Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project

Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation (Guang'an) Demonstration Area Infrastructure Construction Project Funded by World Bank Loan – Social Impact Assessment Report

Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang’an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project

Social Impact Assessment Report

(Revised Draft)

People’s Government of Qianfeng District/Linshui County

July 2014

CONTENTS

CONTENTS 1

1 Basic Information of the Project 5

1.1 Background 5

1.2 Overview 5

1.3 Assessment Scope of Project Impact 8

1.3.1 Directly affected areas of the Project 8

1.3.2 Assessment scope of the report 8

2 Indicators and Survey for Social Impact Assessment 9

2.1 Social Impact Assessment Methods 9

2.2 Indicators for Social Impact Assessment 9

2.3 Survey and Identification for Social Impact Assessment 11

2.3.1 Scope of survey 11

2.3.2 Recognition and appeal of interest groups 15

2.4 Regional Social and Economic Development Status of the Project 23

2.4.1 Social and economic development status in the city of the Project 23

2.4.2 Social and economic development status in the districts and counties of the project 24

3 Analysis of Social Sustainability and Mutual Adaptability of the Project 30

3.1 Sustainability of Social Development of the Project 30

3.1.1 Economic sustainability 30

3.1.2 Social sustainability 30

3.1.3 Impact of the affected groups on the sustainability of the project 31

3.2 Analysis of Mutual Adaptability 32

3.2.1 Analysis of mutual adaptability by stakeholder 32

3.2.2 Analysis of Mutual adaptability with local social organizations and groups 34

3.2.3 Analysis of organizations and groups with local technical and cultural conditions 34

4. Social Impact and Measures Analysis 35

4.1 Summary of Positive and Negative Social Impacts 35

4.1.1 Positive impacts 35

4.1.2 Negative impacts 37

4.2 Impact on Resettled Persons of the Project 38

4.3 Economic Impact of the Project 38

4.3.1 Promote local economic development and enhance residents incomes 39

4.3.2 Attract enterprises settling upon completion of the Project, and provide job opportunities. 41

4.4 Improvement on Living Facilities and Service 43

4.4.1 Social conditions on living service in project area 43

4.4.2 Changes and impacts of the Project 44

4.5 Livelihood Recovery and Training on Agricultural Technologies 45

4.5.1 Applicable livelihood recovery plan of the Project 45

4.5.2 Training on agricultural technologies 45

4.5.3 Social impacts of training on agricultural technologies 49

4.6 Road Accessibility and Supporting Facilities 50

4.6.1 Traffic conditions 50

4.6.2 Current conditions on road traveling of residents 51

4.6.3 Public investigation opinions on roads and facilities 53

4.6.4 Improvement of road construction on traveling in project area 53

4.7 Psychological States of the Residents 54

4.7.1 Residents altitude to the Project 54

4.7.2 Social adaptability to identity transformation 54

4.8 40 percent Bottom Income Group 54

4.8.1 Review on development effects of Industrial Park at earlier stages 55

4.8.2 Analysis on impacts of the vulnerable groups in “40 percent Bottom Income Group” 59

4.9 Women’s Development and Benefit Status 62

4.9.1 Women’s development status in the project area 62

4.9.2 The Project provides opportunities for women’s development 65

5 Social Management Plan and Implementation 67

5.1 Optimum Proposal of Project Design 67

5.2 Compensation for Land Acquisition and Relocation 67

5.2.1 Compensation for land acquisition and relocation will be in strict accordance with legal procedure 67

5.2.2 Site selection for resettlement will take opinions of the public into consideration. 67

5.2.3 Providing multiple options 67

5.2.4 Shortening transitional period to the greatest extent 68

5.3 Mitigation Measures against Social Effects of the Project 68

5.3.1 Safety management at construction stage of the Project 68

5.3.2 Dust and noise control management at construction stage of the Project 69

5.3.3 Construction personnel management 70

5.3.4 Enhancement road safety management during the project operation 70

5.3.5 Public participation plan 71

5.4 Implementation of Social Management Plan 75

5.4.1 Responsibilities of PMO 75

5.4.2 Responsibilities of Functional Departments of Government 76

5.4.3 Responsibilities of primary-level organization and village/group cadres 78

5.4.4 The Contractor 78

