devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
Gansu Baiyin Integrated Urban Development Project Baiyin is a medium-sized city in Gansu province (Gansu), one of the 12 less-developed provinces and autonomous regions targeted under the Western Development Strategy of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city was originally established as a national copper mining base in the 1950s but its socioeconomic development suffered major setbacks after continuous copper exploitation and depletion, and environmental degradation. Since the Eleventh Five-Year Plan 2006-2010, Baiyin received special support from the national and provincial governments to jumpstart its industrial transformation.  The goal was to transform Baiyin from a resource-exhausted mining city into a new industrial center through technology upgrading and diversification of existing production chains, while achieving efficient use of resources and reducing adverse impacts on the environment. In 2008, the Gansu Baiyin Urban Development Project (Phase I project) was approved by ADB, providing timely assistance on urban road construction and district heating supply to support the initial stage of economic diversification in two urban centers - Baiyin district and Pingchuan district.

The project will invest in key urban infrastructure and services to: (i) provide efficient water service for drinking and industrial processing; (ii) provide wastewater treatment to improve water management, environment, and locals' quality of life; (iii) strengthen vocational education and training capacity; (iv) enhance road safety and traffic management in central urban district; and (v) enhance environmental management for industrial transformation. The main project area is located in the poverty-stricken Jingyuan county and includes one of the seven strategic industrial bases that comprise the Lanbai Core Economic Zone.  The project will further scale up the outcome of the Phase I project by accelerating environment-friendly and human-centered industrial transformation in eastern Baiyin urban area.

The impact of the project will be inclusive and environmentally sustainable urban development in Baiyin. The expected outcome will be accelerated industrial transformation and economic diversification in Baiyin. Project outputs include: (i) basic urban infrastructures in the eastern Baiyin urban area comprising: (a) a new water supply facility with treatment capacity of 85,000 cubic meter per day, a 16-kilometer (km) water transmission pipeline, a 68.8-km water distribution pipeline network and other related facilities; (b) a new wastewater treatment facility with treatment capacity of 40,000 cubic meter per day, a 74.4-km wastewater collection pipelines network and related facilities; (c) leveling of 4-km2 land with 5 new roads totaling 8 km; (ii) industrial training facility and related services to strengthen capacity building for local skilled/non-skilled workers in Jingyuan county; (iii) ITS in the Baiyin district; and (iv) project management and institutional capacity building, including effective project management, environmental management of the industrial area, and the sustainable operation and maintenance of project facilities.
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project The project is located in Yanji city, which faces challenges of poor urban livability and traffic management, exposure to climate-related flood risk, and risks to water security and safety. The project will provide multiple cross-benefits from an integrated solution provided to improve the urban livability of a medium-sized city, which is timely and essential to lessen the migration to the coastal mega-urban regions and to provide a demonstration project for replication in the PRC. It will contribute to (i) regional public goods of health and improved air and water quality, and (ii) revitalizing the economically challenged northeast area of the PRC.

