China, People's Republic of : Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project

Sovereign Project | 50322-002

The project is located in Yanji city, which faces challenges of poor urban livability and traffic management, exposure to climate-related flood risk, and risks to water security and safety. The project will provide multiple cross-benefits from an integrated solution provided to improve the urban livability of a medium-sized city, which is timely and essential to lessen the migration to the coastal mega-urban regions and to provide a demonstration project for replication in the PRC. It will contribute to (i) regional public goods of health and improved air and water quality, and (ii) revitalizing the economically challenged northeast area of the PRC.

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Wang, Lan
    East Asia Department
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  • Country/Economy
    China, People's Republic of
  • Sector
    • Water and other urban infrastructure and services
Project Name Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project
Project Number 50322-002
Country / Economy China, People's Republic of
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Loan
Source of Funding / Amount
Loan 3876-PRC: Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project
Ordinary capital resources US$ 130.00 million
Operational Priorities OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability
OP4: Making cities more livable
OP5: Promoting rural development and food security
OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration
Sector / Subsector

Transport / Urban public transport - Urban roads and traffic management

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban flood protection - Urban sanitation - Urban water supply

Gender Effective gender mainstreaming
Description

The project is located in Yanji city, which faces challenges of poor urban livability and traffic management, exposure to climate-related flood risk, and risks to water security and safety. The project will provide multiple cross-benefits from an integrated solution provided to improve the urban livability of a medium-sized city, which is timely and essential to lessen the migration to the coastal mega-urban regions and to provide a demonstration project for replication in the PRC. It will contribute to (i) regional public goods of health and improved air and water quality, and (ii) revitalizing the economically challenged northeast area of the PRC.

The project will support the first bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in the northeast of the PRC and transform Yanji's urban geography. This will reinforce the eastwest linear city arrangement through connecting key areas following principles of transit-oriented development (TOD) with higher density mixed-use and pedestrian-friendly center areas around the BRT stations. It will integrate nonmotorized transport (NMT) lanes and facilities along the corridor, and a series of small roads and river greenways will be provided to ensure safe and pleasant pedestrian and bicycle access to the BRT stations while promoting low-carbon urban mobility and physical activities that enhance public health. The project-supported greenways are designed as 'sponge city green infrastructure, enhancing climate resilience and urban livability. The project will improve the water supply and wastewater management systems to ensure safe and climate-resilient access to water supply and improved water quality. Capacity development will contribute to the preparation of action plans to demonstrate Yanji as a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and healthy city, contributing to the implementation of the Healthy China 2030 program, and lessons and knowledge will be shared with other developing member countries.

Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

Key development challenges. The city suffers from inadequate urban infrastructure and provision of basic services that cause inconvenience and disruptions to daily life, especially for women. This includes inefficient public transport, traffic congestion and poor parking management, urban and river flooding, and inefficient water supply and wastewater management.

Urban roads suffer from traffic congestion, especially during rush hours, and missing network links. Many elements of the road network and intersections pose safety problems for vehicles and people. There is a lack of safe bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and pedestrian crossings in many areas. Many cars are parked on sidewalks, creating obstacles for and safety risks to pedestrians. Traffic is worsening because of the increase in registrations and use of private cars with 152,000 in 2017 (about 300 vehicles per 1,000 urban residents), increased from 96,000 in 2012. Traffic management and signal control is outdated with several suboptimal and unsafe intersections, especially in the congested urban core. The public transport system is inefficient, inconvenient, and unsafe; buses jam in bus stop areas and people get on and off on the streets. Further, there is an urgent need to upgrade and extend public transport into the periphery. Currently, 43 bus routes traverse six roads with a total route length of 490 km and a daily ridership of about 243,000 passengers. The public transport system does not match the needs of a growing population and is even at risk of a decline in ridership because of an increase in private vehicle use as people switch modes because of unreliable, inconvenient, and unsafe public transport service and bus shelters that lack weather protection.

Flooding is a significant problem during the rainy season in JuneJuly, with flooding for about 5 days per year on average in recent years. River flooding, flash floods, and urban flooding endanger lives, property, and livelihoods, and pose disturbances to traffic and public life. The combined sewer and drainage pipe system is outdated, with a total network length of 326 km, comprising 110 km of sewers, 40 km of drainage pipes, and 176 km of combined sewer and drainage pipes. Only 11.6% of the pipe network meets the 1-in-3 year flood design standard, causing pluvial flooding during heavy summer rains. The Chaoyang River urban catchment area is currently exposed to flood risks of 1-in-20 year flood events.