5.4.5 Technical consultation agencies 79

6 Complaint and Grievance Mechanism 80

6.1 Method of Collecting Discontents and Complaints 80

6.2 Complaint and Grievance Procedures 81

6.3 Principles for Handling Complaints 81

6.4 Content and Method of Reply to Complaints 81

6.4.1 Reply content 81

6.4.2 Reply method 82

6.5 Recording, Tracking and Feedback of Complaints and Grievances 82

7 Monitoring on Implementation of Social Management Plan 83

7.1 Internal Monitoring 83

7.1.1 Purpose of internal monitoring 83

7.1.2 Method of internal monitoring 83

7.1.3 Content of internal monitoring 83

7.1.4 Internal monitoring cycle and report 84

7.2 External Monitoring 84

7.2.1 Subject of external monitoring 84

7.2.2 Purpose of external monitoring 84

7.2.3 Method and content of external monitoring 84

7.2.4 External monitoring cycle and report 84

8 Conclusions and Suggestions of Social Impact Assessment 85

8.1 Conclusions 85

8.2 Suggestions 85

8.2.1 Preliminary public participation and propaganda 85

8.2.2 Reduction of impact during the project construction 85

8.2.3 Reduction of impact of land acquisition and demolition 86

8.2.4 Improvement of management capacity of agencies during the project operation period 86

8.2.5 Enhancement of practicality of rural migrant worker training and mutual adaptability of enterprise 87

Annexes 88

Annex 1 Questionnaire on Public Opinion for Social Impact Assessment 88

Annex 2 Questionnaire in Villages/Groups for Social Impact Assessment 92

Annex 3 Supplementary Questionnaire for Social Impact Assessment 98

Annex 4 Main Statistical Results of Public Opinion Questionnaires 101

Annex 5 Assessment Report on Equipment Purchase List of Linshui Public Training Center 108

Annex 6 Attendance Table for Certain Meetings of Functional Departments and Village/Group Cadres 109

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Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation (Guang'an) Demonstration Area Infrastructure Construction Project Funded by World Bank Loan – Social Impact Assessment Report

1 Basic Information of the Project

1.1 Background

Guang’an Prefecture is located in the south-east of Sichuan Province on the border with Chongqing Municipality. Qianfeng District of Guang’an Prefecture, bordered by Huaying Mountains to the east and Huaying City to the south and bounded by Qujiang River to the west, is the youngest district-level administrative unit in Sichuan Province (by separating from Guangan District in 2013). Qianfeng District has one neighborhood committee, seven towns and five villages. In 2012, Qianfeng District had a registered total population of 364,000, permanent population of 250,000 and an urban population of 64,000 with an urbanization rate of 25.6 percent. Linshui County, located in the east of the Sichuan Basin and at the eastern foot of the Huaying Mountains is Sichuan’s closest county to Chongqing’s downtown area and Langjiang New Area. Linshui County includes 18 towns and 27 villages with a total population of 970,000, covers an area of 1,919.22km2, with a built up urban area of 14.28km2 and permanent urban population of 150,000.

China’s “11th Five Year Plan” states that Sichuan and Chongqing are to become new national growth poles, with Chongqing and Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan) being identified as a pilot area for urban-rural development. Based on this policy and the areas urbanization potential, a new development corridor is being established along the Chongqing- Guang’an- Dazhou Development Zone, which is a key area within the recently established Sichuan-Chongqing Economic Zone. Guang’an prefecture forms an important part of this development corridor and is a key part of this Chongqing- Guang’an- Dazhou Development Zone as it is within close proximity to Chongqing. It is expected that with further reforms and economic development in Chongqing there will be positive spillover effects and opportunities for Guang’an Prefecture. However, Guang’an currently is lagging behind in its urban infrastructure construction, which has begun to seriously hinder economic and social development. According to notices issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Finance (MOF), a World Bank loan is proposed to support the development of infrastructure services in Qianfeng District and Linshui County. The proposed project is titled the Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang'an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project.

