China, People's Republic of : Henan Dengzhou Integrated River Restoration and Ecological Protection Project
The project will implement integrated water resources management (IWRM) focusing on upstreamdownstream linkages and urbanrural integration for the restoration of the Tuan River. The project design will incorporate lessons from previous ADB-financed projects and policy-oriented studies on IWRM, environmental and ecosystem improvement, wetland and lake management and restoration, and urbanrural integration in the PRC and other developing member countries. The project will have three outputs: (i) urban and rural water infrastructure in Dengzhou City improved; (ii) ecological zones in Han River restored; and (iii) water resources management capacity enhanced. These outputs will result in the following outcome: water security and environmental sustainability in Dengzhou City improved. The project will have the following impact: living standards in the Yangtze River Economic Belt improved (Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Plan, 20162030)
Project Details
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Project Officer
Yang, Xiaoyan
East Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
China, People's Republic of -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
| Project Name | Henan Dengzhou Integrated River Restoration and Ecological Protection Project | ||||
| Project Number | 52023-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | China, People's Republic of |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| 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 |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Forestry - Rural sanitation - Rural water supply services - Water-based natural resources management Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban sewerage |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The project will implement integrated water resources management (IWRM) focusing on upstreamdownstream linkages and urbanrural integration for the restoration of the Tuan River. The project design will incorporate lessons from previous ADB-financed projects and policy-oriented studies on IWRM, environmental and ecosystem improvement, wetland and lake management and restoration, and urbanrural integration in the PRC and other developing member countries. The project will have three outputs: (i) urban and rural water infrastructure in Dengzhou City improved; (ii) ecological zones in Han River restored; and (iii) water resources management capacity enhanced. These outputs will result in the following outcome: water security and environmental sustainability in Dengzhou City improved. The project will have the following impact: living standards in the Yangtze River Economic Belt improved (Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Plan, 20162030) | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Being one of the poorest cities in the Yangtze River Basin, Dengzhou City urgently requires improving water resources management as a driver for socioeconomic growth, and its development needs to be aligned with the national ecological civilization objectives as set forth in the PRC's Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, 20162020. As part of the rural vitalization objective set by the government to enhance livelihoods, attract investments, and accommodate the growing population, DCG will support local towns, and villages in development planning and implementation. However, Dengzhou City needs to improve its institutional and technical capacities to achieve the targets. Dengzhou City in the middle Yangtze River Basin and in less-developed region, can demonstrate an environmentally-sustainable growth model that can be replicated in other cities in the Yangtze River Basin and in the PRC. | ||||
| Impact | Quality of life along Yangtze River Economic Belt improved (National Strategic Plan for Rural Vitalization, 20182022; and Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Plan, 20162030)a |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Water security and environmental sustainability in Dengzhou City improved |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Progress towards outcome to be further assessed. |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Urban and rural water infrastructure in Dengzhou City improved Ecosystem services in Dengzhou City improved Water resources management capacity enhanced |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | The loan is being implemented for 5 years until end 2025, with closing date on 30 June 2026. The Procurement Plan comprises 21 works packages, 12 goods packages, and 9 consulting services, total 43 packages. As of 15 September 2023, $42.6 million (26 packages) have been awarded. Cumulative disbursement amounted to $21 million. The latest procurement plan was disclosed on 7 September 2023. |
| Geographical Location | Henan |
| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | A |