Yanji city''s water supply system is inefficient. It has two water reservoirs and two water treatment plants with a total combined treatment capacity of 210,000 cubic meters (m3) per day; 150,000 m3/day of treated water meets national water quality standards and is provided as continuous round-the-clock service to end users. The system covers about 98% of the urban area and population with 348 km of water distribution pipes, 91 booster pumps, and around 215,000 water meters. The key challenge is the high level of nonrevenue water (NRW) which was 46% in 2017, comprising 9% in commercial losses and 37% in physical water losses mainly because of aging pipes that were laid in the 1930s and 1970s. It is difficult to detect leaks in deeply buried pipes because of cold climate conditions and incomplete information on pipe locations because of missing and unreliable maps of the old pipe system and poor geographic information system (GIS) management. While the city benefitted from a previous Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan, the above challenges remain. Wastewater is collected and treated at two wastewater treatment plants with a combined capacity of 150,000 m3/day. Tariffs for domestic water users are CNY3.20/m3 for water supply and an additional CNY0.95/m3 for wastewater.

Strategic fit. The project will support urban livability of a medium-sized city, contributing to ADB's strategic support to the PRC's revitalization and strengthening of the northeast including four cities in East Heilongjiang, north of Yanji. Through its strategic and integrated approach, the project will support (i) the thirteenth five-year plans of Jilin province and Yanji city, 20162020; (ii) the PRC's National New-Type Urbanization Plan, 2014-2020, aligning with Yanji's investment program as one of the PRC's pilot cities; and (iii) Yanji''s urban and economic development master plan (2009-2030) and transport master plan. The proposed project is included in ADB's country operations business plan for the PRC, 20182020 and is aligned with ADB's (i) country partnership strategy for the PRC, 2016-2020, supporting socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable, and economically competitive development; and (ii) ADB's Strategy 2030 operational priority on livable cities, adhering to the principles of supporting upper middle-income countries by (a) providing integrated solutions for a livable city demonstrating low-carbon climate-resilient healthy city development generating synergies and cobenefits, (b) enhancing resilience to climate change shocks and stresses including reducing flood risk and increasing water safety and security, (c) strengthening institutional knowledge and capacity building, and (d) sharing best practices and innovation experiences for southsouth cooperation.

Impact

Inclusive, environmentally sustainable, and competitive development of Yanji City achieved

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Livability, low-carbon development, climate resilience, and health in Yanji city improved

Progress Toward Outcome As of June 2022, the BRT demonstration section is under construction, and it is planned to be put into trial operation in August 2022. The project implement period has elapsed 30%. According to Yanji City Statistical Yearbook data, before 2020, Yanji City has upgraded 341 kilometers of water supply pipelines, including 20 kilometers of water supply pipelines under the project. According to the annual report of Yanji Water Affairs Group, water supply amount: 44.18 million tons in 2021 minus 48 million tons in 2020, that is, 3.92 million tons less in 2021 than in 2020, which is 83% of the target.
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Low-carbon bus rapid transit line integrated with nonmotorized transport infrastructure constructed

Climate-resilient flood risk management and sponge city green infrastructure constructed

Water supply system improved

Capacity in low-carbon, climate-resilient, healthy city planning, and infrastructure management, developed

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) As of the end of June 2022, 12 contracts financed by ADB, 5 contracts have been awarded, accounting for 42%; accumulative contract award amount was CNY597.29 million, completed work value was CNY336.57million, payment to contractors amounted to CNY145.67 million.
Geographical Location Yanji
Safeguard Categories
Environment B
Involuntary Resettlement B
Indigenous Peoples C
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects Environmental safeguards due diligence was carried out during TRTA implementation including stakeholder and community consultations. An initial environmental examination and an environmental management plan were prepared.The project has been implemented in accordance with the requirements of EMP, and the relevant environmental protection requirements have been incorporated into the project design or bidding documents and contracts.
Involuntary Resettlement Involuntary resettlement safeguards due diligence was carried out during TRTA implementation and a resettlement plan has been prepared.
Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples safeguards due diligence was carried out during TRTA implementation and a social and gender action plan was prepared.The project's social and gender action plan (SGAP) was prepared with the assistance of the consultants of the technical assistance team during the project preparation phase.
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design Relevant agencies and stakeholders, and also community were consulted during TRTA implementation involving Yanji City government agencies including development and reform commission, planning bureau, construction bureau, transport bureau, traffic police, industrial park management, water affairs bureau, environmental protection bureau, health bureau, community members, education and health care facility leaders.
During Project Implementation Relevant agencies and stakeholders, as well as community groups will be consulted during project implementation.
Business Opportunities
Consulting Services

Consulting services will be determined during project processing and will follow ADB's Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time).