The proposed Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation: Guang'an Demonstration Area Infrastructure Development Project will have a total investment of approximately CNY 1.5 billion, with CNY 642 million for Qianfeng District project and CNY 842 million for Linshui subproject.

1.2 Overview

The proposed Project has two subproject locations: Qianfeng District Town and Linshui County Town. In Qianfeng District there three construction works are proposed, namely roads, wastewater interceptors with (retroactive financing) and Luxi River landscape renovation works. The road construction includes three new roads (Industry Avenue, North Binhe Road and South Binhe Road) and ancillary works, with a total road length of 11.54km and width of 18-30m. For the wastewater interceptor construction, two new wastewater interceptors, with a length of 13,440m and diameter of d400~d1,200 are planned along the South and North Binhe Road including a planned cross road. Luxi River landscape renovation works refers to landscaping on both banks of the upstream area of Luxi River in Qianfeng District.

Linshui County subproject includes four activities, namely, roads construction, wastewater interceptors, incoming pipe and outflow pipe works for the wastewater treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant works as well as support (technical assistance and goods) to the Linshui County Public Training Center. This subproject includes the construction of 5 new roads, namely, Roads 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with total length of 11.64km and width of 16-40m; two wastewater interceptors along both sides of the Shiba River with a length of 13,066m and diameter of DN400-DN1,200; incoming pipe and outflow water discharge works for the waste water treatment plant with a the length and diameter of 1,800m and D800, and 2,650m and DN600 respectively; construction of new No. 3 Waste Water Treatment Plant in Linshui County with a short-term capacity of 4,500m³/d and the potential to be expanded to 10,000m³/d in the near future; support to Linshui Vocation School to develop their Public Training Center through surveys of enterprise demand, training of managers and teachers, improving and implementing training courses, developing materials and purchasing technical training equipment. All project details are shown in Table 1-1:

Table 1-1 Project Overview

1.3 Assessment Scope of Project Impact

1.3.1 Directly affected areas of the Project

The directly affected areas of the Project refer to the following 18 villages: Longzhen Village and Jijian Village in Qianfeng Town of Qianfeng District, Chunlei Village, Jingwan Village, Xinqiao Village, Yongxing Village, Suzhai Village and Eli Village of Xinqiao Township, Poshi Village, Wenxing Village, Dafosi Village, Wucha Village, Zhengjia Village, Paifang Village and Xinhe Village in Chengnan Town, Yun’an Village of Xitian Township and Mahe Village of Moujia Town of Linshui County.

1.3.2 Assessment scope of the report

The assessment scope of the report is not only the land acquisition and demolition area of the directly affected area, but also the area covering the whole Linshui Industrial Park (including already developed areas and areas to be developed) and the project area of Qianfeng District.

2 Indicators and Survey for Social Impact Assessment

The Project social impact assessment refers to the comprehensive assessment of the projects social impacts, focusing on the interests of individuals and groups, methods for mitigating possible negative impacts and for reducing social issues. The goal is to take social impacts into account during planning and implementation to help realize social interest objectives.

This social impact assessment focuses on analyzing the Project from the basis of local social and cultural characteristics, implementation methods for local area development and emphasizing key groups and public participation.

2.1 Social Impact Assessment Methods

In general, the most commonly used comprehensive methods in social impact assessment include the “Basic Problem Method”, “No-Action Alternative Method” and “Logical Framework Approach”.

Basic Problem Method aims to combine the social assessment, plan and development to seek a balance between research and action. The main feature of this approach is “Problem Orientation” and involves focusing the research around the main social problems.