China, People's Republic of : Hunan Flood Management Sector Project
The project supported the People's Republic of China's (PRC) and the Hunan Provincial Government's (HnPG) policies and plans for flood protection investments. Since 2000, the Ministry of Water Resources had been changing its policy and strategy from a flood-control approach to a river basin-based integrated flood management approach. The policy shift was economically and environmentally sustainable and aimed to be socially inclusive. The project supported the implementation of an area and time slice of Hunan's integrated flood-control program under the Hunan Provincial 11th and 12th Five-Year Planx (2006-2010, 2011-2015), focusing on a comprehensive framework for flood control, management, and forecasting in the four mountainous river basins-Lishui, Xiangjiang, Yuanjiang, and Zishui. Flood protection works was constructed for up to 35 subprojects. Nonstructural measures were developed to strengthen hydrological monitoring, improve flood forecasting, and enhance flood warning systems.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Kobayashi, Yoshiaki
East Asia Department
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China, People's Republic of -
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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Project Name | Hunan Flood Management Sector Project | ||||||||||||
Project Number | 37641-013 | ||||||||||||
Country / Economy | China, People's Republic of |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural flood protection - Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development |
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Gender | No gender elements | ||||||||||||
Description | The project supported the People's Republic of China's (PRC) and the Hunan Provincial Government's (HnPG) policies and plans for flood protection investments. Since 2000, the Ministry of Water Resources had been changing its policy and strategy from a flood-control approach to a river basin-based integrated flood management approach. The policy shift was economically and environmentally sustainable and aimed to be socially inclusive. The project supported the implementation of an area and time slice of Hunan's integrated flood-control program under the Hunan Provincial 11th and 12th Five-Year Planx (2006-2010, 2011-2015), focusing on a comprehensive framework for flood control, management, and forecasting in the four mountainous river basins-Lishui, Xiangjiang, Yuanjiang, and Zishui. Flood protection works was constructed for up to 35 subprojects. Nonstructural measures were developed to strengthen hydrological monitoring, improve flood forecasting, and enhance flood warning systems. An advisory technical assistance (TA) was provided to support sustainable flood management by assisting the Provincial Water Resources Department (PWRD) to plan and assess nonstructural aspects of flood management and strengthen capacity in plan implementation. | ||||||||||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Many cities and industrial centers in the PRC are adjacent to major rivers, resulting in a high proportion of the country's economic activity being at risk from periodic floods. Major floods and poor drainage (waterlogging) are the most frequent and severe form of natural hazard in the PRC. Floods were a recurrent natural hazard in Hunan Province. They were localized in the four main rivers and their tributaries, or they occurred through cumulative effects on the Dongting Lake area. The Lishui, Xiangjiang, Yuanjiang, and Zishui rivers drain a total area of 179,000 square kilometers (km2) (84% of the provincial area), and are home to 56.4 million people, or 84% of the provincial population. Improved management and control of floods in the middle and upper reaches of Hunan's four main mountainous river basins was considered urgent to secure economic growth and development in Hunan. Reflecting a recent strategic shift, HnPG's flood management efforts under the Hunan Provincial 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans combined flood-control engineering measures with nonstructural flood management, forecasting, and emergency response systems in the four mountainous river basins and their flood-prone municipal and county-level cities. This was deemed to be a more cost-effective approach to public investment in flood protection and management. | ||||||||||||
Impact | Sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic growth in flood-prone areas of Hunan Province achieved. |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Improved flood protection for strategic and priority flood-prone areas in the upper reaches of the four main river basins in Hunan Province. |
