Resettlement Plan
May 2019
People’s Republic of China: Demonstration of
Guangxi Elderly Care and Health Care Integration
and Public–Private Participation Project
Prepared by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the Asian Development Bank.
Hezhou No. 2 Nursing Home for Disabled Elderly
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 29 April 2019)
Currency unit – yuan (Symbol)CNY1.00 = $6.7297
$1.00 = CNY0.1486
ABBREVIATIONS
ADB – Asian Development BankAFs – affected familiesAPs – affected personsDI – design instituteDMS – detailed measurement surveyEA – executive agencyHLRB – Hezhou Land Resources Administration BureauHMG – Hezhou Municipal GovernmentHPMO – Hezhou project management officeFSR – feasibility study reportGDP – gross domestic productGZAR – Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionHHs – householdsIA – implementing agencyIMA – independent monitoring agencyLA – land acquisitionLAR – land acquisition and resettlementLRB – land resources bureauM&E – monitoring and evaluationMLG – minimum living guaranteeOP – operation proceduresPLG – project leading groupPMO – project management officePPTA – project preparation technical assistancePRC – People’s Republic of ChinaRC – residents' committeeRIB – resettlement information brochureRO – resettlement officeROW – right-of-wayRAP – resettlement planS&T – science and technologyTOR – terms of referenceWF – women’s federationkm2 – square kilometermu – A mu is a Chinese unit of measurement (1 mu = 666.667
square meters).
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Resettlement Plan for Hezhou No.2 Nursing
Home Comprehensive Rehabilitation Nursing
Institution for the Disabled Elderly Subproject
Project Number: 50391-001
April 2019
PRC: Demonstration of Guangxi Elderly Care-Healthcare Integration
and Public-Private Participation (PPP) Project
Prepared by
Hezhou People’s Hospital Administration
Contents
Endorsement Letter for Resettlement Plan ................................................... 1
Executive Summary.......................................................................................... 1
Preface ................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Background ........................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Location of project construction .......................................................................... 7
1.3. Project components ............................................................................................ 7
1.4 Project institutions, investment and construction period ................................... 8
1.5 Land acquisition impacts ...................................................................................... 8
1.6 Minimizing Land Acquisition and House Demolition Impacts .............................. 8
2 Project Resettlement Impacts and Analysis ..................................................... 9
2.1 Methods for evaluation of impacts ...................................................................... 9
2.2 Impacts analysis .................................................................................................. 17
3 Socio-economic Profile of the Affected Population ......................................... 19
3.1 Profile of affected communities ......................................................................... 19
3.2 Affected households and social status of social economic profile .................... 21
4 Laws and Policy Framework for Resettlement ................................................ 29
4.1 Laws and policies framework for resettlement .................................................. 29
4.2 ADB’s policies for involuntary resettlement ...................................................... 30
4.3 Gaps between national,local legislation and ADB’s policies and filling measures31
4.4 Entitlement matrix for the subproject ........................................................... 38
5 Compensation Standards ............................................................................... 48
5.1 Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition. ................................................. 48
5.2. Compensation standards for house demolition ................................................ 53
5.3 Compensation Standards for Ground Attachments and Facilities ..................... 54
5.4 Related taxes for land acquisition ...................................................................... 55
6 Resettlement and Restoration Plan ................................................................ 56
6.1 Objectives, methods and principles of resettlement and restoration ............... 56
6.2 Production Restoration Plan for Rural Land-Expropriated People .................... 57
6.3 Compensations and Resettlement of Displaced Rural Households ................... 60
6.4 Compensation and resettlement for rural attached houses .............................. 68
6.5 Affected ground attachments and infrastructure .............................................. 68
6.6 Resettlement of the affected vulnerable groups ............................................... 69
6.7 Protection of Women’s Rights and Livelihood Restoration Plan ....................... 70
7 Cost Estimates, Funds Sources and Management ........................................... 72
7.1 Resettlement cost estimates .............................................................................. 72
7.2 Annual funds utilization plan .............................................................................. 74
7.3 Sources of resettlement funds ........................................................................... 74
7.4 Flow of Funds and the Disbursement Schedule .............................................. 74
8 Land Acquisition Resettlement Implementation Plan ..................................... 76
8.1 Principles for Progress Coordination between Resettlement and Construction76
8.2 Land acquisition resettlement implementation procedure ............................... 76
8.3 Schedule for Milestone in Resettlement Implementation ................................. 77
9 Institutional Establishment and Capacity Building .......................................... 83
9.1 Relevant resettlement institutions ..................................................................... 83
9.2 Institutional Organization and Responsibilities ............................................... 83
9.3 Institutional Competence and Staffing ............................................................... 85
9.4 Measures for Strengthening Institutional Capacities ...................................... 86
10 Public Participation, Consultation and Information Disclosure ..................... 87
10.1 Public Participation and Community Consultation Activities ........................... 87
10.2 Investigation of the public opinions ................................................................. 93
10.3 Public Participation Plan at the Project Implementation Stage ..................... 100
10.4 Information disclosure .............................................................................. 100
11 Complaints and Grievances ....................................................................... 104
11.1 Means for collection of complaints and grievances ....................................... 104
11.2 Grievance procedures and handling ............................................................... 104
11.3 Principle for grievance redressing .................................................................. 105
11.4 Record and Follow-up Feedback for Complaints and Grievances .................. 105
12 Monitoring & Evaluation........................................................................... 107
12.1 Internal Monitoring ........................................................................................ 107
12.2 External monitoring & evaluation .................................................................. 110
Appendix1:Resettlement Information Booklet ................................................... 112
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 112
2. Land acquisition Impacts .................................................................................... 112
3. Grievance redressing procedure ........................................................................ 115
4. Legal framework and policies ............................................................................. 115
5. Resettlement and restoration plan .................................................................... 123
6. Cost Estimates .................................................................................................... 124
Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for External Monitoring & Evaluation ............ 125
I. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 125
II. Objectives and Requirements of Monitoring and Evaluation ............................ 125
III. Monitoring Indicators ........................................................................................ 126
IV. Special Considerations ...................................................................................... 126
V. External Monitoring Report and Disclosure ....................................................... 126
VI. Monitoring Plan ................................................................................................. 127
List of Tables
Table 2-1 Summary of Major Affected Population by Land Acquisition and Demolition ............... 11
Table 2-2 Summary of Permanent Acquisition of Rural Collective Land ........................................ 12
Table 2-3 Summary of Demolition of Rural Residential Houses ..................................................... 13
Table 2-4 Summary of Demolition of Rural Attached Houses ........................................................ 14
Table 2-5 Summary of Affected Ground Attachments ................................................................... 14
Table 2-6 Summary of Affected Infrastructures ............................................................................. 15
Table 2-7 Summary of Affected Population .................................................................................... 15
Table 2-8 Situation of Vulnerable Groups and Structure ................................................................ 16
Table 2-9 Permanent Land Loss Analysis ........................................................................................ 17
Table 2-10 Household Land Acquisition Impacts Analysis .............................................................. 18
Table 3-3 Basic Information of Xiadao Village ................................................................................ 20
Table 3-4 Opinions on Land and House Compensations in Terms of Gender ................................ 22
Table 3-5 Education Background for the Sampled Affected Households ....................................... 22
Table 3-6 Age Structure for the Sampled Project Affected Households ......................................... 23
Table 3-7 Labor Force Structure in the Sampled Households ......................................................... 24
Table 3-8 Annual Income Structure of Affected Sampled Households (2019) ............................... 26
Table 3-9 Female Income of Affected Households ......................................................................... 27
Table 3-10 Monthly Expenditure Structure of Sampled Project Affected Households .................. 27
Table 3-11 Key Properties of Affected Sampled Households ......................................................... 28
Table 4-1Comparative Analysis of Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 31
Table 4-2 Resettlement Entitlement Matrix of the Subproject ............................................... 39
Table 5-1 Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition ............................................................... 48
Table 5-2 Compensation Standards for Crops ................................................................................ 49
Table 5-3 Compensation Standards for other Economic Crops and Fruit Trees ............................. 49
Table 5-4 Compensation Standards for Temporary Land Occupation ............................................ 52
Table 5-5 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Rural Residential ....................................... 53
Table 5-6 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Rural Attached Houses .............................. 54
Table 5-7 Compensation Standards for Ground Attachments and Infrastructure Facilities .......... 55
Table 5-8 Summary of Taxes Related to Land Acquisition .............................................................. 55
Table 6-1 Construction Cost Estimates for Rural Brick-Concrete Buildings in Hezhou City ............ 65
Table 7-1 Resettlement Cost Estimates .......................................................................................... 72
Table 7-2 Funds Utilization Plan ...................................................................................................... 74
Table 8-1 Resettlement Milestone Activities .................................................................................. 78
Table 8-2 Resettlement Plan and Implementation Schedule ......................................................... 81
Table 9-1 Staffing Arrangement ...................................................................................................... 85
Table 10-1 Records of Public Participation by Affected Persons .................................................... 90
Table 10-2 Investigation of Public Opinions.................................................................................... 94
Table 10-3 Plan and Procedures of Public Consultations.............................................................. 102
Table 11-1 Resettlement Grievance Redress Form ....................................................................... 106
Table 11-2 Institutions and the Staff for Accepting Complaints and Grievances of Aps .............. 106
Table 12-1 Progress of Land Acquisition, House Demolition and Resettlement .......................... 109
Table 12-2 Funds Utilization Progress ........................................................................................... 109
Table 12-3 Schedule for Resettlement External Monitoring and Evaluation ............................... 111
Table 4 Summary of Permanent Acquisition of Rural Collective Land .......................................... 113
Table 5 Summary of Demolition of Rural Residential Houses ...................................................... 113
Table 6 Summary of Demolition of Rural Attached Houses .......................................................... 113
Table 7 Summary of Affected Ground Attachments ..................................................................... 113
Table 8 Summary of Affected Infrastructures ............................................................................... 113
Table 9 Situation of Vulnerable Groups and Structure ................................................................. 114
Table 10 Major Laws and Policies for Resettlement ..................................................................... 115
Table 11 Eligibility, Compensation and Entitlement ..................................................................... 119
Table 12 Schedule for Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................. 127
List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Sketch Map of Project Land Use ............................................................................. 7
Figure 1-2 Land Temple at Xiadao Village ................................................................................. 9
Figure 2-1 Acquisition of Rural Collective Land ....................................................................... 12
Figure 2-2 Rural Residential Houses Proposed to be Demolished by Project ......................... 13
Figure 2-3 Rural Attached Houses Proposed to be Demolished by Project ............................ 14
Figure 3-5 Gender Composition of Samples ............................................................................ 21
Figure 3-6 Age Structure for the Sampled Project Affected Households ................................ 24
Figure 3-7 Labor Structure of the Sampled Affected Households .......................................... 25
Figure 6-1 Proposed Commercial Land ................................................................................... 59
Figure 6-2 Location of Relocating Area ................................................................................... 62
Figure 6-3 Aerial View of Relocating Area ............................................................................... 63
Figure 6-4 Relocating Site for Reconstruction by APs ............................................................. 65
Figure 6-5 Self-Constructed Houses of Farmers ...................................................................... 67
Figure 9-1 Resettlement Institutional Arrangement ............................................................... 83
Figure 10-1 Public Participation in RP Preparation ................................................................. 93
Figure 11-1 Working System for Legal Assistance Liaison Officer of Xiadao Village ............. 105
Abbreviation and Unit of Measurement
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFs Affected Families
Aps Affected Persons
DI Design Institute
DMS Detail Measurement Survey
EA Executive Agency
F Female
HLRB HezhouLand Resources Administration Bureau
HMG Hezhou Municipal Government
HPMO Hezhou Project Management Office
FSR Feasibility Study Report
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GZAR Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
HHs Households
IA Implementing Agency
LA Land Acquisition
LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement
LRB Land Resources Bureau
M Male
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MLG Minimum Living Guarantee
OP Operation Procedures
PLG Project Leading Group
PMO Project Management Office
PPTA Project Preparation Technical Assistance
PRC The People’s Republic of China
RC Residents' Committee
RIB RIB (Resettlement Information Brochure)
RO RO (Resettle Office)
ROW Range of Way
RAP Resettlement Plan
S&T Science & Technology
TOR Terms of Reference
US$ US Dollars
WF Women’s Federation
km2 square kilometer
% Percentage
Mu Chinese land measuring unit, 1 mu = 1/15 ha. (1 ha.=15 mu)
RMB Chinese Currency, RMB 1 = USD 1/ 6.75 (USD 1 = RMB 6.75)
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Executive Summary The major contents of the subproject are the construction of 4 corridor-style buildings for the elderly people in an area of 19053.72 m2 (4763.43 m2/each building) , 2 integrated building with 4359.75 m2 of building area, and 6802.74 m2 of basement area (underground).