| Indigenous Peoples | B |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | The project is category B for environment. The Mission reiterated the requirements of the environment safeguard and the importance of implementing the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) during the whole project implementing life circle. The Mission proposed the next steps forward to ensure project's environmental performance and compliance with EMP, including EMP translation and dissemination, institutional arrangements for EMP implementation and recruitment of the start-up environmental consultant and external monitoring agency as well as environmental trainings. The Mission requested the health and safety management plan, as a critical component of EMP, should be developed with emergency preparedness and response measures tailored toward COVID-19. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | The project is category A for resettlement. The Mission introduced the involuntary resettlement policy and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) implementation requirements as well as land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) covenants to EA and IAs. In particular, the Mission stressed (i) the land acquisition should strictly follow domestic land approval procedure and future contract awards will be subject to the updated RP clearance from ADB. The updated resettlement plan (RP) can be prepared based on different progress arrangements by subproject; (ii) the staffing should be available in both PMO and IAs to ensure timely coordination and LAR implemented as per ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) requirements even though LAR will be implemented by Land Administrative Bureau and Housing and Construction Bureau; (iii) Internal monitoring of LAR implementation by the PMO should be reported to ADB as part of quarterly progress report. External monitoring by independent monitoring agency should be reported to ADB separately through semiannual reports; (iv) a due diligence review should be conducted in case that any project change is proposed. A separate RP will be prepared as necessary. In addition, the Mission required PMO to speed up recruitment of individual start-up resettlement consultant and the external monitoring agency to facilitate the updated RP preparation of urgent contracts and deliver training to the PMO and IAs. |
| Indigenous Peoples | The project is category B for Indigenous Peoples safeguard and requires ethnic minority development plan (EMDP) implementation and external monitoring. The project is also categorized as effective gender mainstreaming (EGM) for gender equality which requires gender action plan (GAP) implementation and monitoring. A social development action plan (SDAP) was also prepared to ensure social benefits of the project affected people. The implementation and monitoring of EMDP and social and gender action plans are important part of the project in terms of achieving project outcome. The indicators in EMDP, GAP and SDAP in terms of employment opportunities, public consultation (particularly ethnic minorities and women), community-based environment and ecology supervision teams and capacity building are the key indicators of DMF as well. The successful achievement of these three plans will determine the success of safeguards compliance and gender equality of the project which will affect the overall rating of the project at the project completion stage. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | As part of the project preparation, information disclosure and public consultations about the project and TEIAs were conducted. The second round of consultations focused especially on households potentially affected by noise or other impacts of construction works and was completed after the midterm mission. The findings have been included in the IEE. The mission emphasized the importance of continuing public consultations throughout project implementation, to ensure residents are well informed of project activities, especially communities close to construction sites. |
| During Project Implementation | The project is classified general intervention for poverty reduction. The poverty and social analysis was undertaken based on intensive stakeholder consultations and socioeconomic surveys. It indicated that a total of 746,000 residents in 11 project towns, including 13,137 poor people, will directly benefit from the project through reduced water pollution, improved drinking water supply system, and better environment and ecological protection in the Tuan River watershed. Other residents in Dengzhou City will also benefit indirectly from improved environment and ecology. The project will create 3,000 jobs during project implementation and 150 jobs during operation. A social development action plan has been prepared based on the poverty and social analysis, with specific targets for the poor and low-income people. Consultations were undertaken with local residents and other stakeholders during the project preparation. A consultation and participation plan for the project implementation stage has been included in the PAM and will be conducted during project implementation. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Yang, Xiaoyan |
| Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PRC Resident Mission (PRCM) |
| Executing Agencies |
Dengzhou City Government |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 Aug 2018 |
| Fact Finding | 26 Apr 2019 to 30 Apr 2019 |
| MRM | 12 Jul 2019 |
| Approval | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 22 Sep 2023 |
Loan 3865-PRC
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 26 Nov 2019 | 26 May 2020 | 03 Sep 2020 | 30 Jun 2026 | - | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 423.12 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 200.00 | 15 Sep 2023 | 49.40 | 0.00 | 25% |