The project will support the first bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in the northeast of the PRC and transform Yanji's urban geography. This will reinforce the east-west linear city arrangement through connecting key areas following principles of transit-oriented development (TOD) with higher density mixed-use and pedestrian-friendly center areas around the BRT stations. It will integrate nonmotorized transport (NMT) lanes and facilities along the corridor, and a series of small roads and river greenways will be provided to ensure safe and pleasant pedestrian and bicycle access to the BRT stations while promoting low-carbon urban mobility and physical activities that enhance public health. The project-supported greenways are designed as "sponge city" green infrastructure, enhancing climate resilience and urban livability. The project will improve the water supply and wastewater management systems to ensure safe and climate-resilient access to water supply and improved water quality. Capacity development will contribute to the preparation of action plans to demonstrate Yanji as a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and healthy city, contributing to the implementation of the Healthy China 2030 program,  and lessons and knowledge will be shared with other developing member countries.
Railway Energy Efficiency and Safety Enhancement Investment Program - Tranche 5 On 8 December 2009, ADB approved a multitranche financing facility (MFF) in the amount of $1.0 billion to the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the Railway Energy Efficiency and Safety Enhancement Investment Program from ADB's ordinary capital resources with interest determined in accordance with ADB's LIBOR-based lending facility and such other terms and conditions set forth in the related loan agreement. The Framework Financing Agreement (FFA) was signed between the PRC and ADB on 10 November 2009. The impact of the investment program will be an improved transport system in the southwestern region of the PRC that supports sustainable socioeconomic development. The outcome will be an energy-efficient, safe, reliable, affordable, and environment-friendly railway transport system developed in the region. The outputs of the investment program comprise (i) introduction of energy-efficient technologies and environment-friendly and safety equipment; (ii) integration and institutionalization of energy efficiency and environmental issues in railway management; (iii) safety and energy audits of a nominated railway administration; and (iv) capacity building support.
Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project The project will support the Tianjin municipal government (TMG) to implement green growth demonstration activities in the coastal areas surrounding the Hai River estuary that will contribute to a recycling economy. The proposal for Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing includes (i) wastewater management and pollution control, including the establishment of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and water reuse facilities along the south bank of the Hai River estuary; (ii) clean-up and reuse of contaminated sediment in the Hai River estuary area; (iii) ecosystem rehabilitation in the Hai River estuary area; (iv) establishment of an environmental monitoring and emergency response center (EMERC) in the Harboer Economic Area (HEA), formerly called the Harbor Industrial Park; and (v) prevention of storm-surge  disasters. A project preparatory technical assistance was provided [ADB. 2009. Technical Assistance to the People's Republic of China for the Hai River Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation. Manila (TA 7312-PRC, $700,000, approved on 14 July)].
Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region—Regional Emission-Reduction and Pollution-Control Facility The proposed project is the third in a multiyear, multisector Asian Development Bank (ADB) support program for air quality improvement in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region. The first loan, approved in 2015, focused on reforming policy and strengthening regulatory capacity in Hebei province.  The second loan, approved in 2016, targeted better access to finance, especially for small and medium sized-enterprises, to scale up investments in pollution-reduction projects in the region.  This third project will complement the previous projects and will directly help remove barriers to deploying high technologies that could reduce air pollution from industries, urban infrastructure, and agriculture.
PRC: Natural Gas for Land and River Transportation Project Air pollution continues to be a major environmental challenge in the PRC. Less than 1% of the 500 main cities in the PRC meet the air quality standards recommended by the World Health Organization.  Although industrial emissions have stabilized in the past few years, a rapid increase in vehicular traffic volumes has created a new threat in the form of vehicle and vessel emissions. This factor, as well as the technological developments inspired by successful cases in Europe, has created renewed interest in the application of both compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the transport sector, since heavily polluting fuels such as diesel can be replaced with natural gas, which produces no particulate matter, 25% less carbon dioxide, less than one-third as much nitrogen oxides, and 99% less sulfur dioxide than conventional fuel.

CNG is suitable for short-distance inner-city transportation and, therefore, can be used by cars, taxis, and buses. LNG has superior energy density and is more appropriate for long-distance transportation, such as long-distance trucking.  Furthermore, there is untapped potential for further greening transportation using LNG for inland waterway transport (IWT). The PRC has the world's largest IWT network, both in terms of length and freight volume. 

The proposed project is designed to facilitate the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel by building CNG and LNG refueling stations along long-distance land transportation corridors and IWT networks in the PRC that cross municipal and provincial boundaries. With the proposed facility, CGH plans to build and operate subprojects of 600 CNG and 200 LNG filling stations for land-based vehicle use and another 20 LNG filling stations for IWT vessel use during 2015-2018.
COVID-19: Far East Horizon Health Care Finance in Rural Areas for COVID-19 Response Project The project entails the Asian Development Bank (ADB) providing longer-tenor financing to Far  East  Horizon  Limited  (FEH) for lease finance offered through its wholly owned subsidiary, International Far Eastern Leasing Co., Limited (IFEL), to rural county public hospitals in the PRC. The loan will meet FEH’s funding  requirements  for  longer-term  funding,  support  health  care  finance  to  underserved segments,  improve  readiness  for  managing  coronavirus  disease  (COVID-19)  outbreaks,  and support gender-based violence (GBV) victims.
Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project The proposed Project is also in line with the key pillars of the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of PRC namely: (i) inclusive growth and balance development, (ii) resource efficiency and environmental sustainability, and (iii) enabling environment for private sector development.
Gansu Urban Infrastructure Development and Wetland Protection Project The proposed project will have the following three components: (i) Development of Road Infrastructure in Dingxi City, (ii) Development of Urban Infrastructure and Wetland Protection in Zhangye City, and (iii) Project Management and Capacity Development. The proposed project will contribute to economic growth of the cities through integrating efficient and rational urban development with environmental improvement and wetland restoration and protection. In addition to the urban infrastructure improvement, the project will (i) increase capacity of the local government agencies to design and implement urban infrastructure development projects integrated with environmental improvement components; (ii) improve technical, financial, and managerial efficiency of the city's water supply company; (iii) improve urban services pricing and subsidization policies; (iv) improve traffic safety, management, and functionality of road infrastructure; and (v) develop a gender action plan.
Rural Smart Wastewater Treatment Project Pollution exacerbates water scarcity in the PRC. The enormous volume of wastewater generated by rural areas - home to a half of the country's population - poses a major environmental threat to the country's rivers, lakes, and underground aquifers. In rural areas, less than 20% of wastewater was treated; the rest was discharged untreated into rivers and the lakes.  Furthermore, only 10% of rural wastewater treatment projects were properly maintained.  With most untreated wastewater flowing directly into the local surface water, the quality of local water sources has greatly deteriorated, often exceeding water quality limits specific to the source's water body.

