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Country Strategy and Program Update 2007-2008: People's Republic of China : II. Implementation of the Country Strategy and Program

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C. Highlights in Coordination of External Funding and Partnership Arrangements

21. The typical strategic focus of other development partners are poverty, governance, environment, and balanced regional development. These common interests are the basis for partnership and collaboration. The ADB Resident Mission in the PRC (PRCM) has helped to promote coordination, including regular meetings of an informal development partners group¹² and roundtable meetings on subjects like the environment, governance, law, and energy. The resident mission participates in meetings and seminars, disseminates information on ADB operations, and exchanges information on projects funded by development agencies and their respective country strategies.

22. ADB and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom have supported poverty reduction in the PRC through the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund. By the end of 2005, 17 TA projects had been approved for a total of $9.21 million. With GEF, ADB is a leader among partner agencies including the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development in combating land degradation in the PRC. In 2005, GEF funded $12.14 million for the Sanjiang Wetlands Protection Project. In 2006, ADB initiated the project preparatory TA of the first demonstrative project under the Partnership in Ningxia for integrated ecosystem development. ADB is collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme to support a biodiversity management project in the Shaanxi Qinling Mountain, using cofinancing from GEF. ADB will continue exploring collaboration with other development partners.

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