Resettlement impacts. The subproject is categorized B for involuntary resettlement. The subproject will acquire 74.14 mu of rural collective land permanently that include 67.07 mu of land contracted by villagers, 2.02 mu of village road, and 5.05 mu of house sites. The land acquisition will affect totally 45 households with 208 persons. The Project needs to demolish 9126.72 m2 of houses including 7481.20 m2 of rural residential houses, 1645.42 m2 of rural attached houses affecting 26 households with 152 persons. The acquisition of land (includingground attachments and infrastructures such as scattered trees, bamboos, wells, fences, graves and electrical facilities) and the demolition of houses will affect 56 households with 296 persons in Xiadao village (including 2 households with 11 persons belonging to vulnerable groups). Of them, 30 households with 144 persons are affected by land acquisition, 11 households with 88 persons by house demolition, and 15 households with 64 persons by land acquisition and house demolition. While the rural collective land acquisition will impact about 60% of the landholdings of the 45 AHs, livelihood impacts are not expected to be significant as agriculture income accounts for less than 1% of the household incomes and part of it will be impacted due to the proposed land acquisition. The house demolition of 26 AHs with 152 persons will require relocation of these households and involve significant impacts.
Laws, regulations and policies. The resettlement activities of this subproject will strictly abide by the laws, regulations and policies of the People’s Republic of China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hezhou City. The planning and implementation of the resettlement activities will also fully abide by the involuntary resettlement safeguard policy of Asian Development Bank for involuntary resettlement. Resettlement compensation standards. According to the Notice of Hezhou Municipality on Adjusting the Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition and Resettlement for Construction Projects within Urban Planned Areas of Hezhou City (Ref. HZF[2016]48), and the Notice of Issuance of the Implementation Scheme for House Demolition Compensation in Main Urban Area of Hezhou City (Provisional) (Ref. HGTZ[2018]95), after full consultation with the implementing agency, the APs and the relevant stakeholders, the project Resettlement Office has formulated a series of compensation standards that shall be no less than those in other similar projects in the subproject areas. In addition, the compensations for land acquisition and house demolition, and resettlement will conform with ADB’s involuntary resettlement requirements.
Resettlement measures. In order to minimize the negative impacts of land acquisition and house demolition on the affected persons, this RP has formulated a series of resettlement measures that ensure the APs that the production conditions and income standards will be restored at least to the level pre-project level:.
� For land-expropriated people: (1) cash compensation. The land-expropriated agricultural population receive land compensation. (2) Resettlement with commercial land. The commercial land shall be 10% of the total expropriated farmland for commercial development. (3) Employment and training During the construction period
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and after completion, the Project will provide technical and vocational training and also directly offer job opportunities to the affected persons; (4) In addition, the affected persons will continue to benefit from the following government policies and programs. The registered population of over 16 years old who have the rights of contracting collective land at the time of land acquisition will be eligible to get the endowment insurance subsidies for rural displaced farmers. The rural APs will be covered by the local medical care insurance according to the residence management principle. The rural APs whose registration remains the same as before will be covered by new-type cooperative medical care system. Furthermore, the APs who live under the rural poverty MLG will be covered by the rural poverty MLG scheme.
� For APs who will lose their land temporarily, cash compensation for land occupation and crops will be paid to the individual AP, and the cash compensation of land recovery fee will be paid to the contractors. The land will be restored to original condition and keep the same quality as before by the contractors.
� For the compensation for demolished houses, the APs shall be provided with three options respectively of exchange of property titles, cash resettlement and reserved land, and shall be also eligible to get the related bonus and subsidies for moving and transition. At the same time, the government will also provide support in credit support, household registration, social insurance and employment etc.
� Compensation for the ground attachments such as tree, bamboo, well and electric infrastructure, the compensation shall be made in cash.
� The vulnerable groups shall: (1) have the priority in selecting resettlement houses (reconstruction land). (2) The PMO and the villagers’ committee will provide assistance to the vulnerable groups during moving. (3) The local credit union and banks provide with small credit, and the IA and the local government assist the APs to get access to such process. (4) The PMO and local governments will prepare the special livelihood training plan for the vulnerable groups free of charge. (5) Job opportunities related to the Project are offered to the vulnerable groups.
Public participation. The consulting team has organized a series of activities for public consultation and community consultation including organizing or attending meetings, field household surveys and interviews. Through multiple approaches, the APs have been made fully aware of project information, impacts of land acquisition and resettlement, applicable laws and regulations, compensation standards, restoration plans for livelihood and income, project implementation schedule, resettlement policies and entitlements. It is known to the resettlement consulting team that the APs have the positive attitudes towards the project implementation and also expressed their satisfaction on resettlement compensation and measures. All of these concerns have been incorporated in the Resettlement Plan and the implementation schedule, and the relevant mitigation measures will be implemented during the subproject implementation phase. After being approved by Hezhou Municipal Government, the Resettlement Plan shall be re-checked by the departments responsible for land acquisition and demolition 3 months prior to the expropriation, and then shall be disclosed again to the public. The Hezhou Project Management Office shall be responsible for supervising implementation, organizing public consultation, monitoring progress and responding to grievances of the APs.
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Resettlement cost estimates. The total cost estimates for resettlement of the Project are RMB 22.3190 million including compensations for the expropriated rural collective land, rural residential houses and ground attachments, the relocation subsidies, relevant taxes, M&E charges, other costs, and contingency. Resettlement timeline and arrangement of activities. The land acquisition and resettlement activities shall be conducted during January 2020 and September 2021. The construction will not take place until the APs are fully compensated and relocated, and all arrangements are made to commence the livelihood rehabilitation activities and they are registered for these activities. The grievance address procedures have been well established, and the explanations thereof are included in the RP. The internal and external monitoring of the RP implementation will be conducted to ensure successful resettlement implementation. The Guangxi Project Management Office (GPMO) , and the Subproject Implementing Agency (The Hezhou Municipal Government), Project Implementating Entity (Hezhou People’s Hospital) have agreed to a set of monitoring milestones with ADB to ensure timely and effective implementation of resettlement activities. An external monitoring agency is to be engaged under contract to the Subproject IA is responsible for external monitoring and evaluation. The external monitoring reports shall be prepared on semi-annual basis during the implementation of resettlement plan. A resettlement completion report will be prepared after 12 months of the completion of the land acquisition, compensation and resettlement activities. These reports will be submitted to ADB by the GPMO for review and disclosed subsequently on ADB website.
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Preface
I. Objective of Resettlement Plan
This Resettlement Plan (RP) is formulated on the basis of the laws, regulations and policies of the People's Republic of China, the local Government, and the Guidelines of ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement on involuntary resettlement policy safeguards (SPS 2009). The purpose of this planning document is to set out an action plan for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected persons (APs) to ensure that they will benefit from the subproject and their standards of living will be improved or at least be restored to the pre-project level.
II. Definitions of Terms
(I) Displaced Persons In terms of the eligibility for compensations, the Displaced Persons (DPs) may be classified in one of the following three groups: (i) Those who have formal legal rights to land (including customary and traditional rights recognized under the laws of the country); (ii) Those who do not have formal legal rights to land at the time the census begins but have a claim to such land or assets -- provided that such claims are recognized under the laws of the country or become recognized through a process identified in the resettlement plan; (iii) Those who have no recognizable legal right or claim to the land they are occupying. Persons covered under the above (1) and (2) are compensated for the land they lose and other assistance. Persons covered under (3) are provided resettlement assistance in lieu of compensation for land they occupy and other assistance, as necessary, to achieve objectives set out in this policy, if they occupy the project are prior to a cut-off date established by the
borrower and acceptable to ADB1. Those who encroach on this area after cut-off date are not entitled for compensation or any other resettlement assistance.
(II) Compensation and Resettlement Measures In order to address the impacts caused by involuntary land acquisition resulting in (i) relocating or loss of shelter; (ii) lost of assets or access to assets; and (iii) loss of income source or means of livelihood (whether or not the affected persons must move to another location), an RP should be prepared. The RP includes measures to ensure that the APs are: (i) Informed about their options and rights pertaining to resettlement; (ii) Consulted on, offered choices among, and provided with technically and economically feasible resettlement alternatives; and (iii) Provided prompt and effective compensation at replacement cost2for the losses of assets attributable directly to the project.
1Normally, the cut-off date is the date the census begins. The cut-off date could also be the date the project area was delineated, prior to the census, provided that there has been an effective public dissemination of information on the area delineated and systematic and continuous dissemination subsequent to the delineation to prevent further population influx. 2“Replacement Cost" means the method of valuing assets to replace the loss at market value plus any transaction costs. When this method is adopted, the depreciation of construction and property is left out of account.
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If impacts include physical relocation, the RP should include measure to ensure that the displaced persons are: (i) Provided assistance (such as moving allowance) during relocation; (ii) Provided with residential house, or house sites, as required, agricultural land. Its productive potential, locational advantages and other factors are at least equivalent to the potential and locational advantages of the old site. The RP include measures to ensure that displaced persons are:
• Offered support after displacement for a transition period, based on a reasonable
estimate of the time likely to be needed to restore their livelihood and standards
of living;
• Provided with development assistance in addition to compensation measures
described in para 1 (iii), such as land preparation, credit facilities, training, or job
opportunities.
III. Cut-off date
The cut-off date of the subproject shall be the date when the government issues the announcement of land acquisition. The DPs are not allowed to build new house, expand the building, rebuild, change the usage of house and land, lease land, or rent / bargain the house. Besides, persons moving into the subproject areas after this date are not entitled to compensation.
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1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1. Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has entered the era with the largest number of the elderly population, the fastest aging rate and the unique characteristics of elderly care. It is estimated that by 2025, the population aging rate in PRC will reach 14%, and 21% in 2035. The social and economic changes are changing the traditional model of home-based care and the demands for social care services are unceasingly enlarging. In order to actively address the problems of the aging population, the national government actively encourages all social circles to extensively participate in the elderly care development and expedite the construction of the elderly care service system.
2. Hezhou City is located in the eastern part of Guangxi and is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is adjacent to Qingyuan City and Zhaoqing City of Guangdong Province to the east, 300 km to Liuzhou City to the west, 212 km to Guilin to the north and 160 km to Wuzhou City to the south. Due to the unique ecological and geographical environment, the average life expectancy of Hezhou City is as high as 78.01 years. Under the jurisdiction of HezhouCity, Zhaoping County, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County and Zhongshan County were awarded the title of “Hometown of Longevity in China” in July 2011, June 2014 and July 2015. ThusHezhou has become the only prefecture-level city in PRC with all the counties under jurisdiction being awarded the title of “Hometown of Longevity in China”.
3. In 2016, Hezhou City was selected as the first batch national-level pension pilot units in PRC. At the core of health and longevity, Hezhou City has introduced the research platform for innovation and transformation of medical science and technology and for the integration of industrial production, universities, scientific research, prevention and medical treatment, as well as the national medical center for the research and integration of health care for women, children and the elderly. It targets to build a service system for medical treatment and health care as well as the industrial chain for ecological health care which have the characteristics of “the younger elderly with happy care, the senior elderly with medical care and the tourists with health care”. It is expected that by 2020Hezhou City will form an integrated rural-urban network of medical care services with complete functions, reasonable layout and good sustainability, and thus will satisfy the demand for elderly care at different levels.
4. Due to annual increase of the demands for medical care in Hezhou City, the issue of insufficient supply has become prominent. It can be expected that with the aging population and the increase of per-capita income, the demand in quantity and quality in the future will be greater than the currently available capacity. Currently, Hezhou City has a total number of 6612 nursing home beds. It can be expected that by 2025 the total demand for nursing home beds will be around 16,000 beds which indicates that an additional 9388beds should be provided in the next 8 years. In addition to the insufficient availability of nursing beds, the contradiction between the supply and demand for medical and health resources is particularly prominent. Currently, there is no specialized hospital for rehabilitation therapy for the elderly in Hezhou City, and most of the general hospitals do not have the facilities for rehabilitation therapy for the elderly. This adds to the serious situation of the inadequacy of beds for nursing, rehabilitation therapy and caring for the
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demented elderly. The current situation of the nursing staff in Guangxi is serious, and the number of those who have been certified is few. Most of the staff lack the basic nursing knowledge, experience and skills, showing low specialization. All these problems have seriously restricted the rapid industrial development of the elderly care services in Hezhou.
