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XW Bank Loan The proposed investment is a 3-year local currency facility of up to US$150 million equivalent to XW Bank in China (XW Bank, or the Bank), dedicated to support women-owned very small, small & medium enterprises (WVSMEs). The proposed IFC financing aims to support XW Bank to grow its digital green lending to WVSMEs for up to 50% of the loan (US$75 million equivalent in RMB). Stakeholder effects  Increased access to finance and green finance for WVSMEs: IFC anticipates that this project will increase access to finance for WVSMEs to support their business operations and growth. IFC expects this project to provide green finance for WMSMEs primarily for green transportation, including electric vehicles, climate-smart agriculture, energy-efficient appliance, and climate-related insurance. IFC also anticipates the Project will reduce GHG emissions by [13,738] tCO2e/yr.  
Market Creation - Competitiveness: The proposed Project will increase access to finance for MSMEs by demonstrating the viability and supporting the scaling up of lending to underserved segments through digital solutions. Currently, MSMEs, especially segments like WVSMEs, including those in lower-tier cities and counties of the country, are not readily served by the traditional and larger banks due to higher perceived risk. With optimized digital lending, XW Bank can acquire large numbers of underserved WVSMEs with very low marginal costs and demonstrate that digital solutions could be a viable and profitable way to address the access to finance needs of MSMEs. IFC anticipates that the market will see more traditional banks adopt digital solutions to increase the access to finance for WVSMEs.
QDJason Electric Established in 2001, Qingdao Jason Electric Co (QD Jason or the Company) develops technology and application products for deep ultraviolet (DUV) LEDs, a growing niche segment of the LED market. QD Jason focuses on emitters outside the visible spectrum, the deep ultra violet spectrum. At these wavelengths, the ultraviolet LED is especially suitable for disrupting the replication of DNA and other reproductive molecules in harmful bacteria, which have significant potential in applications such as air and water purification, medical equipment sterilization.   The funds raised will be deployed to expand manufacturing facilities, develop sales and marketing, and expand product offerings and application portfolio. - Technology development: Support the development and application of a specialized LED technology that could transform the way the world approaches sterilization and sanitation, Four million people die every year from waterborne diseases. The vast majority of them live in developing countries. DUV LED presents a non-chemical, low energy use (energy efficient), and non toxic (non mercury) alternative to sanitation. - Employment: as the Company continues to expand, it is expected to create additional employment opportunities, both in manufacturing of LED chips and more importantly, help to create a generation of experts in China with deep specialized knowledge in a niche market.  - Environmental improvements and climate change mitigation: the Project supports the development of a technology that will have an important impact on CO2 reduction as well as through the replacement of toxic mercury arc lamps.
Best Logistics The Project is to support the equity capital increase of Best Logistics Technologies Limited (Best Logistics, or the Company), a private provider of express, less-than-truckload (LTL) freight, and supply chain management services focused on e-commerce, to finance the Companys growth plan prior to a future IPO.  Best Logistics was established in 2007, and entered into the express and LTL freight industry in 2010 and 2012 respectively. The Companys logistics service covers all geographical regions in China with an operation network including around 400 distribution centers and 1 million square meters warehouses.  Best Express handles around 6 million parcels per day on average.  Best Freight transports and delivers around 6,400 tons per day on average. Best Supply Chain provides 3PL supply chain management service to around 200 business customers. In addition to the three major business units mentioned above, the Company also provides financing for supply chain vendors (Best Capital), provides cross-border e-commerce logistics services (Best Global), and last-mile community services (Best Store), to enable the growth of its ecosystem and improve efficiency of logistics services. 1) Increased access to quality service: Best Logistics helps provide customers and vendors with access to quality and reliable logistics services. It also helps SME companies grow their businesses through its logistics network and ecosystem.  2) Job creation: As the Company expands its operation nationwide under the direct ownership and franchise model, it helps create jobs (deliverymen, warehouse staff, etc.) in the country.  3) Contribution to industry efficiency: By adopting innovative technologies and modern infrastructure, the Company helps improve efficiency and reduce costs of logistics services in China.
SinoGreen Fund SinoGreen Fund L.P., (SinoGreen or the Fund), a Cayman Island exempted limited partnership, is an eight-year private equity fund seeking to raise $150 million to invest in the cleantech sector in China.  The Fund will invest in early- and growth- stage companies focusing on renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleaner transportation, non-energy related climate change mitigation technologies and other technologies that have direct contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. IFC''s investment in the Fund is expected to have the following quantifiable development impact: (i)	Reduction of GHGs through adoption of clean technologies and more environmentally sustainable practices: indicated by potential reduction of CO2 emissions directly and indirectly by the Fund''s investees; (ii)	Private sector development: indicated by improved revenue and profitability of the Fund''s investees; (iii)	Economic sustainability: demonstrated through the Fund''s ability to help its investees grow sustainably and generate employment growth faster than the national average; (iv)	Financial success: evidenced by the Fund''s investment return (net IRR) and the Manager''s ability to raise successor fund.
