program will finance the construction of 2 medium-sized hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Heihe river cascade hydropwoer development scheme. The Investment Program's main impact will be to provide environmentally clean power supply in rural areas of Gansu Province.
PRC: Greenhouse Agricultural Development Project The project will support Le Gaga to establish and expand a series of modern greenhouse operation in Guangdong and Fujian Provinces, providing off-season vegetable supply mainly in the winter to the entire PRC and some neighboring countries. The operation will incorporate the best practices in agricultural production in terms of efficient water and energy use and pollution-free farming techniques.
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - The project involved the establishment, acquisition, rehabilitation, and operation of district energy systems (DES) to address the operational inefficiency and financial constraints faced by municipalities.
Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and Demonstration Project Fujian Province is on the southeast coast of mainland People's Republic of China (PRC) with a population of 37.5 million, of which 40.0% lives in the rural area. Despite its remarkable economic growth driven by urban development on the coastal area, Fujian's rural economy is predominantly agrarian and agriculture remains the means for livelihood for many rural households. Though its importance is declining, Fujian's agriculture still generates 22.7% of the provincial gross domestic product and 25.0% of the provincial employment. The rapid urbanization caused a decrease in the provincial arable land, 1.26 million ha in 1996 to 1.12 million ha in 2010, which is a serious threat for Fujian's agriculture development.
Chongqing Urban-Rural Infrastructure Development Demonstration II Project Chongqing is one of four centrally-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Located in the upper middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing is a part of the less-developed western region which is targeted by the PRC's national preferential policies under the National Strategy for Development of the West (NSDW). Although the NSDW has contributed to double Chongqing's gross domestic product (GDP) in the past five years, economic benefits have been unevenly distributed due to Chongqing's topographical characteristics of vast hinterlands and predominantly hilly and mountainous terrain.  In Chongqing, a few rapidly developing central districts co-exist with poverty-stricken peripheral counties, and widening development gaps among districts and counties.  Within districts and counties, imbalanced socioeconomic development is also increasingly evident where urban expansion meets rural areas. The urban-rural average income gap increased to 3.4 times in 2010 and 1.45 million people live below the designated poverty line of CNY1,400 per annum.

In accordance with the national and municipal strategic priorities, Chongqing has shifted its focus from traditional centralized urban development to balanced urban-rural development.  However, many rural villages, small towns and cities still struggle with poor basic infrastructures. In addition to insufficient rural road access and limited water supply provision, frequent flooding in second and third-tier cities becomes a clear development hindrance.
Hunan Xiangjiang Inland Waterway Transport Project Hunan is a land-locked province located in central PRC. It has a population of 68.4 million. It is one of the six central provinces supported by Government's Central Region Development Strategy. Hunan is rich in navigable waterway resources. It has the third longest provincial IWT network in the PRC, with over 11,495 km of waterways, 107 ports and 1,880 berths. However, only 5% of the waterway and berths can accommodate vessels of up to 1,000 tons carrying capacity. Historically, IWT used to be the most important transport mode in the province. By 2009 it was carrying 10% of total freight ton-km, reflecting past low public investment in IWT 0d to other modes. In 2009 the total IWT investment was CNY551 million, about 1% of total road investment.

The Xiang River (Xiangjiang)  is one of the largest tributaries of the Yangtze  and the largest river in the province. Originating in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it is 969 km long, with 773 km in Hunan before it flows into the Yangtze River (Map). The Xiang waterway network runs from south to north, via the Yangtze River,  connecting six of Hunan's cities  and major concentrations of population with the PRC's east coast seaports. Habitation and industry in Hunan is oriented along the river valleys. There is a great potential for further development of Xiang waterway to support transport of minerals and agricultural products from their sources inland to the major markets on the eastern seaboard, including by inland shipping services linking the Yangtze and Xiang rivers.

With the encouragement from the MOT's vessel standardization programs, the average vessel capacity in Hunan has increased from 213 deadweight tons (dwt) in 2005 to 318 dwt in 2010. The largest vessel in operation at present is 5,600 dwt. Traffic on the Xiang waterway has grown at 21% per annum since 2000.  However, these increases in vessel size and traffic have taken place in the downstream part of Xiang River and the areas close to the Yangtze River. The middle and upper reaches currently have limited water depth and long rocky shoals prevent safe year-round access by large vessels.  Further growth is also constrained by obsolete and insufficient port infrastructure and landing facilities. These bottlenecks restrict the utilization of the middle and upper streams of the Xiang River, and increase the transport cost and voyage time, which reduce the competiveness of the waterway 0d with other modes of transport. Removal of these bottlenecks is a priority.
Guangxi Nanning Vocational Education Development Project The proposed project will help improve the capacity and effectiveness of social services focused technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Nanning. It will support improvement of No. 4 Vocational Secondary School and Nanning Health School, thereby creating a cadre of qualified kindergarten teachers and nurses to address current skilled worker shortages and inadequate extension of social services. The proposed project will be only the second Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed TVET investment project in the People's Republic of China (PRC), and will play a demonstration role for the sector and provinces seeking to provide quality public social services.
Heilongjiang Green Urban and Economic Revitalization Project (Additional Financing) The current project was approved on 5 December 2017 and declared effective on 4 September 2018. It is performing well and meets all criteria to be eligible for additional financing because (i) it is rated on track under the project performance system; (ii) each safeguard covenant is being complied with; (iii) the delivery of expected outputs is rated successful given that the initial actions such as advanced contracting and retroactive financing, disbursement of an initial advance to the advance account, subsequent liquidation and replenishment, and the preparation of the detailed engineering design and bidding documents are progressing as planned; and (iv) the management of risks is rated successful since all the risks in the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan were managed successfully.