5. Financed by ADB the subproject will introduce the advanced technology and equipment to build a comprehensive nursing institution of rehabilitation for the elderly people. This should effectively alleviate the severe shortage of nursing beds for the low and middle income groups and the demented elderly especially those from rural areas. At the same time, through learning from foreign concepts and management experiences, the subproject will promote the standardization for the construction and management of the elderly care institutions, probe into the model of “focusing on caring while being assisted with medical treatment” for the elderly. Such will effectively facilitate the construction of the elderly care institutions and enable them to (a) extend their services to community elderly care and home-based elderly care, (b) help promote functional transition of elderly care services from the "discontinuous gap-filling type” to the “continuous general benefit type”, and thus ultimately improving overall conditions and the service capacities of the existing social elderly care institutions in Hezhou City.
1.2 Location of project construction
6. The subproject is located at Jiangnan East Area in Xiadao Village of Ertang Town, Pinggui District of Hezhou City, at the southeast corner of the junction between Yangmeiling Road and Dongbao Road.
1.3. Project components
7. Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project is planned based on 400 nursing beds with planned land use area of 49431.60 m2 (74.14 mu). The total building area is 30216.21 m2, including : above ground building area (plot ratio computed) is 23413.47 m2, with the construction of 4 corridor-style buildings for the aged people (1#、2#、3#、4#) of building
area of 19053.72 m2 (4763.43 m2/each); 2 new comprehensive buildings (1#、2#) of
Figure 1-1 Sketch Map of Project Land Use
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building area of 4359.75 m2 m2 (including 1# 2342.82 m2、2# 2016.93 m2), basement building area (without plot ratio) 6802.74 m2.
1.4 Project institutions, investment and construction period
8. Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GGZAR) through GPMO is the executing agency (EA). The Hezhou Municipal Government (HMG) is the implementating agency (IA) for this Subproject. Hezhou People’s Hospital, under the subproject IA, is the subproject project implementing entityt (PIE).
9. The total cost estimate of Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project is RMB 213.527 million. The project construction will start in 2021 and expected to complete in 2026.
1.5 Land acquisition impacts
10. The subproject needs to acquire 74.14 mu of rural collective land permanently, including 67.07 mu of land contracted by villagers, 2.02 mu of village road and 5.05 mu of house site. Land acquisition will affect 45 households with 208 persons.
11. The Project needs to demolish 9126.72 m2 of houses including 7481.20 m2 of rural residential houses, 1645.42 of rural attached houses totally affecting 26 households with 152 persons.
12. The relevant ground attachments and infrastructures such as scattered trees, bamboos, wells, fences, graves and electrical facilities.
13. 56 households with 296 persons will be affected by the subproject including 15 households with 64 persons being affected both by land acquisition and house demolition, 2 households with 11 persons belonging to vulnerable households.
1.6 Minimizing Land Acquisition and House Demolition Impacts
14. The subproject design will minimize the quantity of land acquisition and house demolition. When unavoidable, the following measures shall be adopted to minimize the impacts on the local people.
15. To minimize negative impacts of subproject construction work on the social economy of the local residents, the design institute and Implementing Agency followed the principle of ‘minimizing house demolition by avoiding populated and residential areas; minimizing the occupation of land, especially cultivated land. During the design optimization, adequate consideration on the local social and economic impacts has been the key factor for alternative analysis and design optimization.
16. The proposed footprint of the subproject includes a land temple, a place which is closely linked to the daily important activities of the local villagers who offer religious sacrifices. In order to retain the traditional folk culture of Xiadao Village and minimize the
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negative impacts on the local people, the project design has avoided demolition of the land temple.
Figure 1-2 Land Temple at Xiadao Village
17. In case of unavoidable land acquisition and house demolition, the IA shall ensure adequate compensation is paid to the APs and restoration of their income sources and livelihoods is attended to in accordance with the laws and regulations of PRC and the local governments.
2 Project Resettlement Impacts and Analysis
18. Based on the redline defined by the Feasibility Study Report (FSR), the resettlement institute carried out 100% of field measurement and a survey to identify resettlement impacts in January 10-20 and February 20-22 of 2019, organized and assisted by the PMO and IA.
2.1 Methods for evaluation of impacts
19. The identification of impacts mainly relies on the statistical data obtained from the relevant government organizations, questionnaire findings, measurement survey findings, and discussions held with APs during field investigation, site visits, meetings, and individual interviews.
(i) Convened discussion and consultation meetings with cadres of Ertang Town, Xiadao Village villagers’ committee, representatives of the APs and women representatives to understand current land situation in the subproject areas and the impact of the subproject’s land acquisition and house demolition.
(ii) Convened participatory meetings in Xiadao Village with village cadres and villagers’ representatives.
(iii) Conducted resettlement impact survey. The resettlement institute obtained the resettlement impact data (including land acquisition impact and house
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demolition impact) through interview with the villages’ committee staffs and review the land contract register records and house survey map which provided by the villager’s committee in Feb 2019. After the survey, it is confirmed that there are totally 56 households (HHs) will be affected by our project and 2 vulunerable households (VH) among them.
(iv) Conducted sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey. After confirmation of AHs, the resettlement institute conducted social-economic households questionnaire survey of the Affected Housholds (AHs) in Feb 2019 on the socio-economic status of the sampled AHs and their willingness to handover land. The survey was conducted after Chinese Spring Festival, most of the villagers go to work in the city or other provinces. The survey team finially find 15 AHs at home to accept the questionnaire survey which accounted for 36.58% of the total AHs. The 2 VHs were also accepted the social-eocnomic household questionnaire survey.
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Table 2-1 Summary of Major Affected Population by Land Acquisition and Demolition
Administrative
village
Permanent land acquisition Demolition of houses Total population of
APs
Total
Area
(mu)
Number of
households
affected by
land
acquisition
(household)
Number of
persons
affected
by land
acquisition
(person)
Total
area
(m2)
Number of
affected
households
(household)
Affected
persons
(person)
Number of
affected
households
(household)
Affected
persons
(person) Agricultural
land
construction
land
Residential
house
Attached
houses
(m²)
Xiadao village 74.14 67.07 7.07 45 208 9126.72 7481.2 1645.52 26 152 56 296
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Notes: Among the APs, 15 households with 64 persons both affected by both land acquisition and house demolition.
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2.1.1 Permanent land acquisition
20. Among the land to be acquired, there are 56.16 mu of paddy fields accounting for 83.7% of the total acquired area, and 10.91 mu of land are forest land accounting for 16.3% of the total, totally affecting 45 households with 208 persons(Table 2-2).
21. The paddy fields to be acquired are mainly used for growing paddy rice, corn, peanut and vegetables. The forest land is grown with quick-growing eucalyptus.
Table 2-2 Summary of Permanent Acquisition of Rural Collective Land
Administrative
village
Total land
acquisition
Agricultural land Construction
land Affected population
Paddy
field
Forest
land Sub-total House site
Nos of
households Population
Xiadao village 74.14 56.16 10.91 67.07 5.05 45 208
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Figure 2-1 Acquisition of Rural Collective Land
2.1.2 Temporary land occupation
22. . As the project is still at the stage of feasibility study, the extent of temporary land occupation required by the subproject contractors is not fully known. The PMO will compensate temporary land use according to the compensation standards and measures specified in RP ensuring that the land owners can be benefited from the project construction. At the same time, the PMO will enter into agreement with the contractors to specify the construction mode, occupying period, and compensation standards including how they plan to restore temporarily affected cultivated land to their original level.
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2.1.3 Demolition of rural residential houses
23. The total rural residential area to be demolished by the subproject in Xiadao Village is 7481.2 m2. These houses are mainly of brick-concrete structures covering 6955.83 m2 of brick concrete and accounting to 93.0% of the total area, 525.37 m2 area cover earth-wooden structures accounting for 7.0%. House demolition will affect 26 households with 152 persons(Table 2-3).
Table 2-3 Summary of Demolition of Rural Residential Houses
Administrative
village
Rural
residential
houses (m2)
Building Structures Affected population
Brick-concrete
structure (m2)
Earth-wooden
structure (m2)
Nos of
households Population
Xiadao village 7481.2 6955.83 525.37 26 152
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Figure 2-2 Rural Residential Houses Proposed to be Demolished by Project
2.1.4 Demolition of rural attached houses
24. The total area of rural attached houses to be demolished by the Project in Xiadao Village is 1645.52 m2. These rural attached houses are mainly of brick-tile or earth structures --885.63 m2
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of brick-tile structure accounting for 53.8%; 622.12 m2 of earth structures accounting for 37.8%;and 137.77 m2 of simple shelters accounting for 8.4%. These attached houses are mainly ancillary rooms, breeding rooms and utility rooms (Table 2-4).
Table 2-4 Summary of Demolition of Rural Attached Houses
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Figure 2-3 Rural Attached Houses Proposed to be Demolished by Project
2.1.5 Ground attachments
25. The ground attachments affected by the subproject mainly include scattered trees and wells, fence walls and graves. 104 scattered cinnamon, pomegranate, and hawthorn trees are affected in addition to 120 bamboo trees, 228 meters of fence walls and 23 graves (Table 2-5).
Table 2-5 Summary of Affected Ground Attachments
Administrative
village
Scattered
trees (pcs)
Bamboo
(pcs) Well (nos)
Fence wall
(m) Grave (nos)
Xiadao village 104 120 20 228 23
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Administrative
village
Rural attached
houses (m2)
Building structure
Brick-tile structure
(m2) Earth structure (m2)
Simple shelters
(m2)
Xiadao village 1645.52 885.63 622.12 137.77
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2.1.6 Affected infrastructure
26. The infrastructure affected by the subproject includes power distribution line, transformer, respectively 1.5km of 220V power distribution line and 1 transformer (Table 2-6).
Table 2-6 Summary of Affected Infrastructures
Name of ground attachments Unit Quantity
Electricity pole pcs 19
220V power distribution line km 1.5
Transformer Nos. 1
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
2.1.7 Total affected population
27. There are totally 56 households with 296 persons who are affected by the project construction. They include 30 households with 144 persons affected by land acquisition, 11 households with 88 persons affected by house demolition, and 15 households with 64 persons both being affected by land acquisition and house demolition (Table 2-7).
Table 2-7 Summary of Affected Population
Types of impacts Unit Quantity
Affected
population by land
acquisition and
house demolition
Affected by land acquisition Household 30
Persons 144
Affected only by house demolition Household 11
Persons 88
Affected both by land acquisition and
house demolition
Household 15
Persons 64
Sub-total Household 56
Persons 296
Data source: project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
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2.1.8 Affected vulnerable groups
28. The vulnerable groups refer to APs who will encounter difficulties in coping with changes during project construction. The vulnerable groups are classified into the following types:
� Widowed and the elderly people over 65 years, who are without income sources.
� Women headed households
� Orphans: those lost parents and are below16 years of age
� Poor households: households in rural and urban areas living under Minimum Living
Gurantee (MLG) subsidies.
� Disabled: refers to those being physically disabled or mentally retarded and unable to work.
29. In the affected village, one female-headed household and one disable household were identified as vulnerable households which are affected by house demolition. iii
Table 2-8 Situation of Vulnerable Groups and Structure
Administrative
village
Household headed by
women Disabled household Subtotal
Households Population Nos of
households Population
Nos of
households Population
Xiadao village 1 6 1 5 2 11
Data source: Project resettlement impact survey and sample affected housholds social-
economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
iii 2 VHs will be affected by the project. The resettlement institute obtained the resettlement impact data (including land
acquisition impact and house demolition impact) through interview with the villages’ committee staff and review of the land
contract register records and house survey map which provided by the villager’s committee in Feb 2019. After the survey, it
was confirmed that there are totally 56 HHs will be affected by our project and 2 VHs among them. 2) the resettlement institute
conducted a sample social-economic questionnaire survey of the AHs in Feb 2019 of 15AHs, which accounted for 26.87% of the
total AHs. The 2 VHs were surveyed as part of the social-eocnomic survey.
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2.1.9 Affected ethnic minority communities
30. 98% of villagers affected by the subproject are Han people villagers. The few ethnic minority members in the village are married-in women from outside.