Progress Toward Outcome | 385.6 km of embankments and anti-flood walls were completed, contributing reduction of direct economic losses from floods and waterlogging and disaster relief costs. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Nonstructural flood management systems: operational flood warning and management systems for up to 35 municipalities and counties linked to the provincial flood warning and management system. Structural flood protection, resettlement, and environment management: flood protection works are completed in priority locations as part of Hunan's River Basin Flood Control Plan and the 11th Hunan Provincial Five-Year Plan and in compliance with PRC regulations and Asian Development Bank (ADB) safeguard policies. Project management and capacity building: operational and strengthened project management and monitoring systems. Flood management sector planning: selected sector assessments and planning to support development of integrated flood management plans (grant financed through the advisory technical assistance). |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Flood warning and management systems were established. Flood warning and management systems were established. 385.6 km of embankments and anti-flood walls were completed for 35 subprojects improving the flood control level. 13,427 people were relocated. Satisfaction level of relocated persons was restored to pre-resettlement levels in terms of income and livelihood based on the resettlement plans. LPMOs reported as requested. PPMS including the format of quarterly project progress reports and framework for data collection and monitoring was established. Basin-wide flood warning system development needs were assessed. Feasibility of providing flood insurance to rural and urban people in Hunan was assessed. Recommendation of further ways to strengthen capacity within Hunan Provincial Water Resources Department to prepare annual plans and manage development activities for the Project was made. |
Geographical Location | Baojing County, Chenxi County, Chenzhou City, Cili County, Fenghuang County, Hengyang County, Hengyang Hengyang City, Huaihua City, Jianghua County, Jiangyong County, Jishou City, Leiyang City, Lengshuijiang City, Lianyuan, Liling City, Loudi City, Luxi County, Ningyuan County, Qiyang County, Sangzhi County, Shaoyang City, Shimen County, Shodong County, Shuangfeng County, Wugang City, Xinhua County, Xintian County, Xupu County, Yongzhou City, Youxian County, Zhongfang County, Zhuzhou City, Zhuzhou County, Ziangtan City |
Safeguard Categories | |
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Environment | B |
Involuntary Resettlement | A |
Indigenous Peoples | A |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | Flood protection works involved physical changes to riverbanks to protect flood-prone areas, and to material source sites needed to construct dikes and provide river bank or dike stabilization. The project was classified as Category B by ADB. To address environmental impact concerns, an initial environmental evaluation (IEE) was prepared for each of the 35 subproject locations. Cumulative downriver effects of flood works were not expected but were cross-analyzed and monitored. Consolidated or project-wide environmental reports were prepared, including a consolidated IEE, a consolidated summary IEE and a consolidated environment management plan (CEMP). These reports outline the mitigation, monitoring, and institutional measures that needed to be taken during project implementation, and the actions needed to implement semiannual monitoring and reporting to ADB of these measures. The total estimated cost for implementation of environment management plans for all subprojects was $13.5 million and was included in the project costs. |
Involuntary Resettlement | Structural works required the resettlement of some rural and urban residents. The 35 subprojects affected up to 101 townships (towns or subdistricts) and 352 villages or urban residential committees. Up to 710.7 hectares (ha) of land was parmanently acquired. The acquisition of farmland left affected persons in need of full economic rehabilitation. The majority of rural people who lost land and property were reabsorbed into their villages through a land-reallocation process. Compensation measures were in place to cover losses. Urban residents were relocated to areas close to their current locations or, if agreeable, to new development areas within the city. The approach for each subproject depended on community discussions, available options, compensation levels, and individuals' consent to be resettled. The RPs were prepared for all 35 subprojects. In the subprojects where the affected persons included ethnic minorities, resettlement required additional measures. The resettlement framework was been also prepared. Internal monitoring was carried out by the PPMO and LPMOs. The EA carried out internal and external monitoring during RP implementation to ensure compensation measures met PRC regulations and ADB policies. External monitoring and evaluation was assigned to qualified independent monitoring agencies. The PPMO reported to ADB on land acquisition and resettlement in quarterly progress reports. External monitoring reports were submitted to ADB and the PPMO twice per year during resettlement implementation. Prior to the completion of the project, the PPMO prepared and submitted to ADB a comprehensive resettlement completion report included in the project completion report. |