The project will support Sound Global Ltd. to build and operate a series of small wastewater treatment plants and build the associated sewage trunk pipelines in rural areas across the PRC. The project involves the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of multiple wastewater treatment subprojects using the small multiple modular automatic rapid technologies (SMART) solution with capacity of up to 240,000 tons/day and construction of the associated trunk sewage pipeline networks by 2017.
Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project The project aims to promote environmentally sustainable and socioeconomically inclusive urban development in Jiuquan, Gansu province, by upgrading urban infrastructure and services. The project will support wastewater management, urban transport and utility facilities, windbreak plantation, and related services.
Sichuan Ziyang Inclusive Green Development Project The proposed loan to the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the Sichuan Ziyang Inclusive Green Development Project. The project will provide strategic and comprehensive support for the Ziyang Municipal Government (ZMG) to (i) improve the urban environment and livability of Ziyang Municipality (Ziyang), and (ii) shift to high-quality economic growth on a more inclusive green development path. The project is envisaged to play a demonstrative role for medium-sized cities with similar conditions in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB).

The project is aligned with the following impact: sustainable economic growth and environmental improvement in the YREB achieved (footnote 4). The project will have the following outcome: economic and environmental conditions in Ziyang and the SZHTDZ improved. The project will have three outputs: (i) Output 1: Ecological systems and environmental infrastructure constructed, (ii) Output 2: Facilities and programs to support the service industry broadened, and (iii) Output 3: Urban development planning and management capacity enhanced. The ZMG is the executing agency, and the SZHTDZ Administrative Committee and the Ziyang Municipal Education and Sports Bureau are the implementing agencies.
Jiangxi Pingxiang Integrated Rural-Urban Infrastructure Development The project will contribute to socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable, and competitive urban-rural development in Pingxiang municipality in Jiangxi Province. The project will be a model for integrated rural-urban development, by supporting towns and bringing services closer to people; combining flood risk management and environmentally sustainable river rehabilitation, improved wastewater management, and rural-urban transport; and developing institutional capacity to ensure project sustainability.
Xi'an Urban Road Network Improvement Project The project impact will be to ensure the city transport system can fulfill its essential enabling role in economic development by facilitating the movements of goods and people. By contributing to a comprehensive and holistic solution for integrated urban mobility and enhanced system management, the project will promote the sustainable economic growth of the city. The project outcome will be an efficient, safe and environmentally sustainable integrated urban transport system developed in Xi'an. The project includes five interlined outputs: (i) Output 1: road network improvements; (ii) Output 2: pedestrian crossing and safety improvements; (iii) Output 3: multimodal interchange facilities; (iv) Output 4: ITS and road user safety program; (v) Output 5: environment protection enhancement.
Shanxi Urban-Rural Water Source Protection and Environmental Demonstration Project The impact of the project will be improved quality of life and environmental sustainability in Zuoquan County. The outcome of the project will be improved and integrated river basin management in Zuoquan County. The project will include four outputs: (i) water source protection of the Qingzhang headwaters, (ii) Qingzhang River rehabilitation and integrated low-impact facilities, (iii) inclusive water supply and wastewater collection services, and (iv) strengthened institutional capacity.

Output 1 will support (i) re-vegetation around the Shixia Reservoir and planting of forest belt along two headwaters for about 12,800 hectares (ha); (ii) installation of the Shixia Reservoir spillway gates; (iii) construction of a flood-discharging and washout tunnel; and (iv) construction of five hydrological and water quality monitoring stations with telecommunication system in the Shixia Reservoir catchment.

Output 2 will support (i) dredging of selected sections of the Qingzhang River which are heavily silted (about 11.6 kilometers [km]); (ii) rehabilitation of the Qingzhang River, and construction of embankment (about 8.9 km); (iii) construction of wetland of about 35.35 ha  and associated river amenity facilities; and (iv) low-impact design (sponge city concept) for Binhe road expansion and stormwater drain installation.  