Hollysys Project IFC is considering to invest up to US$20 million convertible loan (C Loan) in Hollysys Automation Technologies Limited (Hollysys or the Company). The proceeds will be used to strengthen the Companys capital structure. 1) Industry upgrade for better productivity and quality: The successful implementation of the Project will help China to upgrade its industry for better quality products with increased productivity by adopting more automation systems in the production process., helping address increasing wage costs.  2) Access to better infrastructure: The Project will increase assess to better infrastructure, namely high speed rail (HSR), at lower cost for the mass population.  3) Employment generation: The Project is expected to create employment opportunities both direct and indirect employment along the value chain.  4) Energy saving and environment protection: The project will also promote energy saving and environment protection in China as automation systems will help to increase energy utilization and reduce emissions.
Yuwell Project Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co., Ltd. (Yuwell or the Company), a Chinese medical device manufacturer listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is planning to expand production capacity of life-saving products such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the Project). Project-level: (i) increase access to quality and affordable medical equipment; and (ii) create employment opportunities and economic linkages with additional gross value added.
Market creation: enhance resilience of healthcare supply chains in emerging markets.
DMK-Haihui Project HiSoft Technology International Limited (HiSoft or DMK or the company) is one of the leading enterprise and software development outsourcing companies in the Peoples Republic of China (China).  The company is one of the few large Chinese software companies that services the Japan market due to its close geographical proximity and the large proportion of Japanese speakers in the city of Dalian.  The company intends to diversify its major markets away from Japan and to increase market share in the US market.

The company was founded in November 1996 and its shareholders include institutional names like China Hualu and Haida Shipping as well as management and the employees.  In August 2004, the company announced a $20million equity financing package with Jafco Asia, Intel Capital and Granite Global.  IFC is looking to contribute up to $4million in this financing.

The funds raised from this round of financing will be deployed to grow the companys market share in Japan as well as build the companys presence in the US market.
North Andre Yantai North Andre Juice Co., Ltd. (North Andre or the company) is one of Chinas leading producers and exporters of apple juice concentrate (AJC).  Established in 1996, North Andre has become a major global AJC participant with total processing capacity in excess of 150,000 tons per season.  Its net sales rose about 55% in 2003 to $44.0 million and based on year-to-day figures continue to grow robustly in 2004.  North Andre is listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

North Andre has been pursuing an expansion and diversification business strategy within the apple juice and related-products sector.  It upgraded and/or expanded plants in the following provinces:  Shannxi, Shandong (two plants), and Jiangsu.
CHUEE SME SPDB IFC is in discussion with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) to enter into a risk sharing facility (RSF or the Project). This would be the first phase of CHUEE SME under which IFC intends to support energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) projects with small and medium enterprises (SME) in China through IFC RSFs with local financial institutions.  In this proposed project, IFC would take credit risk in a loan portfolio to be originated and funded by SPDB. The Project is expected to receive support from the Global Environment Facility. (i)	Environmental benefit: Annual reduction of 267,000 tCO2/year during 2015 to 2018
(ii)	SME access to finance: At least a total of 35 eligible loans will be disbursed by the end of 2014 from a baseline of zero loans as of December 2010
(iii)	 Demonstration effect: Encouraging the Chinese government at both central and local levels to participate in future public private partnership initiatives of this type; and 
(iv)	Capacity building: Promoting the development of industry specific loan underwriting criteria and improved risk management practices.
Nanjing City Commercial Bank NCCB was established in 1996 through a merger of 40 existing urban credit cooperatives in Nanjing which were owned primarily by private and collective enterprises and individual citizens.  It is a fully-licensed regional commercial bank providing a broad range of banking and related financial services.  The mandate of NCCB is to support the rapidly-growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nanjing, most of which are privately and collectively owned.  Therefore, SMEs currently account for about 90% of NCCB''s total loan portfolio.    The proposed project is intended to strengthen NCCB''s capital base and assist the bank in its efforts to improve corporate governance, adopt international banking best practices, and become one of the best-managed commercial banks in China for emulation by other Chinese banks.  IFC is already providing a technical assistance project to NCCB, which will be continued after IFC becomes a shareholder. The project would also help extend IFC''s reach to assist the rapidly-growing SMEs and private enterprises in China.    At the moment, the Chinese domestic banks are still not open to foreign investment, so the proposed IFC investment in NCCB is subject to approval by the Chinese government.  In this context, the proposed project will enable IFC to play an important role to promote the liberalization and opening-up of China''s banking sector for foreign investment in the future.