Indigenous Peoples | For subprojects located in counties with indigenous peoples, there were some impact on ethnic minority groups. The project had mostly positive impacts on local and ethnic minorities who were not affected by land acquisition and resettlement. However, flood protection works that required resettlement of ethnic minorities required measures that considered the needs of minorities. Provisions for mitigation measures were included in the resettlement plan. The plan ensured that ethnic minorities adversely affected by resettlement benefitted from the project. PRC policies and programs for ethnic minorities further enhanced project benefits for ethnic minority groups. Among the 35 subprojects, 9 are located in predominantly ethnic minority counties. Nine ethnic minority development plans and an ethnic minority development framework were prepared. |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Stakeholder analysis was conducted during project preparation. Based on interviews with officials and business representatives, informal discussions among affected people, and sample surveys among benefited households, both positive benefits and negative impacts of the Project were identified. In accordance with the ADB guidelines for poverty and social issues, the social assessment examined the basic interests of vulnerable groups in the project-protected areas, including urban and rural poor, women, and minorities. Through extensive consultation with the stakeholders, and with the promotion of pro-poor, pro-minority, and gender-sensitive approaches, the social assessment led to a range of proposed activities that maximized the benefits and minimized the negative impacts of the project. These activities were summarized, and recommendations outlined, in the resettlement plans, ethnic minority development plan, and environment management plans for subprojects. To minimize negative impacts of the Project, increase social benefits for the local communities, and enhance poverty reduction impacts, the project developed a social action plan. The social action plan provided an overall framework to address mitigation measures within the resettlement plans, ethnic minority development plans, and environment plans for the project. |
During Project Implementation | To minimize negative impacts of the project, increase social benefits for the local communities, and enhance poverty reduction impacts, the project developed a social action plan. The social action plan provided an overall framework to address mitigation measures within the resettlement plans, ethnic minority development plans, and environment plans for the project. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | The EA estimated that 69 person-months of domestic consulting would be required. Specific domestic consultants to be hired and financed by the EA include (i) project implementation specialists, (ii) procurement and finance specialists, (iii) economics analysts, (iv) environment specialists, and (v) resettlement specialists. The provincial project management office (PPMO) has experience with past and on-going World Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) financed flood control projects and minimum required management and technical capacity exists to implement the works. To ensure overall design work, management and compliance requirements for each project location are met, the PPMO hired domestic specialists or companies financed from counterpart funds. Domestic, third party agencies have been recruited by the PPMO to assist with specialist monitoring and compliance supervision in relation to environmental resettlement and ethnic minority issues. |
Procurement | Equipment, materials, goods and services for ADB-financed contracts have been procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. Packages for equipment and materials, under $1 million equivalent each, have been procured following nocal competitive bidding (NCB) procedures. Civil works contracts estimated to cost below $10 million equivalent have been carried out using NCB procedures acceptable to ADB. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Kobayashi, Yoshiaki |
Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, EARD |
Executing Agencies |
Hunan Provincial Government |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 29 Aug 2005 |
Fact Finding | 05 Jun 2005 to 22 Jun 2005 |
MRM | 16 Aug 2005 |
Approval | 29 Jun 2006 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 31 Mar 2006 |
Last PDS Update | 27 Sep 2016 |
Loan 2244-PRC
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
29 Jun 2006 | 04 Oct 2006 | 09 Jan 2007 | 31 Mar 2013 | 31 Dec 2014 | 25 Feb 2016 |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 497.40 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 200.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 191.17 | 0.00 | 100% |
Counterpart | 297.40 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 191.17 | 0.00 | 100% |
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
TA 4813-PRC
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
29 Jun 2006 | 22 Aug 2006 | 22 Aug 2006 | 30 Sep 2012 | 30 Sep 2013 | 09 Oct 2013 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
0.00 | 560,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 560,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 508,087.07 |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Hunan Flood Management Sector Project: Project Completion Report | Project/Program Completion Reports | Aug 2016 |
Strengthening Flood Management Sustainability in Hunan Province | TA Completion Reports | Apr 2014 |
Loan Agreement for Hunan Flood Management Sector Project between People's Republic of China and ADB | Loan Agreement (Ordinary Resources) | Dec 2006 |
Project Agreement for Hunan Flood Management Sector Project between ADB and Hunan Provincial Government | Project/Program Agreements | Dec 2006 |
Hunan Flood Management Sector Project | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Jun 2006 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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People’s Republic of China: Hunan Flood Management Sector Project | Validations of Project Completion Reports | Aug 2017 |
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