2.2 Impacts analysis
2.2.1 Analysis of impacts caused by permanent land acquisition
31. Land acquisition will have several impacts on villagers. First, they lose land. Currently Xiadao Village has 800 mu of cultivated land and 7% of such land will be lost to the subproject. Due to the limited land area available in Xiadao Village, in No.13 and No.14 village groups, the average area of cultivated land per household is 2.3 mu while the household average area of land acquisition is 1.4 mu, indicating the land loss rate of 61.4%.
32. Xiadao Village is located in the suburbs of the city. The major income sources of the local people are labor work and self-employment in the city and as a result,,their dependence on land income is relatively low. The land to be acquired is mainly grown with vegetables, corns and peanuts by women and the elderly for home consumption. The surplus products are sold in the market. Average household annual total income is RMB 37,775 of which only 0.4% (RMB 150) is from farming. On average, a household loses RMB 90 annually because of the land loss.
33. Table 2-9 and Table 2-10 show the land loss analysis and impact analysis for the household affected by land acquisition in Xiadao Village.
Table 2-9 Permanent Land Loss Analysis
Administrative
village
Before project Impacts by Project Loss rate of
cultivated land
Total
number of
households
(household)
Total
Population Cultivated
Land
(mu)
Affected
households
(nos)
the APs
(person)
Cultivated
land (mu)
Cultivated land
(%) (person)
Xiadao village 1368 5518 800 40 188 56.16 7.02%
Source: Project resettlement impact survey conducted in Feb 2019.
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Table 2-10 Household Land Acquisition Impacts Analysis
S/L Items Xiadao village
1 Impacts
1 No. of Affected Households. 40
2 Affected agricultural population 208
3 Land acquisition (mu) 56.16
4 Average per-capita cultivated land before LA
(mu)
2.3
5 Average per-capita cultivated land after LA
(mu)
1.4
6 Cultivated land loss rate each family (%) 61.4%
7 Income loss rate each family (%) 0.24%
II Sources of Income
8 Agricultural farming (RMB) 150
—(%) 0.4%
9 Annual total family income (RMB) 37775
Data source: Project resettlement impact survey and sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
2.2.2 Impacts Analysis of House Demolition
34. The subproject needs to demolish 7481.20 m2 of rural residential area of Xiadao Village andon average, 287.74 m2 per household. Most of the APs are still having old houses in the village, and some of them have bought commercial houses in the urban area for the conveniences of working
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or schooling of their children. Before demolition of their current houses, the APs can move to their other residential houses.
35. Xiadao Village is clean and tidy but lacks the basic infrastructure such as sewage treatment and tap water. The local residents are using well water, indicating potential safety hazards. Before the construction of the subproject, the affected households will be relocated to resettlement communities or resettlement sites where the unified infrastructures such as water supply, road, power and sewage drainage are available. The living conditions of them will be greatly improved as result of relocation. They can enjoy the urban public facilities, and as a result, their living conditions will be upgraded. As the environment and facilities at resettlement sites are relatively good, they can lease out their surplus houses to get more income.
36. However, leaving their original places of residence may cause some inconvenience to the APs with regard to land cultivation, employment, and children’s education. Moreover, relocation to a resettlement site may result in increase in living costas water tariff and property management costs will be higher at the new location. House demolition will also have an impact on their social and cultural life. The family affection, friendship, and home love may be cut off as a result of relocation. In their original living pattern, the main way of exchange of feelings among the villagers would rest on the chatting after a meal. In the new resettlement sites, such kind of feeling exchanges would become less. So, the APs should integrate themselves into the new social environment.
3 Socio-economic Profile of the Affected Population
3.1 Profile of affected communities
37. During 20-23 February, 2019 Guangxi Guoye Project Management Consulting Co., Ltd, the resettlement institute conducted a field survey on the project scope and social and economic conditions in the project area. Because only Xiadao Village of Pinggui District is affected by the land acquisition and house demolition by thesubproject, the following section covers only the status of social and economic development of Xiadao Village. 38. The basic situation of Xiadao Village are shown in Table 3-1.
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Table 3-1 Basic Information of Xiadao Village
Basic Information Xiadao village
Population
Total households (household) 1368
Total Population (person) 5518
Incl.: Male (person) 2780
Agricultural population 5408
Non-agricultural population 110
Age
Age 0-16 (person) 800
Age 17-60 (person) 3800
Age above 60 (person) 918
Education
Illiterates and semi-illiterates (person) 48
Primary school education (person) 300
Secondary education (person) 3200
High school or technical school (person) 1870
College or above (person) 400
Ethnic Group Han (nos) 5398
Other ethnic groups (person) 120
Labor
Total labors (person) 2000
Female labors (person) 1000
Industrial labors (person) 200
Agricultural labors (person) 1650
Labors in tertiary industry (person) 150
Situation of cultivated land
Cultivated Land (mu) 800
Incl.: retained collective cultivated land (mu) 0
Situation of non-cultivated land
Area ( mu) 9.4
Incl.: retained collective cultivated land (mu) 9.4
Collective production value
Gross production value (RMB10000) 16900
Agricultural production value (RMB10000) 2400
Industrial output value (RMB10000) 9900
Output value for tertiary industry (RMB10000) 5400
Rural residents’ net income
Rural resident’s average per-capita net income (RMB)
9200
Incl.: Agriculture (%) 4
Industrial (%) 46
Tertiary industry (%) 50
Land (mu)
Dry land 100
Paddy field 500
Forest land 200
Source: Villagers’ committee interview of Xiadao Village.
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3.2 Affected households and social status of social economic profile
3.2.1 Sample selection
39. Xiadao Village of Ertang Town of Pinggui District is affected by the land acquisition and house demolition of the Project. With the organization and support of the Villagers’ Committee of Xiadao Village, the investigating group carried out the household survey in February 2019. Totally 15 valid survey questionnaires were completed, with a sampling ratio of 26.79%, including 6 households with 38 persons only affected by house demolition and 9 households with 41 persons both affected by land acquisition and house demolition.
3.2.2 Statistical features of affected households and population
40. The survey covered totally 15 households with 79 persons. The respondents are in normal distribution in terms of age distribution. Most of them were the middle-agedwith less elderly and young people. All the respondents belong Han nationality.
Gender composition
41. Among the 15 interviewees, there were 11 men, accounting for 73.3%; 4 female, accounting for 26.7%. The gender composition of samples are shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-1 Gender Composition of Samples
Gender perspectives on compensation
42. Xiaodao Village is located in the suburbs of Hezhou City. Due to urbanization, most of the village land has been expropriated. The villagers expect to get cash compensation for the land acquired and houses demolished. They are concerned about theirfuture employment. In terms of compensation, most male or female respondents request fair and timely cash compensation, employment opportunities, and assistance from the government as well as timely subproject information disclosure. According to the result of
Man
73.3%
Female
26.7%
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interviews with 15 households, 100% of male and 75% of female respondents wanted betteremployment opportunities; 18% of males and 25% of femalesexpected to get government’s “assistance”; 36% of male and 25% of female hoped to get the pension subsidies; 18% o male and 25% of female expecte to improve the “traffic condition” in the village; a few others wanted to solve the problems of environmental pollution andreceive technical training and business support. In terms of demolition and resettlement, 64% of men hoped to be relocated before their house demolition. Table 3-2 provides the opinions and concerns of the APs. All of these concerns raised are incorporated in the RP and implementation.
Table 3-2 Opinions on Land and House Compensations in Terms of Gender
Expectation/Demand Male (%) Female (%)
Fair and reasonable compensation 100 100
Timely compensation 82 75
Employment 100 75
Cash compensation 100 100
Information disclosure 64 75
Assistance to be provided by the government. 18 25
Provision of pension subsidies 36 25
Improvement of transportation 18 25
Resettlement first before demolition 64 0
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Education
43. There 15 households with 79 persons participating in the sample survey for education status. The results showed that there were 38 persons of or below primary education, accounting for 48.39% of the total population; 32 persons of secondary school, accounting for 40.32%; 6 persons of high school, accounting for 8.06%; 3 persons of college or above, only accounting for 3.23%. Details of education background of the sampled households are shown in Table 3-3. It can be inferred that, among the project affected households, the proportion of primary school education was the highest, followed by the secondary school education, both totally accounting for 88.71%.
Table 3-3 Education Background for the Sampled Affected Households
Items Grant total (persons)
Proportion (%) Average per household
Total 79 100.00 5.27
Primary school or below4
38 48.39 2.55
Secondary school 32 40.32 2.12
4 Including pre-school and in-school children.
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Items Grant total (persons)
Proportion (%) Average per household
High school (technical) school
6 8.06 0.42
College or above 3 3.23 0.17
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Population structure
44. Among the 15 affected households with 79 persons, the average size of the family was 5.27 persons, which was a bit larger than that of the results of the survey which is being conducted by the villagers’ committee. The main reason for the difference is that the number of children-separated from families were not counted in the villagers’ committee survey. 45. In terms of age structure, there were 19 persons aged 0-6 years, accounting for 24.19%; 6 persons aged 7-17 years, accounting for 8.06%; 27 persons aged 18-35 years, accounting for 33.87%; 15 persons aged 36-60 years, accounting for 19.35%; 11 persons aged 61 or above, accounting for 14.52% (Table 3-4 and Figure 3-2). It can be inferred that among the households affected by the subproject, the population aged 18-35 years would be the largest proportion, followed by a slightly lower proportion of the aged 0-6 years, both accounting for a total of 58.06%.
Table 3-4 Age Structure for the Sampled Project Affected Households
Population Structure Grant total (persons) Proportion (%)
Average per
household
Total Population 79 100.00 5.27
Labor population. 40 50.63 2.63
Disabled population 1 1.27 0.08
Age 0-6 19 24.19 1.27
Age 7-17 6 8.06 0.42
Age 18 - 35 27 33.87 1.78
Age 36-60 15 19.35 1.02
Age above 61 11 14.52 0.76
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
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Figure 3-2 Age Structure for the Sampled Project Affected Households
46. In terms of labor structure of the sampled households affected by the project, among the 15 households of 79 persons, 40 were in the labor force, on average, 2.63 persons per-household, accounting for 50.63%; where, there was 1 disable person, accounting for 0.08%. Among the labor force, 4 persons mainly engaged in agricultural production, on average, 0.27 person per household, accounting for 10% of the total labor force population; 3 persons engaged in business, accounting for 8.97%; 33 persons engaged in out-going work, averagely 2.20 persons per household, accounting for 82.50% of the total labor force (Table 3-5 and Figure 3-3).
47. Most of the village labor force work in urban areas. Men are engaged in express delivery, repair, powder processing, and security services while women in cleaning, housekeeping, and hotel workers. The proportion of laborers engaged in outside the land is higher than that of those working on land.
Table 3-5 Labor Force Structure in the Sampled Households
Population Structure
Grand total Proportion (%) Average household
Total Population 79 100.00 5.27
Labor population. 40 50.63 2.63
Disabled population 1 1.27 0.08
Agriculture-headed labor
4 5.06 0.27
Labor in running business
3 3.80 0.20
Out-going labor 33 41.77 2.20
24.19%
8.06%
33.87%
19.35%
14.52%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
Age 0-6 Age 7-17 Age 8-35 Age 36-60 Age above 61
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Vulnerable groups
48. Two vulnerable households are affected.. One household with 5 disabled persons who have 420 m2 of a house to be demolished are mainly engaged in property management with an annual per-capita income of RMB 7,483. The other rural household with 6 persons (i.e. single-parent family) is mainly engaging in catering business, and its annual per-capita net income is RMB 13,330. Its 150 m2 of housewill be demolished. Because these two households have family members who work in the city their household incomes are higher than the average income of local residents. They are vulnerable but not poor.
49. In addition to eligible compensation and resettlement assistance for demolished houses, IA will be providing them training opportunities and priority in getting subproject jobs construction jobs. The government and IA will also assist them in getting credit funds from banks, and provide necessary assistance in the selection of relocation sites.
Income structure
50. The annual average income per capita of the sample AHs is RMB 7,172 which earned from agricultural production, breeding, off-farm work, businesses, and other operations. In this regard, the major source is from non-farm labor with average per-capita income of RMB 5,222, accounting for 72.80% of the total income followed by business income, accounting for 26.47%. These two sources account for 99.27% of per capita income. The income from agricultural source accounts for about 0.40%, while breeding income accounts for about 0.33% (Table 3-6).