CHUEE SME BOB IFC is in discussion with Bank of Beijing (BOB or the Bank) to enter into an unfunded risk sharing facility (RSF) to support energy efficiency (EE), renewable energy (RE) and water efficiency (WE) projects with small and medium enterprises (SME) in China (the Project, or CHUEE SME BOB). In this proposed Project, IFC would take credit risk in a loan portfolio to be originated and funded by the Bank. The Project is expected to receive support from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and Chinese Central Government. (i)	Environmental benefit:  Upon full ramp-up for the Project, 233,000 tons of CO2 emission and 600,000 cubic meters of water is estimated to be reduced per year;   (ii)	SME access to finance:  Upon full ramp-up for the Project, at least 44 SME borrowers will be financed.    (iii)	Demonstration effect: 1) encourage governments to participate in future public private partnership initiatives of this type, within and beyond China; 2) generate a broader market impact and demonstrate the viability of energy efficiency and water efficiency projects; and 3) catalyze financial institutions to offer sustainable energy/water financing to SMEs;  (iv)  Capacity building: (1) promote the improvement of industry-specific loan underwriting process/procedure and strengthen risk management practices; and (2) increase the Bank''s capacity to analyze and finance energy/water efficiency projects;
Stora China III The Project is to build plantation-based integrated board and pulp mills at Beihai city in Guangxi, southern China. The mill will initially include a 450,000 tons per year state-of-the-art paperboard machine and pulp capacity of 900,000 tons per year, including necessary energy plant and auxiliary facilities. The project will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase of investment being the state-of-the-art paperboard machine and an integrated bleached chemical thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) mill. Following the completion of the first phase the second investment phase will comprise a kraft pulp production line. The board and pulp mills will be integrated with wood supply from self-managed eucalyptus plantations. The project currently operates 90,000 hectares of land and will continue to develop its plantation base until the conclusion of Phase II, with a possibility for expansion through further land leasing. The Project will serve the fast-growing market for liquid packaging board and other premium consumer board grades.  The Project is subject to regulatory approvals, the signing of final documentation and other customary conditions precedent. Construction at the industrial site will commence when the mentioned preconditions have been fulfilled, which is expected to occur latest in the beginning of 2014. Production of board is estimated to start early 2016. Stora Enso Pulp & Paper Asia AB (the Company), an existing holding company domiciled in Sweden, will implement the Project through three subsidiaries: two sino-foreign joint venture companies with 85% ownership by the Company and 15% ownership by Guangxi Forestry Group Co. Ltd., a state-owned company under the Guangxi provincial government; the third is the existing Guangxi Stora Enso Forestry Co., Ltd., to be reincorporated as a sino-foreign joint venture company with 95% ownership by the Company and 5% ownership by Beihai Forestry Investment & Development Company Ltd., a state-owned company under Beihai city government. - Contribute to the development of Guangxi, an underdeveloped region in China, by creating jobs, improving plantation productivity and processing wood raw material wood into high-value products. - Mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration - Contribute to continuous modernization of pulp & paper industry in China.  - Introduction of safe and productive harvesting and silvicultural operations in China - Promote sustainable forest management. - Provide linkage to farmers by supplying high-yield seedlings, plantation establishment knowledge, renting land and sourcing various products and services from farmers.  - Contribute to food safety through full product traceability and supply of high quality liquid food packaging materials.
China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program The proposed China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program (the Program) entails an IFC investment of up to RMB 405 million (approximately US $50 million at todays exchange rate), in Risk Sharing Facilities (RSF) for 2-3 participating commercial banks in China to support up to RMB 932 million (approximately US $115 million equivalent at todays exchange rate) energy efficiency (EE) equipment loans, mostly to small-and-medium sized energy users.    The Program has three key developmental objectives:   - Pro-active engagement with IFC portfolio and non portfolio banks in China to improve current lending and risk management practices and;   - Development of SME lending capacities of IFCs portfolio and non-portfolio banks;  - Promotion of the energy efficiency equipment financing market.  The Program is expected to be partially funded by a grant of US$16.5 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and a US $3.0 million from Finlands Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).  A large portion of the GEF funds, between US$10.0 to US$11.5 million will be used to cover IFCs RSF liabilities.      IFCs exposure on its own account will be up to RMB 312 million on the second loss risk sharing position, calculated at todays exchange rates.  The balance of GEF funding, plus the MTI bilateral donor funding, will be used primarily for engineering services, technical advisory and program management activities.      The Program will be implemented by IFCs Financial Markets Department (CGF), the Environmental Finance Group (EFG), and the China Project Development Facility (CPDF) through IFCs Beijing office.
