China, People's Republic of : Yunnan Chuxiong Urban Environment Improvement Project

Transport / Road transport (non-urban)

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services

Yunnan Province (Yunnan) in the southwest People's Republic of China (PRC) has benefited from Asian Development Bank (ADB) investments in roads, railways, and power to improve connectivity within Yunnan and with the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Despite these investments, however, Yunnan remains one of the poorest provinces in the PRC. The

provincial government aims to stimulate economic growth by developing city clusters, which are connected by established transport networks to create growth poles and facilitate urbanization. This will require expanding urban areas, constructing municipal infrastructure, and encouraging industry development. The proposed project aims to better integrate social and environmental dimensions in the urban plans of Chuxiong City, together with Lufeng and Wuding Towns of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Chuxiong). The project will support municipal and environmental services in all participating cities and towns, at the same time improve river management and flood control in Chuxiong City, with an emphasis on inclusive, environmentally sustainable, and climate-resilient urban planning.

Project preparation activities will include surveys and extensive focus group and key informant interviews with local communities, community organizations and associations, and local service providers. Consultation and participation will be undertaken for the resettlement plans, ethnic minority development plan(s) and environmental assessment. Stakeholders will include residents of the project areas, Chuxiong Government, local government stakeholders from each of the project areas, Women's Federation, Ethnic Minority Affairs Bureau and civil society groups working on environment and safety issues.

Consultation and participation plans are envisioned for the resettlement, EMDP, social action and environmental management plans.

An international consulting firm will be engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on

the Use of Consultants (2010, as amended from time to time). ADB will select and engage the

consultant based on the quality of the proposal (90%) and the cost (10%) of the services to be

provided (the quality- and cost-based selection method, QCBS) using the simplified technical

proposal procedure. A total of 45 person-months of consulting services (13 international and 32

national) are required. Up to two urban planners will be hired for one month each on an individual

basis to provide early inputs to the PPTA process. The expertise required is summarized in Table

A4.3. ADB's Water Financing Partnership Facility will fund any pre-PPTA activity aimed to

propose new approaches for the river management and flood control in Chuxiong City, to be used

for the preparation of the draft feasibility study report. Outputs of these pre-PPTA studies will also

guide the activities of the PPTA consultant.