Output 3 will support (i) construction of 45.3-km raw water transmission pipelines and expansion of a pumping station; (ii) construction of 48.3-km water distribution pipelines and expansion of four pumping stations; (iii) replacement of 36.5-km existing water supply pipelines and construction of two rural domestic water treatment stations; (iv) expansion of the Zuoquan County wastewater treatment plant from 10,000 m3 per day to 15,000 m3 per day, with improvement of treatment technologies and renovation of some equipment; (v) construction of 4.97-km trunk sewers; (vi) replacement of 1.29-km existing main sewer pipelines; and reconstruction of four overflow manholes.

Output 4 will support institutional and capacity development for (i) project management; (ii) improvement of existing flood warning system; (iii) integrated urban-rural water supply, and (iv) action plan for sponge city design for new city district development.
Second Heilongjiang Road Network Development Project The project is located in the northwest of Heilongjiang province. It will improve the transport capacity of the province's East-West 2 corridor (Qiangfeng Farm-Nenjiang) by completing a key missing section between Yichun and Wudalianchi, improving the capacity of the existing road section between Longzhen and Nenjiang, and connecting these improved road sections to the other parts of the road network. This will complete the Yichun-Wudalianchi-Harbin tourism loop connecting prominent tourism destinations for forest tourism and geological scenery, and the provincial capital city. 
By optimizing the road alignment and shortening the travel distance by 400 km, the project will help to develop a more resource-efficient transport infrastructure with significantly reduced energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and road traffic accidents.
Jiangxi Shangrao Early Childhood Education Demonstration Program The project aims to improve access to quality three-year early childhood education (ECE), especially in rural areas by (i) increasing quality ECE facilities, especially in rural areas; (ii) improving pre- and in-service kindergarten teachers and principal training systems; and (iii) developing models and systems for improving and ensuring the quality of ECE, especially in rural areas. The project will be the first ECE project in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will facilitate access to knowledge and expertise in ECE pedagogy, quality assessments, and research. It will also add value by introducing digital technologies and solutions to enhance access to quality ECE, especially in rural areas, and strengthen institutional capacity and governance. Impact evaluation of specific ECE interventions on child progress and development, and possibly on women's labor force participation, is considered. ADB will further support, through innovative pilots and ECE research, the development of ECE knowledge base for other PRC provinces and ADB developing member countries as regional public goods. The project is aligned with ADB's country partnership strategy for the PRC, 2016-2020 and Strategy 2030.
Xinjiang Urban Transport and Environmental Improvement Project (formerly Xinjiang Urban Transport Infrastructure Development) The project will invest in urban infrastructure as well as efforts to strengthen urban governance, diversify inestment funding options, and promote the financial sustainability of local governments with the aim of developing productive, environmentally-sustainable and well-managed cities in Xinjiang.
Hunan Roads Development III The Project will help promote sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction in Hunan province and the project area.  It will achieve this by (i) enhancing road transport efficiency and safety; (ii) providing a link in the Changsha-Chongqing corridor, one of eight high-priority western corridors; and (iii) improving rural minority villages' access to income-generating opportunities and social services.  The Project involves (i) constructing a 64 km, access-controlled toll expressway from Jishou to Chadong, (ii) upgrading 129 km of local roads to improve access to 52 poor villages in the rural minority area, (iii) promoting private sector participation through an operation and maintenance concession, and (iv) strengthening the Hunan provincial government's capacity of construction, road safety, project monitoring and evaluation, and asset management and maintenance by means of consulting services and training.
Guizhou Rocky Desertification Area Water Management Project The project is aligned with the following impact: livelihoods of people living in rocky desertification areas improved (Guizhou Provincial Government. 2011. Guizhou Provincial Master Plan for Water Resources Development, Ecological Improvement, and Rocky Desertification Management. Guiyang). The project will have the following outcome: rocky desertification area reduced. The project will have two outputs: (i) water resources conserved and (ii) environment, ecology, and land productivity restored.
Solar Energy Finance Project A proposed loan of up to $70,000,000 (or its yuan equivalent) to Citic Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (CFL) for the Solar Energy Finance Project in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Tianzow Advanced Pig Breeding Stock Project The transaction involves a loan of up to $30 million equivalent in yuan (up to $15 million A loan and up to $15 million complementary loan) to finance the construction and operation of a modern pig breeding stock farm in Chongqing Municipality, PRC.