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PRC and ADB: A Strong Partnership

Today, the PRC and ADB share the goal of reducing poverty in the central and western provinces by improving infrastructure, addressing environmental problems, and promoting good governance.

Here’s how.


Poverty Reduction 
The PRC and ADB maintain a strong and growing partnership… working together to reduce poverty.

Infrastructure 
An ADB-assisted project focuses on building bridges – and lives – in Pudong. Find out how these bridges bring boom.

Railways 
A new railway and supporting roads have become a lifeline for one of PRC’s poorest regions – a sign that plans for development are on the right track.

Road Safety 
The PRC's economic growth means vehicle and population growth -- but with ADB's assistance, the counry's traffic management and road transport systems are on the road to development.

Roads 
A four-lane highway in Dali City, Yunnan Province makes travelling – and economic growth – faster…opening the road to prosperity.

Air Quality 
Since the promotion of natural gas use for cooking, the air quality in Tongchuan, dubbed “Coal City”, has improved -- and its people are finally, breathing easy.

Vehicle Emissions 
The PRC and ADB are working together to address the issues and problems of vehicle emissions and start clearing the air.

Water 
How do you revive a smelly, heavy polluted river and promote a clean creek?

Environment 
Today, Gansu Province is threatened by an encroaching desert and overexploitation of limited water resources. Learn how its people are battling the desert.

Clean Air 
Vehicle emissions – and cases of lung ailments – in Chongqing, PRC is reduced by promoting a campaign against smoke-belching vehicles and making polluters pay.

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