10%
83%
7%
Agriculture-headed labor Out-going labor Labor in running business
Figure 3-3 Labor Structure of the Sampled Affected Households
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51. In the views of the APs, land acquisition will have impacts on their household income, but such impacts would be very little due to the following reasons. First, from the income structure, the proportion of income from agricultural and breeding activities in the total family income is as little as less than 1%. As a result, land acquisition would have little impact on their household income. Second, the project implementation will bring about new employment opportunities which will add more income to householdincome. Third, subproject implementation will improve the environment and the living quality. Therefore, all APs support the subproject.
Table 3-6 Annual Income Structure of Affected Sampled Households (2019)
Items Total (RMB)
Percentage in
total income
(%)
Average per
household
(RMB)
Average per-
capita (RMB)
Total family annual
income 566625 100 37775 7172
1. Income from
agricultural growing 2250 0.40 150 28
2. Breeding income 1875 0.33 125 24
2. Go-out-work
income 412500 72.80 27500 5222
3. Business income 150000 26.47 10000 1899
4. Other operation
income 0 0.00 0 0
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Income of Women
52. General education level of women of the affected households is relatively low. 80% of them are doing household chores, home gardening, and poultry farming. Products are mainly for their own consumption, and the surplus products are sold to earn some additional income. Only 20% of women work in the surrounding areas or are engaged in individual businesses such as catering. Women who take part-time jobs in Garden Expo and nearby enterprises can earn about RMB 2000 each month.
53. The sample survey of affected households shows that the average annual household income is RMB 37,775. Household women earned RMB 6395, accounting for 16.3% of total household income. Among them, the agricultural income is RMB 120, accounting for 80% of the total family agricultural income. From poultry keeping they earned RMB 125. Income from off-farm labor, they earned RMB 4950. The income from doing business is RMB 1200 accounting for 12% of the total family business income.
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Table 3-7 Female Income of Affected Households
Items Average per
household (RMB)
Incl. Female
income (RMB)
Proportion of
female income
Total family annual income 37775 6395 16.93%
1. Income from
agricultural growing 150 120 80.00%
2. Breeding income 125 125 100.00%
2. Go-out-work income 27500 4950 18.00%
3. Business income 10000 1200 12.00%
4. Other operation
income 0 0 ——
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Expenditure structure
54. The monthly average per-capita expenditure is RMB 2860. The expenditure structure includehousehold daily consumption, agricultural production investment, business investment and education. Among them, (i) the household consumption accounts for 71.72% -on average, per-capita expenditure of RMB 389/month, and the expenditure on food accounts for 41%; the expenditure on social events accounts for 20% of the of family expenditure, followed by about 14% on wearing and 13% on transportation. (ii) the business investment accounts for about 17% of the total expenditure. (iii) The expenditure on education accounts for about 10%, and the per capita monthly expenditure of students reaches RMB 54. (iv) the expenditure on agriculture activities accounts for 2% on average among the affected households. Details are shown in Table 3-8.
Table 3-8 Monthly Expenditure Structure of Sampled Project Affected Households
Expenditure Items
Average
per
household
(RMB)
Percentage in
total
expenditures
(%)
Average per-
capita (RMB)
Grand total 2860 100 543
1. Agricultural production investment 52 1.82 10
Subtotal 2051 71.72 389
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Expenditure Items
Average
per
household
(RMB)
Percentage in
total
expenditures
(%)
Average per-
capita (RMB)
2. Daily
household
expenditures
Food 844 41.14 160
Clothes 277 13.51 53
Electricity 101 4.92 19
Gas 59 2.87 11
Transport 250 12.21 48
Communication 116 5.68 22
Entertainment 403 19.66 77
3. Education 282 9.86 54
4. Business investment 475 16.61 90
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
Asset ownership
55. Cell phone, motorcycles, color TVs and air conditioners are the popular properties of the affected households in the subproject areas, i.e. Cell phones 3.09/household, motorcycle1.73 /household, color TV 1.09/household, air conditioner 1/household (Table 3-9).
Table 3-9 Key Properties of Affected Sampled Households
Name of properties Grand total Average household
Car (nos) 7 0.45
Construction equipment such as excavator (nos) 4 0.27
Agricultural equipments such as cultivator (nos) 0 0.00
Motorcycle (incl. Electro mobile) (nos) 26 1.73
Color TV (nos) 16 1.09
Refrigerator (nos) 12 0.82
Washing machine (nos) 12 0.82
Air conditioner (nos) 15 1.00
Computer (nos) 7 0.45
Kitchen ventilator (nos) 4 0.27
Household disinfecting cabinet (nos) 11 0.73
Cell phone (nos) 46 3.09
Data source: sample affected housholds social-economic questionnaire survey conducted in Feb 2019.
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4 Laws and Policy Framework for Resettlement
56. In order to effectively facilitate land acquisition and resettlement of Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project,the RP refers to the policies, laws and regulationsof land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement of the subproject which are based relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hezhou Municipal Government, as well as the ADB's policies for involuntary resettlement.
4.1 Laws and policies framework for resettlement
57. The major laws and policies for resettlement are shown as follows:
Relevant ADB policies include:
a. Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), June 2009
b. Public Communications Policy, 2011
c. Accountability Mechanism Policy, 2012.
Laws, regulations and policies of the PRC include:
a. Land Administration Law of the PRC (January 1, 1999, amended on August 28, 2004)
b. The Implementation Rules for The Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic
of China (effective as of January, 1, 1999, amended on July 29, 2014);
c. The Administrative Measures for the Pre-Review of Land Use for Construction Projects
of the local government (No. 42 Order of The Ministry of Land and Resources, effective
as of January 1, 2009);
d. Guidelines on Improving the System of Land Acquisition Compensation and
Resettlement (the Ministry of Land and Resources made) (effective as of November 3,
2004);
e. Real Property Rights Law of the People’s Republic of China (No. 62 order of the
President of the People’s Republic of China, and effective as of October 1, 2007); and
f. September, 2004 the Ministry of Land Resources promulgated Guidelines on
Improving the System of LA Compensation and Resettlement (the Ministry of Land and
Resources [2004] No. 238).
g. The Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing
Land Administration (SC [2004] No. 28)
h. Demolition and Compensation of the Housing on the State-owned Land (Decree 590
of State Council, (effective from January 21, 2011).
i. Regulations to Solve the Housing Difficulties for the Low Income HHs issued by State
Council [GF 2007, No 24]
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Guangxi regional relevant regulations include:
a. Implementation Method of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Land
Administration Law (effective from September 1, 2001)
b. Notification on Announcement for Uniform Annual Output Standards for Land
Acquisition issued by Land Resource Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region (effective from January 1, 2016)
c. Guidelines on Improving and Managing Land Acquisition in Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region (effective from November 21, 2014).
d. Implementation Measures for Regulations on the Demolition and Compensation of
Houses on State-owned Land and Compensation ) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region (2011)
Hezhou City relevant regulations includes:
a. Methods of Hezhou City for Resettlement of Displaced Farmers within Urban Planned
Areas, Ref. HZF[2007] No. 9 (March 12, 2007).
b. Notice of Hezhou Municipality on Adjusting the Compensation Standards for Land
Acquisition and Resettlement for Construction Projects within Urban Planned Areas of
Hezhou City, Ref. HZF[2016] No.48 (December 31, 2016).
c. Notice on Issuance of the Implementation Scheme for House Demolition
Compensation in Main Urban Area of Hezhou City (Provisional) (Ref. HGTZ[2018]No.
95 (August 20, 2018).
d. Notice of Hezhou City on Issuing New Round of Unified Standard of Annual Output
Value Document at City Level (January 31, 2019).
4.2 ADB’s policies for involuntary resettlement
58. The basic objectives of the involuntary resettlement policy of ADB are:
59. Avoid or minimize involuntary resettlement, wherever feasible;
60. If involuntary resettlement cannot be avoided, the resettlement activities should be conceived and implemented as a program of sustainable development. Where resettlement is unavoidable, multiple feasible schemes shall be available for selection. Sufficient arrangements should be established to enable the APs to share the benefits of the project. The project authories consult with the APs enabling them full participation in planning and implementation of the resettlement plan.
61. The APs shall be compensated at replacement cost and provided resettlement assistance so that they will not become impoverished because of the project. The APs should also be supported to restore and improve their livelihoods and income sources.
62. Resettlers shall be provided with adequate information relating to the resettlement and compensation, for which, mutual discussion shall be required.
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63. Stakeholders’ participation in the development and implementation of the resettlement plan shall be emphasized, for which, effective grievance readdressing mechanism should be established.
4.3 Gaps between national,local legislation and ADB’s policies and filling measures
64. Key gaps between SPS and PRC’s system and local practice were identified as presented in below.
Table 4-1Comparative Analysis of Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement
ADB SPS Legal Provisions and Local Practice Gap-filling Measures
Policy Principle 1: Screen
the project early on to identify
past, present, and future
involuntary resettlement
impacts and risks. Determine
the scope of resettlement
planning through a survey
and/or census of displaced
persons, including a gender
analysis, specifically related
to resettlement impacts and
risks.
Management Regulations for Construction Project Land Using Pre-examination (Decree No.42 of MLR) requires to screen the area and type of the land to be provided for the project before approving the FSR or checking the project proposal. Before land acquisition, local LRB conducts detailed measurement survey (DMS). Before house demolition, the house demolition agency conducts detailed measurement survey. PRC regulations do not assess past impacts. There is no specific legal provision to include gender analysis in resettlement planning. However, in line with local government program, the gender and risks to and/or vulnerability caused by any project particularly on women can already be identified and assessed based on the (i) Five-Guarantee Households and (ii) Minimum Living Guarantee System during resettlement planning. Please see Policy Principle 5 for more details.
Conduct due diligence on
the prior LAR impacts to
determine if there are any
outstanding compensation
or resettlement issues, or
unresolved grievances.
Policy Principle 2: Carry out
meaningful consultations with
affected persons, host
communities, and concerned
nongovernment
organizations. Inform all
displaced persons of their
entitlements and
At national level, Land Administration Law
of the People’s Republic of China, State
Council's Decision on Deepening Reform
and Managing Strictly Land (the State
Council made [2004]28), Guidelines on
Improving the System of Land Acquisition
Compensation and Resettlement (the
Ministry of Land and Resources made
Identification of the poor
and vulnerable groups as
early as the screening
process so they can
participate and their
concerns are taken into
account during
consultations and planning
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resettlement options. Ensure
their participation in planning,
implementation, and
monitoring and evaluation of
resettlement programs.
Pay particular attention to the
needs of vulnerable groups,
especially those below the
poverty line, the landless, the
elderly, women and children,
and Indigenous Peoples, and
those without legal title to
land, and ensure their
participation in consultations.
Establish a grievance redress
mechanism to receive and
facilitate resolution of the
affected persons’ concerns.
Support the social and
cultural institutions of
displaced persons and their
host population.
Where involuntary
resettlement impacts and
risks are highly complex and
sensitive, compensation and
resettlement decisions
should be preceded by a
social preparation phase.
[2004] number 238), and Regulations on
the Compensation of Houses on State-
owned Land and Compensation (2011)
have similar requirements on consultation
and participation. In Guangxi, Guidelines
on Improving and Managing Land
Acquisition in Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region (effective from
November 21, 2014) and Implementation
Measures for Regulations on the
Demolition and Compensation of Houses
on State-owned Land and
Compensation ) in Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region (2011) requires
consultation, participation and information
disclosing throughout the whole land
acquisition and resettlement procedures.
Although there are consultation and
participation activities conducted by local
government, it is not part of the 1-book-4-
plans (1B4P) and compensation and
relocation plan (CARP) which are the two
domestic resettlement planning
documents. To improve the
documentation, all activities need be
properly documented.
As per law, a grievance redress
mechanism is established at the local
government where farmers can first raise
their concern with the village collective or
bring their grievances through the legal
system directly. However, it is not part of
the 1B4P and CARP documents.
In line with local government program, the
gender and risks to and/or vulnerability
caused by any project particularly on
women can already be identified and
assessed based on the (i) Five-
Documentation of the
consultation and
information disclosure
activities and grievances
received.
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Guarantee Households and (ii) Minimum
Living Guarantee System. In practice,
local village committee, civil affairs
bureau, social security bureau and other
government agencies pays attention to
the needs of the poor and vulnerable
groups.
Policy Principle 3: Improve,
or at least restore, the
livelihoods of all displaced
persons through (i) land-
based resettlement
strategies when affected
livelihoods are land based
where possible or cash
compensation at
replacement value for land
when the loss of land does
not undermine livelihoods, (ii)
prompt replacement of
assets with access to assets
of equal or higher value, (iii)
prompt compensation at full
replacement cost for assets
that cannot be restored, and
(iv) additional revenues and
services through benefit
sharing schemes where
possible.