Muyuan Loan 2 Muyuan Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Muyuan Foodstuff) is a pig breeder and hog producer located in China. IFCs proposed loan investment of $20M will primarily support the development of a Project of the Company with annual production capacity of 400,000 hogs. Upon completion, this Project would expand further the Companys hog production. Employment: The Company''s operations are located in western Henan Province - a frontier region in China. It provides stable employment opportunities for around 1200 staff, including 400 female employees. Farmers reached: Currently, about 24,000 rural households supply the Company with raw materials such as corn, barley and silage. SMEs reached: The Company sells its breeds to about 1,200 rural pig farms for further fattening for sale to market. Food Safety: The Chinese hog sector is still very fragmented, leading to poor hygiene standards, inadequate bio-security, poor nutrition, and over-use of antibiotics. By creating a larger enterprise with greater focus on efficiency and food safety, the Company supports the improvement of breeding techniques, quality standards as well as the production efficiency of the industry. Renewable energy/waste management practices: The Company''s on-going project to collect and treat the waste from farms to generate electricity for the farms contributes to reducing GHG emissions. Frontier region development: The Project will help the development of Hubei, a frontier province ranking 13th in China in terms of GDP per capita.
Principle IV The proposed project is for an equity investment of up to $30 million in Principle Capital Fund IV L.P. (the Fund), a 10 year closed-end generalist private equity fund targeting fast-growing mid-market companies in China. The Fund is seeking to raise $350 million total committed capital The Fund is expected to have strong development impact through: (i) Implementing best practice ESG at investee companies; (ii) Creating jobs and contributing to economic growth of lower tier cities in China; and (iii) Improving investees' operational, financial and governance.
Jiangxi Tianren Ecology Co., Ltd Jiangxi Tianren Ecology Co., Ltd (TianRen or the Company) is one of the leading fungus based pesticides producer in China, located in the south of Jiangxi Province. TianRen has been engaging in the research and development, production, sales and technical service for a variety of fungal pesticides products since 2002.   Beauveria bassiana (Bb) and Metarhizium anisopliae (Ma) are the major products of Tianren. Currently TianRen has an annual capacity of 1,800 tons Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API ) and is working on expanding its fungal pesticides capacity by another 1,800 tons per annum (tpa) to build up a larger supply base and strengthen its service capacity both in the air and on the land during 2012  2014 (the project). i)	Crop protection and strengthen supply: IFC''s finance to the Project is expected to help securing supply of bio-pesticides to agricultural users with consideration on environment and health;  ii)	Forest protection: IFC''s support is expected to help the Company to supply more products and provide needed spray service for forest protection;  iii)	Job creation in frontier region in China: The Project will create more than a hundred of new job position in JiAn, Jiangxi Province, a frontier region in China.
Long Hill Project Long Hill Capital Venture Partners 1 LP (Long Hill or the Fund) is a venture capital fund which focuses on health and consumption services investments in China. The Fund aims to provide capital to early stage services-oriented companies. IFC would be investing in the Fund with established institutional investors. (1) Private sector development: The Fund will help support the growth of the venture capital and private equity industry in China, and potentially support the expansion of Chinese companies, especially in health services and consumer sectors. (2) Improved outcome in healthcare services in China: The Fund will invest ~75% of its capital in healthcare services and help the Chinese population reach more adequate and higher quality care. (3) Financial Success: Evidenced by the Fund's investment return (net IRR) and the Manager's ability to raise successor fund.
Muyuan ASF Project The proposed IFC investment is an A loan of up to CNY1 billion (approximately US$150 million equivalent) to six operating subsidiaries of Muyuan Foods Co., Ltd. (Muyuan or the Company) to help finance the construction of 10 new pig farms that are primarily in frontier regions of China (the Project). At the project level, IFC anticipates that the Project will generate positive impact on consumers from the provision of safe pork at the time of severe supply shortage as well as implementation of advanced biosecurity procedures at the new pig farms. At the market level, IFC anticipates that the Project will help promote market resilience through improvement of biosecurity and disease management, both by supporting industry consolidation and disseminating best practices among smaller players.
GuiYang HuoCheBang HuoCheBang is a China-based, nation-wide, long haul logistics B2B platform. It brings together cargo shippers and truck drivers through its online load board to improve efficiency in the Chinese long haul logistics industry, and increases income while lowering cost for truck drivers and providing additional services. 1) Increased access to quality service: HuoCheBang helps provide cargo shippers and truck drivers with higher quality value-added services through the creation of a more transparent market.  2) Efficiency Improvement: Improving the efficiency of China''s freight logistics market by reducing (a) vacancy for trucks; (b) average number of days for truck drivers to find the next load; (c) intermediary cost  3) Additional Income for truck drivers: Enabling additional income for truck drivers and reducing shipping costs for shippers who can grow their businesses through HuoCheBang''s logistic network and ecosystem.