| Counterpart | 223.12 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 15 Sep 2023 | 37.08 | 0.00 | 19% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3865-PRC: Henan Dengzhou Integrated River Restoration and Ecological Protection Project [WR-ES03] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | ||
| External environmental monitoring and evaluation | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PRC 52023-001: Henan Dengzhou Integrated River Restoration and Ecological Protection Project (EP-CW-10) | Invitation for Bids | Closed | ||
| External resettlement and social M&E | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Project Management and Capacity Development | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Project implementation startup support (land acquisition and resettlement) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Project implementation startup support (financial) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Project implementation startup support (environment) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Project implementation startup support (project management and procurement) | Individual - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP-ES01-A Installation of River Health Monitoring Stations - Smart Monitoring System | Loan 3865 | 04 Sep 2023 | Beijing Ordinate International Trade Co., Ltd. | Beijing, China | Dengzhou City Government | 2,292,592.11 | 2,287,037.24 |
| EP-CW09 Civil Works of Environmental Research and Education Center | Loan 3865 | 06 Sep 2023 | Tihome Construction and Development Co., Ltd. | Beijing, China | Dengzhou City Government | 7,147,478.42 | 4,871,249.28 |
| EP-ES03 Equipment for the Jitan and Rangdong Wastewater Treatment Stations | Loan 3865 | 17 Nov 2022 | Wuhan Dashu Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd | Wuhan | Dengzhou City Government | 1,411,797.99 | 1,393,991.03 |
| WR-ES03 Goods Procurement of Pump Stations in the Jiulong Waterworks | Loan 3865 | 13 Oct 2022 | Shanghai Panda Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd. | Qingpu District, Shanghai | Dengzhou City Government | 1,199,949.55 | 1,183,900.59 |
| WR-CW03 (Lot 4) Level-two Water Pipes | Loan 3865 | 08 Jul 2022 | Jiangxi Construction Engineering First Limited Liability Company | Jiangxi | Dengzhou City Government | 2,244,128.30 | 1,533,610.50 |
| WR-CW03 (Lot 3) Level-two Water Pipes | Loan 3865 | 08 Jul 2022 | Jiangxi Construction Engineering First Limited Liability Company | Jiangxi | Dengzhou City Government | 7,217,390.76 | 4,932,278.72 |
| WR-CW01 Jiulong Water Treatment Plant | Loan 3865 | 30 Jun 2022 | Jiangsu Ruiwo Construction Group Co., Ltd | Jiangsu, China | Dengzhou City Government | 7,377,365.88 | 5,051,828.69 |
| WR-CW03 Level-two Water Pipes (Lot 1) | Loan 3865 | 29 Jun 2022 | Tianjin Pipeline Engineering Group | Tianjin, China | Dengzhou City Government | 2,171,631.48 | 1,489,010.78 |
| WR-CW03 Level-two Water Pipes (Lot 2) | Loan 3865 | 29 Jun 2022 | Tianjin Pipeline Engineering Group | Tianjin, China | Dengzhou City Government | 4,342,609.12 | 2,977,573.23 |
| WR-CW11 Sangzhuang Water Treatment Plant - construction and installation of equipment | Loan 3865 | 30 Jun 2022 | No.4 Construction Engineering Co., Ltd of Guizhou Construction and Engineering Group | Guizhou | Dengzhou City Government | 7,100,489.37 | 4,862,230.84 |
| WR-CW14 Procurement of Water Distribution Network for Yaodian Town, Sangzhuang Town and Xiaoyangying Town | Loan 3865 | 27 Dec 2021 | The Joint Venture of Henan Tiangong Construction Group Co., Ltd. and China United Construction Group Co., Ltd. | Henan, PRC | Dengzhou City Government | 12,451,472.88 | 8,538,991.18 |
| Jitan Town Water Distribution Network | Loan 3865 | 25 Nov 2021 | Shandong Junhui Construction Group Co., Ltd. | Shandong | Dengzhou City Government | 3,602,671.60 | 2,469,950.66 |
| WR-CW15 Liuji Town Water Distribution Network | Loan 3865 | 12 Nov 2021 | Guangdong Yuantian Engineering Co., Ltd. | Guangdong | Dengzhou City Government | 5,161,688.90 | 3,561,658.71 |
| CS05 Project Management and Capacity Building | Loan 3865 | 15 Sep 2021 | ET Group International Pty Ltd. & ET Group International (Hong Kong) Company Limited | Hong Kong | Dengzhou City Government | 991,000.00 | 991,000.00 |
| CS-07 External Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation | Loan 3865 | 17 Aug 2021 | The Institute of Coal Chemistry (ICC), Chinese Academy of Sciences | Shanxi | Dengzhou City Government | 140,090.93 | 140,090.93 |
| CS-06 External Resettlement and Social Monitoring and Evaluation | Loan 3865 | 17 Aug 2021 | Hangzhou Darren Engineering Project Management Co., Ltd. | Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province | Dengzhou City Government | 199,916.50 | 199,916.50 |
| EP-CW10 CIVIL WORKS OF THE XINGSHAN PLANTATION FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION | Loan 3865 | 09 Jul 2021 | HENAN ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. | HENAN CHINA PEOPLE'SREP.OF | Dengzhou City Government | 1,438,670.91 | 1,438,670.91 |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
|---|---|---|
| Henan Dengzhou Integrated River Restoration and Ecological Protection Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Sep 2023 |