For collective land compensation, the
provincial government needs to formulate
and publish Uniform Annual Output
Standards for Land Acquisition and the
integrated land acquisition price, which
need to be adjusted each 2-3 years.
State Council [2004] number 28 states
that (1) where the project concerned
generates profits the people displaced
can use the land as investment to have a
right to share in those profits; (2) within a
planned urban area, improvement of
employment system and social security to
safeguard AP’s lives. (3) out of a planned
urban area, land resettlement,
employment resettlement, or
displacement resettlement shall be
implemented (4) carry out employment
trainings.
Ministry of Land and Resources [2004]
238 and Notification on Announcement
for Average Annual Output Value for Land
issued by Land Resource Department of
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
(effective from January 1, 2016 ) requires
that (1) Agricultural production
resettlement (2) re-employment
resettlement (3) using the land as share
of the project (4) provision of replacement
land.
No additional gap filling
required as PRC
regulations adequately
cover this principle
Policy Principle 4: Provide
physically and economically
displaced persons with
needed assistance, including
the following: (i) if there is
relocation, secured tenure to
relocation land, better
housing at resettlement sites
with comparable access to
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employment and production
opportunities, integration of
resettled persons
economically and socially
into their host communities,
and extension of project
benefits to host communities;
(ii) transitional support and
development assistance,
such as land development,
credit facilities, training, or
employment opportunities;
and (iii) civic infrastructure
and community services, as
required.
National legislation relating to urban
housing demolition requires independent
valuation, compensation at market value,
or provision of replacement housing of
equivalent value at the request of affected
persons. (See State Council Regulations
on Collection and Compensation for
Houses on State-Owned Land, 2011.)
Compensation rates are administratively
determined through application of
prescribed valuation processes.
Policy Principle 5: Improve
the standards of living of the
displaced poor and other
vulnerable groups, including
women, to at least national
minimum standards. In rural
areas provide them with legal
and affordable access to land
and resources, and in urban
areas provide them with
appropriate income sources
and legal and affordable
access to adequate housing.
As per legal provisions, poor and
vulnerable groups are defined as those (i)
who fall within the five-guarantee
households and (ii) eligible for the
Minimum Living Guarantee System.
The local village/community committee,
civil affairs bureau, social security bureau
and other agencies pay attention to the
needs of the poor and vulnerable groups:
a) Five-Guarantee program, the
elderly, weak, widowed and
disabled members who are
unable to work and have no
means of living, or whose
households lack labor a rural
production cooperative would
provide production and living
assistance (e.g. food, clothing,
fuel, education and burial
expenses.
b) Those eligible for the Minimum
Living Guarantee System are
Identification of the poor
and vulnerable groups as
early as screening
process so they can
participate and their
concerns are taken into
account during
consultations and
planning
Monitoring of the
standards of living of the
displaced poor and other
vulnerable groups will be
carried out.
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provided with living subsidy each
month.
c) Other assistance - urgent cash
assistance if the HHs have
serious illness in addition to the
subsidy paid under rural
cooperative medical care system;
cash or in-kind assistance for the
women headed HHs provided by
the women’s federation; priority
given by the village committee to
be included in the endowment
insurance system for the farmers
affected by LA.
Regulations on the House Demolition and
Compensation on State-owned Land
(2011) states that : If the residential
houses of any individuals are to be
demolished and they meet the conditions
for affordable housing, the concerned city
and county people's governments shall
give priority to providing affordable
housing to such persons.
According to the Regulations to Solve the
Housing Difficulties for the Low Income
HHs issued by State Council [GF 2007,
No 24], affordable housing and low-rent
housing should be provided to the
households who have housing difficulties.
The demolished HHs can apply the
affordable housing and low-rent housing.
Principle 6. Develop
procedures in a transparent,
consistent, and equitable
manner if land acquisition is
through negotiated
settlement to ensure that
This principle is not triggered as the
PRC’s country system does not apply
negotiated settlement.
No action.
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those people who enter into
negotiated settlements will
maintain the same or better
income and livelihood status.
Policy Principle 7: Ensure
that displaced persons
without titles to land or any
recognizable legal rights to
land are eligible for
resettlement assistance and
compensation for loss of non-
land assets.
Based on the Regulations on the
Demolition and Compensation of Houses
on State-owned Land (2011), the illegal
houses and temporary structures which
were constructed after the approval
period will not be compensated.
As good practice, for households who are
not eligible for compensation for houses
at replacement value, the history or
reason why the structure has no
certification/license; and their socio-
economic conditions and vulnerability will
be assessed by the local government and
concerned bureaus to determine the
necessary assistance that can be
provided to them to ensure that they will
be able to restore or will not be worse-off.
According to the Regulations to Solve the
Housing Difficulties for the Low Income
HHs issued by State Council [GF 2007,
No 24], affordable housing and low-rent
housing should be provided to the
households who have housing difficulties.
The demolished HHs can apply the
affordable housing and low-rent housing.
No additional gap filling
required as regulations
and local practice address
this principle
Policy Principle 8: Prepare a
resettlement plan (RP)
elaborating on displaced
persons’ entitlements, the
income and livelihood
restoration strategy,
institutional arrangements,
monitoring and reporting
framework, budget, and time-
Except for large-scale water sector
projects, there are no specific
requirements to prepare a resettlement
plan which is similar to the RP required by
ADB.
For other projects, LRB prepares the “1-
book and-4-plans”, which include (i)
Submission Instruction Book for Land
Using of Construction Project; (ii) Plan of
ADB to support PMO in
capacity building of the
PMO and IA on the
preparation of RP and on
how to conduct due
diligence, early screening
of poor and vulnerable
groups, how to carry out
proper social/risk analysis,
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bound implementation
schedule.
Policy Principle 9: Disclose
a draft resettlement plan,
including documentation of
the consultation process in a
timely manner, before project
appraisal, in an accessible
place and a form and
language(s) understandable
to affected persons and other
stakeholders. Disclose the
final resettlement plan and its
updates to affected persons
and other stakeholders.
Transferring Farmland; (iii) Plan of
Replacement of Cultivated Land; (iv)
Land Acquisition Plan and (v) Plan of
Provision of Land. 1-book-4 plan can be
considered as a “resettlement planning
document”.
For house demolition, local government
prepares the compensation and
relocation plan, which also can be
considered as a “resettlement planning
document”.
enhanced information
sharing, consultation, and
participation for vulnerable
groups; documentation of
consultations and GRM.
Policy Principle 10:
Conceive and execute
involuntary resettlement as
part of a development project
or program. Include the full
costs of resettlement in the
presentation of project’s
costs and benefits. For a
project with significant
involuntary resettlement
impacts, consider
implementing the involuntary
resettlement component of
the project as a stand-alone
operation.
Refer to Article 12 of No. 28 Decree, the
total resettlement cost should be included
in the total project cost. All compensation
and administrative costs are included.
Decree 29 issued in 2006 states land
compensation and resettlement should
ensure that the living standards and
sustainability of the livelihood of the
landloss farmers are ensured; and that
vocational training and social security
programs should be properly
implemented for landloss farmers. Any
shortfall in the resettlement budget should
be provided by the local government.
No measures needed.
Policy Principle 11: Pay
compensation and provide
other resettlement
entitlements before physical
or economic displacement.
Implement the resettlement
plan under close supervision
Regulations generally require
compensation and other financial forms of
resettlement assistance to be paid before
physical or economic displacement.
Local government is responsible for
supervising throughout the project
implementation period, but only focused
Coordination mechanism
between the PMO and
local governments will be
established to properly
monitor and supervise
LAR activities.
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throughout project
implementation.
on if the AHs have received the full
compensation
Policy Principle 12: Monitor
and assess resettlement
outcomes, their impacts on
the standards of living of
displaced persons, and
whether the objectives of the
resettlement plan have been
achieved by taking into
account the baseline
conditions and the results of
resettlement monitoring.
Disclose monitoring reports.
Except for large-scale water projects,
there are no requirements to monitor and
evaluate outcomes, including impacts on
standards of living of displaced persons.
Local government is responsible for
supervising throughout the project
implementation period, however,
monitoring reports are not disclosed
Coordination mechanism
between the PMO and
local governments will be
established to properly
monitor and supervise
LAR activities
The enhanced information
sharing will include the
disclosure of monitoring
reports. Monitoring reports
will be disclosed.
4.4 Entitlement matrix for the subproject
A brief description of eligible criteria, types of affected persons, compensation, relocation and
rehabilitation strategies are shown in the entitlement matrix (table 4-2).
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Table 4-2 Resettlement Entitlement Matrix of the Subproject
Types of Impacts
Degree of impacts
Eligible people for
compensation
Compensation Policy and Standards Responsible Agencies
On rural-collective
land
The Project needs to acquire 74.14 of land permanently, including 67.07 mu of cultivated land and 7.07 mu of village construction land.
45 households
with 208 persons
1. Compensation standards of land acquisition: RMB 60500 /mu for paddy land, RMB 47000/mu for forest land; crops compensation standards: RMB 1600 - 2100 /mu for different kinds of crops.100% of the land compensation will be paid to the affected household. 2. Resettlement with reserved commercial land: as per 10% of the total appropriated agricultural land to be reserved and allocated to the rural collective organization as ‘commercial land’. The commercial land shall also be compensated in cash at the evaluated price if the resettlers agree. 3. Employment and skill training. Working-age workforce shall receive plant growing, poultry raising and occupational training, and shall be recommended, exchanged and guided to transfer to the non-agricultural employment. 4. Social insurance. The registered population of over 16 years old who have the rights of contracting collective land at the time of land acquisition will be eligible to get the endowment insurance subsidies for rural displaced farmers. All the land-expropriated farmers will join the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System of Hezhou City.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
Demolition of rural residential house
The total rural residential area to be demolished is 7481.20 m2.
26 households with 152 persons
The PMO provides three resettlement options, respectively exchange of titles, cash compensation and house sites, for the choice of APs at their will. 1. Exchange of property titles.(at the relocation site that is identified for resettling AHs from from all development related resettlement in the city)
① Exchange of titles shall be conducted as per the ratio of 1:1.2
between the expropriated area and the exchanging area. The exchange houses shall be rough (unfurnished) houses.
② The APs shall be liable to get decoration compensation at about
RMB 250 - 550 m2 for the ground, interior walls, doors and windows according to the conditions of decoration.
③ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12/ m2. The standard for
moving subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount. 2. Monetary resettlement.
① The house expropriator shall define the resettlement area as per the
ratio of 1:1.2. In this case, a qualified real estate assessment agency shall be
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
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engaged by the house expropriator to evaluate the prices. The cash compensation for the eligible resettlement housing shall be made according to the evaluated prices.
② The house-expropriated persons shall be provided with 10% of the
total amount of cash compensation as the incentive bonus if they can sign the demolition agreements and move out within the stipulated time period.
③ The APs shall be liable to get decoration compensation at about
RMB 250 - 550 / m2 for the ground, interior walls, doors and windows according to the conditions of decoration.
④ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12/ m2. The standard for
moving subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount.
3. Resettlement with reserved land.
① The land area for the house-expropriated farmers for reconstruction
resettlement shall be determined on the basis of the planning and the land-
occupying area of the expropriated houses, as well as the principle of “one
building for one household” for rural residents and the principle of
“mathematical round-off”. The limit for reconstruction housing land area shall
be 120 m2. The government shall be responsible for the provision of “five
supplies and one leveling” ; the water and electricity supplies are installed till
the door of each household and to be further connected inside by the
individual. If there exists difference in area between the reconstruction land
and the original legal land area of main house, the difference will be
compensated at evaluated prices.
② In addition to the reconstruction site, the APs will also get an amount
of RMB 1000 - 1300 / m2of house compensation, which shall be determined
according to the situation of decoration (full decoration, partially decoration,
simple decoration and without decoration).
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③ The reconstruction houses shall be designed by the government
after consultationwiththe APs.
④ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12/ m2. The standard for
moving subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount.
4. Policy Support.
① Credit aid. The eligible APs shall have the priority in getting small credit
loan or small interest-subsidy loan.
② Improve household registration management. The APs, their spouse,
parents and children, if eligible, may apply to transfer their household
registration to the places where they are resettled. After transfer, they will
enjoy the equal rights as the local urban residents for children school and
nursery enrollment.
③ Social insurance. The eligible APs can participate in the endowment
insurance for urban residents as per the standard of RMB 100-2000 each
year. They are free to choose either rural cooperative medical care or urban
residents’ medical insurances.