Responsible ADB Officer Wang, Lan
Responsible ADB Department East Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division PRC Resident Mission
Executing Agencies
Jilin Provincial Finance Department
Yanji City Government
Timetable
Concept Clearance 06 Jun 2018
Fact Finding 18 Mar 2019 to 22 Mar 2019
MRM 05 Jun 2019
Approval 04 Dec 2019
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 19 Sep 2022

Loan 3876-PRC

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
04 Dec 2019 08 May 2020 20 Jul 2020 31 Mar 2027 - -
Financing Plan Loan Utilization
Total (Amount in US$ million) Date ADB Others Net Percentage
Project Cost 259.79 Cumulative Contract Awards
ADB 130.00 18 May 2023 103.59 0.00 80%
Counterpart 129.79 Cumulative Disbursements
Cofinancing 0.00 18 May 2023 36.98 0.00 29%
Status of Covenants
Category Sector Safeguards Social Financial Economic Others
Rating Satisfactory Satisfactory - Satisfactory - Satisfactory

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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.

Title Document Type Document Date
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: External Resettlement Monitoring Report No. 4 Social Monitoring Reports Mar 2023
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Environmental Monitoring Report (July-December 2022) Environmental Monitoring Reports Mar 2023
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Environmental Monitoring Report (July-December 2022) (Chinese) Environmental Monitoring Reports Mar 2023
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Environmental Monitoring Report (January-June 2022) Environmental Monitoring Reports Sep 2022
吉林延吉低碳气候适应型健康城市项目:环境监测报告(2022年1月-6月) Environmental Monitoring Reports Sep 2022
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: External Social and Gender Monitoring Report No. 2 (July 2020-December 2021) Social Monitoring Reports May 2022
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (20 July 2020-30 June 2021) Environmental Monitoring Reports May 2022
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: External Resettlement Monitoring Report No. 2 (4 December 2019-31 December 2021) Social Monitoring Reports Apr 2022
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Environmental Monitoring Report (June-December 2021) Environmental Monitoring Reports Dec 2021
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: External Resettlement Monitoring Report No. 1 (July 2020-September 2021) Social Monitoring Reports Oct 2021
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: External Social and Gender Monitoring Report No. 1 (July 2020-September 2021) Social Monitoring Reports Oct 2021
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Resettlement Plan Resettlement Plans May 2019
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Draft Initial Environmental Examination Initial Environmental Examination May 2019

Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation

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Tenders

Tender Title Type Status Posting Date Deadline
PRC 3876: Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project (BRT-G1) Invitation for Bids Closed
PRC 3876: Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project (TR-G) Invitation for Bids Closed
PRC 50322-002: Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project Invitation for Bids Closed
Consulting Services for NRW reduction and Leakage Identification, and Water Safety Plan Preparation Firm - Consulting Closed
3876 PRC: Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate Resilient Healthy City Project (BRT-W1, BRT-W2, BRT-W3) Invitation for Bids Closed
External environment monitoring services Firm - Consulting Closed
External Resettlement and Social Monitoring Services Firm - Consulting Closed
GIS and Smart City ICT Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
International Parking management specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
International BRT and traffic management specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Consulting Services for Low-Carbon City Action Plan preparation, Traffic Impact Assessment, Modelling and Evaluation, Parking Management Study and for BRT operation capacity development and BRTnetwork Firm - Consulting Closed
Project implementation consulting services for project management support and capacity development Firm - Consulting Closed