The government requested ADB to provide additional financing to cover the financing gap that emerged when originally planned cofinancing by the European Investment Bank (EIB) did not materialize despite EIB's earlier indication of interest. The proposed additional financing was included as a 2019 firm project for $150 million (EURO133.929 million equivalent) from ADB's ordinary capital resources in the country operations business plan for the PRC, 2019-2021 to help finance outputs 3, 4, and 5. The project remains consistent with the country partnership strategy, 2016-2020 for the PRC, and additional financing is essential to fully deliver the outputs and outcome.
Eco-Industrial Park Waste-to-Energy Project To provide financing to a private sector entity, Shanghai SUS Environment Co., Ltd. (SUS) in developing and operating urban integrated municipal solid waste (MSW) management facilities and WTE incineration plants in a series of eco-industrial parks in the PRC.
Heilongjiang Green Transformation Demonstration Project and Program The proposed Heilongjiang Green Transformation Demonstration Project and Program will assist the Heilongjiang Province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) implement its strategies and action plans to assist the province to develop green and demonstrative supply chain hubs and to foster sustainable, resilient, and inclusive development. Heilongjiang is situated in the northeast PRC with a population of 38 million in a total area of 454,000 square kilometers (km2). The province has fertile soil, unpopulated black earth fields, and was the largest grain production base in the PRC in 2017 producing rice and soybean products. Heilongjiang has significant mineral and metal deposits, and mining has traditionally supported its economy. However, industries are shifting from mining and petrochemicals to manufacturing, food processing, tourism, and trade.

The proposed project will support green transformation of supply chain logistics, improve value chain integration for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and improve tourism facilities and services to promote realization of balanced, sustainable development in Heihe City and Suifenhe City, impacting the wider Heilongjiang Province. The project will also improve regional public goods by mitigating waterway pollution and increasing climate change resiliency. Together, these objectives promote realization of balanced, sustainable development in Heihe and Suifenhe, Heilongjiang Province.
Yunnan Sayu River Basin Rural Water Pollution Management and Eco-Compensation Demonstration Project The project will improve the
condition of water resources and the environment by (i) strengthening wastewater management
and pollution control with innovative technologies and arrangements; (ii) improving water
resources management with innovative information technologies; (iii) establishing ecocompensation mechanisms; and (iv) strengthening education, capacity, and public awareness for
water pollution management. The project is envisaged to (i) play a demonstrative role for rural
areas with water pollution; (ii) promote regional public goods by reversing the negative impacts of
pollution; and (iii) reduce the risk of future epidemics, which is strongly required after the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
New Energy Bus Leasing Project ADB will provide (i) a senior A loan of up to $100 million and (ii) a B loan of up to $200 million to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (BOCFL) for finance of green buses in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Shandong Groundwater Protection Project The proposed loan for the Shandong Groundwater Protection Project will contribute to ensuring sustained groundwater supply for the agricultural sector in the Weifang-Zibo area. The project will serve as a demonstration of an integrated approach for environmental restoration of overexploited groundwater aquifers through improving allocation of water resources, retention of storm water, and rehabilitating the water environment. The project will protect groundwater quantity and quality in the area, safeguard a sustainable groundwater source for the agricultural sector, and contribute to improving food security in the PRC.
Demonstration of Guangxi Elderly Care and Healthcare Integration and Public-Provtae Partnership Project The proposed project aims to support Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR) to promote, coordinate, and deliver integrated elderly care and health care services to provide continued care for those in need. It will serve as a demonstration for the People's Republic of China (PRC) of an integrated elderly care and health care system and will be the first project in GZAR to introduce internationally accepted public-private partnership (PPP) principles and standards in the elderly care sector.
Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF)-Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program [(previously known as Gansu Heihe Hydropower Development Project) Project 1] The Investment Program will finance the construction of 2 medium-sized hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Heihe river cascade hydropower development scheme. The Investmant Program's main impact will be to provide environmentally clean power supply in rural areas of the Gansu Province.
SMALL HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SMALL HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Project supports Sanchuan's expansion and capital expenditure plan to build, rehabilitate, expand, upgrade, privatize, and/or operate small-scale hydropower plants (HPPs), most of which are in the relatively underdeveloped central and western regions of the PRC. Proceeds from ADB financing will be applied by Sanchuan for the financing of its portfolio hydropower plants.