④ Employment support. The government shall provide with free
employment training and free job introduction for the APs, ensuring at least
one family member of each affected household can get a job.
Rural attached houses
Demolition of 1645.42 m2of rural attached houses.
Compensation standards: As per RMB 170-850/ m2, with cash compensation.
PMO, IA, LAR Office
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Affected ground attachments and infrastructures.
The relevant ground attachments and infrastructures such as scattered trees, bamboos, wells, fences, graves and electrical facilities etc.
Cash compensation for the APs: tree RMB 10~150/ pcs,Bamboo RMB 4/pcs, well RMB 2000/unit, fence wall RMB 80/m, grave RMB 5500 / unit.
Compensation for common electrical facilities: transformer RMB
4000/unit, power line RMB 40000/km, electric post RMB 150/pcs.
PMO, IA, LAR Office
Vulnerable Groups
2 households with 11 persons
1. The vulnerable groups have the priority in selecting resettlement houses
(reconstruction land).
2. The PMO and the villagers’ committee will provide assistance to the
vulnerable groups during moving.
3. The local credit union and bank shall provide small credit, and the IA
and the local government will assist the APs to get access to such process.
4. The PMO and local governments will prepare the special livelihood
training plan for the vulnerable groups free of charge.
5. Job opportunities related to the Project will be offered to the vulnerable
groups.
PMO, IA, LAR Office
Women 98 persons
1. Creation of job opportunities for women. 2. Provision of skill training. 3. Ensure women‘s participation. 4. The local government and the resettlement office must ensure the equal rights of women with the males. 5. To eliminate the sexual discrimination and encourage women’s enterprising spirit.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
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4.4.1 Description of entitlements to various impact categories
65. This section details the entitlements for the various impact categories provided in the entitlement matrix table above.
(1) Compensation policies for acquisition of collective land
66. The compensation for permanent expropriation of collective land shall include land compensation, resettlement subsidies, crops compensation, land attachment compensation and shall be made according to the relevant laws and regulations of the State. The APs choosing cash compensation shall be eligible to the all the resettlement subsidies and at least 70% of the land compensation, while the rest 30% of land compensation shall be, upon the consent of the APs, retained by the village collective to be used in the public welfare such as improving the local production and living conditions. Information on the utilization of land compensation funds shall be submitted to the resettlement office at the township level for the approval and to county government for ready reference. During the use of funds, each and every expenditure must be disclosed to the public before use and accept the supervision of the villagers. Regardless of any means of compensation, all the compensation for crops and land attachments shall be directly paid to the affected farmers or the property owners. According to the practices of the village and consulting with the APs during the resettlement impact survey and social economic survey, 100% of the land compensation for farmland will be paid to the APs.
67. The Government departments of land resources, statistics, finance and agriculture etc. should consolidate the factors of regional land price such as the category of land, production value, rural and urban difference, grades of agricultural land, average per capita cultivated land, relationship between land supply and demand, local economic development level as well as the lowest living standard for urban residents etc. , and formulate the local unified AAOV standards as the basis of compensation. In 2019, the AAOV of Ertang Town is RMB 2104 /mu, and the applicable compensation multiples for this area for land acquisition and resettlement shall be not less than 21 times. Detail compensation standards are shown in Table 5-4.
68. Crops on the expropriated land, if any, shall be compensated as per 1 time of the AAOV of the land expropriated. No crops compensation shall be made for non-utilized lands such barren hill, wasteland and waste beach etc. Tract of economic forest shall be compensated as per economic forest, while without crops compensation. The compensation standards are shown in Table 5-2.
69. Other economic crops and fruit trees shall be compensated as per replacement cost. The special fruit and tree shall be compensated upon verification of professional department. The inter-cropping crops shall be compensated. The detailed standards are shown in Table 5-3.
(2)Compensation policies for temporary land occupation
70. The compensation for the temporary use of agricultural land shall be calculated as per the multiplier of average annual production value for the past three years before the land is temporally used by the years of temporary use. Compensation for the temporary occupation of construction land shall be calculated as per the multiplier of the annual rent of the local similar State-owned
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land by the years of temporary use. Compensation for the temporary use of the unused land shall be calculated as per 60% of the multiplier of average annual production value of local dry land for the past three years by the years of temporary use. Any damages to the land-attached structures shall be compensated according to the actual conditions. The detailed standards are shown in Table 5-4.
4.4.2 Compensation standards for affected ground attachments
71. For the ground attachments and community infrastructure, the local resettlement office and IAs shall negotiate the compensation standards and restoration measures to rebuild or transfer in a unified manner according to the original scope, standard and functions. Those that could not be rebuilt or transfered shall be compensated according to the confirmed standards. The compensation standards are shown in Table 5-7. The affected facilities such as rural roads and water system shall be recovered by the contractors or, upon negotiation, be restored by the farmers but paid by the contractors. The location of underground pass shall be defined jointly by the DI and the village committee upon discussion.
4.4.3 Resettlement for Affected Agricultural Population
72. For the village groups unable to re-adjust land after land acquisition, the resettlement subsidies and at least 70% of the land compensation shall be directly paid to those directly affected by land loss.
73. The allocation of commercial land for industrial development to the land-lost farmers, shall be, within the scope of the urban planning, limited to 10% of the total acquired farmland area (except for the large-scale construction projects of railway, expressway etc.), and the land needed for road construction shall be counted in proportion. The commercial land shall be provided to the rural collective economic organization in the form of land allocation, and shall be compensated in cash.
74. The land-lost farmers shall participate in the basic endowment security system and get the subsidies of endowment insurance for the land-lost farmers.
75. During the construction period, the job opportunities created by the project shall be offered the priority to the affected persons.
76. According to the local labor force demand, the resettlement office and the local government have formulated the plans of technical training for the APs, especially the special ones for the vulnerable groups such as women. After training, the local government will recommend them to the labor administration department or they will go out and find employment.
4.4.4 Compensation and resettlement policies for house demolition on collective land
(1) Resettlement policies for demolition of residential houses on collective land
77. All the houses to be demolished by the Project are covered by the urban planning of Hezhou City and shall be compensated in accordance with the following policies.
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78. The PMO provides three resettlement options -- exchange of titles, cash compensation and resettlement house sites. An AP can select one of them.
Exchange of titles
79. For the demolition of residential houses on the state-owned land or the collective land, if the affected person chooses exchange of property titles, the exchange shall be conducted as per the ratio of 1:1.2 between the expropriated area and the exchanging area.
80. As for a large household with many members, if the building area acquired is small and cannot meet the living requirement, the resettled area shall be computed as per 25 m2 /person (building area), but limited to a ceiling area of 3 times of the original area of the expropriated building area. The area exceeding the average per-capita eligible resettling area shall be procured by the expropriated person according to the evaluated prices for exchange houses.
81. For the above two options, the displaced person may choose from the two options.
82. Adisplacedperson may also choose a combination of exchange of titles and cash compensation for the resettlement. In this regard, the area for exchange of titles and the area for cash compensation shall be decided by the displaced person. Area of cash compensation = the eligible resettlement area — the building area for exchange of titles. The cash compensation shall be computed according to the evaluated prices for exchange of titles.
83. As for the project with house demolition, the resettlement of the displaced shall be carried out within the specified relocating areas approved by the Government.
84. The houses for exchange of titles shall come from commercial houses with full property rights.
85. The relocation site shall be constructed by the government platform companyv or the implementing unit for shanty house renovation on the legally-acquired land for the purpose of resettlement exchange of titles.
86. The government platform company shall be responsible for procuring the commercial houses for resettlement which are developed by real estate companies on the legally-acquired land.
87. The government shall stipulate certain conditions in the agreement of commercial land transfer to build a certain number of relocation houses and stores that shall be transferred to the government free of charge as relocation houses.
88. The government shall buy some surplus commercial houses for relocation from the projects of renovation of dangerous houses and shanty town.
v Government platform company refers to the legal entities established by the government which mainly engages in financing,
infrastructure construction, urban development and assets management etc.
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Cash compensation resettlement
89. In case of displaced person who chooses cash compensation and waives change of titles, his resettlement area is 1:1.2. In this case, a qualified real estate assessment agency shall be engaged by the project to determine the value of property. Cash compensation for eligible resettlement house shall be made according to the evaluated prices, and the displaced person shall be at his own responsibility to find an alternative house.
90. Incentive bonus for resettlement with cash compensation. A displaced person who choosescash compensation as resettlement assistance shall be provided with 10% of the total amount of cash compensation as the incentive bonus if they can sign the demolition agreements and move out within the stipulated time period.
Resettlement with reserved land.
91. The house reconstruction sites shall be at the planned area approved by the government. The land area for the displaced farmers for reconstruction of houseswill be determined on the basis of the planning and the land-occupying area of the demolished houses as well as according to the principle of “one building for one household” for rural residents and the principle of “mathematical round-off”.
92. The options for reconstruction housing land area include 60 m2, 70 m2, 80 m2, 90 m2, 100 m2, 110 m2 and 120 m2. Those with residing area of less than 60 m2 shall be determined as per 60 m2. The limit for reconstruction housing land area shall be 120 m2. If there is a difference in the area between the reconstruction land and the original legal land area of the main house, the cash compensation price shall be evaluated by the qualified land evaluation agency which is engaged by the the displaced person. The evaluated prices shall be adopted after being verified by the land resources administration bureau and approved by the municipal government.
93. The displaced persons who chooses reconstruction land as resettlement will abide by the prevailing applicable compensation policies of Hezhou for land acquisition and house demolition.
94. Theresettlement agency shall be responsible for obtaining the land allocation certificate for reconstruction. It will provide necessary documents free of charges such as geological prospecting, architectural design, and construction drawing, and exempts the displaced person from paying the construction registration fees that are similar to the original building area. The construction registration fees for the area exceeding the original building area shall be borne by the displaced person.
95. The house acquiring agency shall be responsible for providing the supporting infrastructure of “five connections and one leveling” in the relocating sites, and timely completionof the alignment setting-out for the reconstruction.
96. The house reconstruction shall be conducted by the farmers following the principle of “general planning and self construction” and strictly in accordance with the planning approved by the planning department of the government.
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(2)House decoration compensation
97. If the displaced person chooses the exchange of titles or cash compensation for resettlement, the decorations of the expropriated house shall be also compensated in cash.
98. The compensation for the special decoration shall be resolved following the principle of “case by case” .
(3)Transition resettlement and one-time moving subsidies
99. Those choosing the exchange of titles will be provided with transition subsidies covering the period from the date of vacating and handing over the expropriated houses by the displaced persons to the date of handing over the relocating houses by the resettlement agency plus additional 6 months of decoration period.
100. Those who choose cash compensation shall be provided with transition subsidies for 6 months counting from the date of vacating and handing over the expropriated houses.
101. Those who choose exchange of titles and cash compensation shall get the transition subsidies at RMB 12/m2 for the total expropriated building area.
102. Those choosing exchange of titles and cash compensation shall get the moving subsidies of a lumpsum amount calculated based on RMB 12/m2 for the total expropriated building area.
4.4.5 Compensation and Resettlement Policies for Demolition of Attached Houses on
collective land
103. No reconstruction shall be arranged for the expropriation of the attached ancillary houses and production houses.
104. Expropriation of non-residential houses shall be compensated in monetary form according to the latest applicable standards of Hezhou City for land acquisition and house demolition.
105. No compensation and resettlement shall be made for the buildings and attachments nearby the main building or the roof if they are defined as illegal structures. There are no illegal buildings within the project area.
4.4.6 Resettlement of affected vulnerable groups
106. Job opportunities related to the Project will be offered to the vulnerable persons on a priority basis. The subproject will directly create job opportunities, and the vulnerable groups will get the employment opportunities on priority ensuring that each vulnerable household would get at least one project-related employment opportunity.
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107. The PMO and local governments have formulated the special livelihood training plan for the vulnerable groups free of charge. The objectives of the training are to enable them to acquire the knowledge of growing high value-added crops such as vegetables, flowers or get employment in non-agricultural sectors to increase their income.
108. As for the vulnerable households with the aged, women headed households, weak, sick and disabled, the resettlement office and local government will offer special care and assistance. The village group will offer labor assistance during house reconstruction. The vulnerable groups are eligible to select house site for reconstruction and housing floors on priority basis.
Compensation Standards
109. Compensation standards in the Resettlement Plan have been decided after full consultation with the relevant government departments and the APs and on the basis of the resettlement policies outlined earlier and on the basis of prevailing resettlement policies of Hezhou City for construction projects. During the implementation of the subproject, if the current policies are revised to be more beneficial to the APs, such new policies will apply.