Contracts Awarded

Contract Title Approval Number Contract Date Contractor | Address Executing Agency Total Contract Amount (US$) Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$)
Traffic police management equipment (signal, road signs, rails, bollards, pipes for signals and CCTV) Loan 3876 13 Sep 2022 Hunan Xiangzhu Transportation Technology Co., Ltd. | Room 2528, Building A, Huayi Mansion, No. 123, Shaoshan South Road, Yuhua District, Changsha City Yanji City Government 6,870,185.12 6,708,771.93
Consulting services for NRW reduction and leakage identification, and Water Safety Plan Preparation Loan 3876 17 Aug 2022 T.Y. Lin International Engineering Consulting (China) Co. LTD. | No. 6 Furong Road, Yubei District, Chongqing Yanji City Government 548,114.00 548,114.00
BRT station gates equipment, ticket entry, command center, electricity supply and installation Loan 3876 08 Jun 2022 Joint Venture of Shanghai SEARI Intelligent System Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Huimin Traffic Facility Co., Ltd. and Hebei Machinery Import and Export Co., Ltd. | 7/F, Building 53, No. 505 Wuning Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China Yanji City Government 17,566,462.79 17,460,029.57
Traffic police management equipment supply and installation Loan 3876 09 Feb 2022 Shanghai SEARI Intelligent System Co., Ltd. | 7/F Building 53, No, 505 Wuning Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China Yanji City Government 16,911,534.52 16,911,534.52
WS-W1: Municipal Water Supply Pipeline Works Loan 3876 27 Jan 2022 Jilin Hongxing Construction Co., Ltd. | PRC Yanji City Government 2,781,901.68 2,779,627.64
External Environment, Resettlement and Social Monitoring Services Loan 3876 12 Nov 2021 Hangzhou Darren Engineering Project Management Company Limited | Dingqiao, Jianggan District, No. 699 Dingqiao Road Hangzhou, PRC Yanji City Government 179,116.00 179,116.00
External Environment, Resettlement and Social Monitoring Services Loan 3876 12 Nov 2021 Energy and Environmental Development Research Center | 2504, Building T2, Dazu Square, Rong Jing Dong Jie, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Beijing, 100175, PRC Yanji City Government 192,031.97 192,031.97
Water supply equipment including flow meters and smart water meters Loan 3876 05 Nov 2021 Jiangsu Zhongke Kingda Iot Co., Ltd. | No. 8, Suzhou Road, Suqian Economic and Technological Development Zone Yanji City Government 2,295,526.49 2,295,526.49
BRT-W1: West BRT Corridor, NMT Connectors, and Pipe Works Loan 3876 12 Aug 2021 Joint Venture of Shanghai Civil Engineering Co., Ltd of CREC and Fujian Lugang (Group) Co., Ltd. | No. 278, Jiangchang 3rd Road, Shanghai, PRC Yanji City Government 12,135,044.88 12,135,044.88
BRT-W2: Northwest BRT Corridor, NMT Connectors, and Pipe Works Loan 3876 12 Aug 2021 Joint Venture of Shanghai Civil Engineering Co., Ltd of CREC and Fujian Lugang (Group) Co., Ltd. | No. 278, Jiangchang 3rd Road, Shanghai, China Yanji City Government 17,173,072.61 17,173,072.61
CENTER BRT CORRIDOR NMTCONNECTORS AND PIPE WORKS Loan 3876 14 Jul 2021 CHINA RAIL ELEC ENG GRP JV JINAN URBAN CONST | NO. 1 JINJIACUN VILLAGE WANSHOU ROAD FENGTAI DISTRICT BEIJING CHINA PEOPLE'SREP.OF Yanji City Government 28,455,736.25 28,455,736.25
CS4: LOW-CARBON CITY ACTION PLAN, TRAFFICIMPACT MODELLING AND EVAL, PARKING MGMT, BRT, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTERPLAN (NEW ADB PROCUREMENT REG) Loan 3876 21 Jun 2021 FAR EAST BRT PLANNNING CO LTD | A-22F GUANGDONG INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, 339 HUANSHI DONG LU, GUANGZHOU HONG KONG, CHINA Yanji City Government 1,598,805.67 1,598,805.67
CS 1: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTING SERVICES FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (NEW ADB PROCUREMENT REGULATION) Loan 3876 21 Jun 2021 T.Y. LIN INTL ENG CONS CO LTD JV WITH BEIJING | NO. 6 FURONG ROAD, YUBEI DISTRICT CHONGQING CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP. OF Yanji City Government 2,020,740.00 2,020,740.00

Procurement Plan

Title Document Type Document Date
Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Healthy City Project: Procurement Plan Procurement Plans Jun 2022