5.1 Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition.
5.1.1 Compensation standards for acquisition of rural collective land
110. Compensations for land acquisition for the subproject shall include four parts: land compensation, resettlement subsidies, standing crops compensation, and land-attached structures compensation. Details are shown in Table 5-1, Table 5-2 and
111. Table 5-3. Among them, the compensation rate for paddy field is RMB 60500/mu. According to the AAOV standards of Hezhou City for 2019, the average unified AAOV in Ertang Town area is RMB 2104/mu, and the compensation rate for paddy field shall be 29 times of the AAOV.
Table 5-1 Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition
Land Category Land compensation and resettlement subsidies
(RMB/mu)
Agricultural land
Paddy field (incl. Fish pond, lotus root pond)
60500
Dry land 51800 Garden, forestland 47000
Unused Land Barren hill, wasteland 21000
Construction land
Rural house site, village side idle land
Ditch, road, grave
Compensation as per the standards of neighboring land category.
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Source: Notice of Hezhou Municipality on Adjusting the Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition and Resettlement for Construction Projects within Urban Planned Areas of Hezhou City (Ref. HZF[2016]48)
Table 5-2 Compensation Standards for Crops
Land Category Compensation Standards (RMB/mu) Paddy Rice 2100 Lotus root, water-chestnut, taro 2200 Sugar cane, chewing cane 2400 Vegetables (melon, vegetable, bean, mushroom) 2200 Other dryland crops (peanut, soybean, mung
bean) 1600
Source: the same to above table.
Table 5-3 Compensation Standards for other Economic Crops and Fruit Trees
Category
Compensation standards
Tract (RMB /mu)
Scattered (less than 0.1 mu)
Canopy density above 0.2 timbre mature forest 1400
Canopy density above 0.2 timbre non-mature forest 2000
Canopy density above 0.2 fuelwood forest, shrubs 1500
Young forest, newly-grown forest 1200
Protection forest, special forest 3000
Quick-growing eucalyptus 1-year above
growing 1100
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Category Compensation standards
Tract (RMB /mu)
Scattered (less than 0.1 mu)
2-year above growing
1300
3-year above growing
1600
4-year above growing
1300
5-year above growing
1300
Chestnut, loquat, date, persimmon, pear
With fruits 10000 RMB 150 / pieces
(pcs) Without fruits 3000 RMB 30 / pcs
Peaches, grapes, guava, plum, papaya, miscellaneous fruit etc.
With fruits 9500 RMB 140 / pcs Without fruits 2100 RMB 25 / pcs
Shatian pomelo, Wenzhou mandarin, Nanfeng honey mandarin
With fruits 13000 RMB 180 / pcs
Without fruits 2800 RMB 35 / pcs
Emperor mandarin, Sihui citrus, oranges
With fruits 15000 RMB 220 / pcs Without fruits 4000 RMB 40 / pcs
Longan, seedless wampee, big meat loquat, Sanhua plum, big fruit hawthorn
With fruits 12000 RMB 160 / pcs
Without fruits 2800 RMB 35 / pcs
Grap With fruits 11000 RMB 35 / pcs
Without fruits 2800 RMB 12 / pcs
Banana
With fruits 5500 RMB 35 / pcs Without fruits 1600 RMB 12 / pcs
Seedlings RMB 2 / pcs
Passion fruit With fruits 9000 RMB 60 / pcs
Without fruits 2700 RMB 30 / pcs
Hylocereus sp. With fruits 11000 RMB 90 / pcs
Without fruits 6000 RMB 50 / pcs
Myricarubra (Lour.) With fruits 10000 RMB 200 / pcs
Without fruits 5000 RMB 100 / pcs
Mulberry field Harvested 2500
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Category Compensation standards
Tract (RMB /mu)
Scattered (less than 0.1 mu)
Not harvested yet 1200
Tea 6800
Flowers, plant nursery garden 6500
Camellia tree
Harvest for over 2 years
3200 RMB 32 / pcs
Not harvested or below 2 years
2000 RMB 18 / pcs
Star anise forest, bayberry forest
Harvest for over 2 years
4200 RMB 55 / pcs
Not harvested or harvest below 2 years
2800 RMB 12 / pcs
Young forest 1200
Newly planted fruit seedlings 2000 RMB 10 / pcs
Dendrocalamusgiganteus Harvested 4000 RMB 40 / pcs
No harvested yet
1500 RMB 10 / pcs
Phyllostachyspubescens Developed
bamboo 3500 RMB 4 / pcs
Yellow bamboo Developed
bamboo 3500 RMB 1 / pcs
Mud bamboo Developed
bamboo 4000 RMB 2 / pcs
Water bamboo Developed
bamboo 4300 RMB 3 / pcs
Bambusa bamboo Developed
bamboo 4300 RMB 4 / pcs
Fence bamboo, fernleafbambusa, bamboo leaves 900
Single tree Fir RMB 60 / pcs
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Category Compensation standards
Tract (RMB /mu)
Scattered (less than 0.1 mu)
Pine and other trees
Over dia. 10 cm at 1.3
height
RMB 40 / pcs
Osmanthus tree Dia. at 1.3
height
Below 1.9 cm
Compensation as per flowers and seedling base
2 - 3.9 cm RMB 180 / pcs 4 - 5.9 cm RMB 300 / pcs 6 - 7.9 cm RMB 450 / pcs 8 - 9.9 cm RMB 700 / pcs 10 - 11.9
cm RMB 1200 / pcs
12 - 14.9 cm
RMB 1500 / pcs
15 - 17.9 cm
RMB 2000 / pcs
Source: the same to above table.
5.1.2 Compensation standards for temporary occupation of collective land
112. According to the relevant regulations of the State and the Guangxi Province, compensation for temporary land occupation shall be computed on the basis of the annual average output value and the time of temporary occupation and types of crops.Temporary land occupation compensation =(AAOV × time of occupation)+ crops compensation.
113. Temporary land occupation will affect paddy field, dryland, forest land and wastelands.The occupying period is one year. According to the AAOV standards of Hezhou City for 2019, the average unified AAOV in Ertang Town area is RMB 2104/mu. Table 5-4 specifies the standards for crops compensation, where unavailable could adopt the standards for other dryland crops. Table 5-4 shows the compensation standards of project temporary land occupation.
Table 5-4 Compensation Standards for Temporary Land Occupation
Land
Typ
e
AAOV in recent 3 years
(RMB)
Occupation
period
Crops or compensation
(RMB)
Total
(RM
B)
Paddy
field 2104 1 2100 4204
Forest
land 2104 1 1600 3704
Source: the same to above table.
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114. Temporary land occupation may damage the original land surface and the previous irrigation facilities. The construction unit shall restore the surface soil quality and the related irrigation facilities to the previous level, failing to restore to the previous farmland properties and the output status, the construction unit shall make compensation as per the permanent occupation -- RMB 20-80 / m22as reclamation fee.
5.2. Compensation standards for house demolition
5.2.1 Compensation standards for demolition of rural residential houses
115. The compensations for demolition of rural residential house include house compensation, temporary transition subsidies, moving subsidies and time-lost subsidies.
Table 5-5 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Rural Residential
Category of Demolition Targets Unit Compensation standards
1. Mix brick structure (full decoration) RMB/ m2 1300 2. Mix brick structure (partial
decoration) RMB/ m2 1200
3. Mix brick structure (simple decoration)
RMB/ m2 1100
4. Mix brick structure (without decoration)
RMB/ m2 1000
Notes: House decorations are classified into exterior wall tile or painting, interior floor laying, interior plastering or painting, complete window and door installation etc. The above five shall be regarded as full decoration; any 3 - 4 items be regarded as partial decoration; any 1-2 items as simple decoration. None of the above 5 items shall be regarded as without decoration.
5. Red brick, common brick, cement brick (stone) tile structure
RMB/ m2 850
6. Full wooden tile roof structure RMB/ m2 750 7. Mud (brick) wall tile roof structure RMB/ m2 750 8. Mud (brick) wall grasses roof
structure RMB/ m2 650
9. Wooden attic RMB/ m2 2000 Transition compensation for reconstruction 1. The compensation for reconstruction transition shall be made in installments based on the building area of the residential house upto 6 months counting from the date of setting-out on reconstruction site after house demolition.
RMB/ m2 12
2. One-time lump sum compensation for house moving (moving subsidies and time-lost subsidies)
RMB /m2 12
Source: Notice on Issuance of the Implementation Scheme for House Demolition Compensation in Main Urban Area of Hezhou City (Provisional) (Ref. HGTZ[2018]95)
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5.2.2 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Rural Attached Houses
116. The compensation standards for the rural attached houses shall be made according to the standards specified in Table 5-6 according to the structures.
Table 5-6 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Rural Attached Houses
Category of Demolition Targets Unit Compensation
standards
Non-residential: (full area to be calculated as building area if the story height is above 2.2m; half area to be calculated as building area if the story height is less than 2.2m)
1. Brick-concrete structure RMB/ m2 850 2. Red brick, common brick, cement brick (stone) tile structure RMB/ m2 700 3. Full wooden tile roof structure RMB/ m2 600 4. Mud (brick) wall tile roof structure RMB/ m2 600 5. Mud (brick) wall grasses roof structure RMB/ m2 500 6. Linoleum, asbestos, grass roof etc. RMB/ m2 300 7. Non-wall linoleum, asbestos, grass roof etc. RMB/ m2 150
8. Iron tile steel support (with walls and hardened)
Single span below 20m
RMB/ m2 300
Single span between 20 - 24 m
RMB/ m2 400
Single span over 24m RMB/ m2 500
9. Iron tile steel support (without walls, with hardened)
Single span below 20m
RMB/ m2 200
Single span between 20 - 24 m
RMB/ m2 300
Single span over 24m RMB/ m2 400 9. Iron tile steel support (without wall) RMB/ m2 170 Notes: 1. The above compensation unit price includes the attached pool, septic tank, water
supply and drainage, power supply, solar energy, stove, sanitary facilities etc. ; 2. Facilities and structures that have been scrapped shall not be compensated.
Source: the same to above table.
5.3 Compensation Standards for Ground Attachments and Facilities
117. The ground attachments affected by the subproject include fence walls, graves, fruit trees or economic crops while the facilities affected are electric and telecommunication facilities. The compensation standards for the fence walls, graves, fruit trees or economic crops are determined upon negotiation and on the basis of replacement cost. The damaged infrastructural facilities will be rebuilt or transfer according to the original scope, standard, and function. If those could not be rebuilt or transfered shall be compensated according to the confirmed standards. The compensation standards for the ground attachments such as fruit trees or economic crops are shown in Table 5-3, while for others shown in Table 5-7.
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Table 5-7 Compensation Standards for Ground Attachments and Infrastructure Facilities
Category of Demolition Targets Unit Compensation Standard
(RMB)
1. Fence wall Brick-stone fence wall RMB/ m2 80
Mud-brick fence RMB/ m2 60
2. Grave
Grave with monument, coffin grave
Nos 5500
Urn without monument earth grave
Nos 2200
Urn burial grave Nos 550 3. Well Pcs 2000 4. Electric post Pcs 150 5. Telecommunication post Pcs 150 6. Power distribution lines Km 40000 7. Moving charge for cable TV Household 300 8. Moving charge for wire telephone Household 200 9. Electric moving charge Household 300 10. Network line moving Household 200
Source: the same to above table.
5.4 Related taxes for land acquisition
118. Taxes related to land acquisition include land occupation tax, cultivated land reclamation fee, land acquisition management fee etc., as shown in Table 5-8.
Table 5-8 Summary of Taxes Related to Land Acquisition
S/L Items Standards Basis
1 Farmland occupation tax
RMB30/ m2 Decree No.46 of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2 Farmland reclamation charges
RMB20/ m2
Guangxi Finance Department, Guangxi Land Resources Administration Department, Guangxi Pricing Bureau (Ref. GCJ[2009]254
3 Administrative charges
as per 2.1% of the total resettlement direct cost
/
4
External monitoring & evaluation charges
as per 3.0% of the total resettlement direct cost
/
5 Contingency as per 10% of resettlement direct cost
/
Source: Notice of Hezhou Municipality on Adjusting the Compensation Standards for Land
Acquisition and Resettlement for Construction Projects within Urban Planned Areas of Hezhou
City (Ref. HZF[2016]48)
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6 Resettlement and Restoration Plan
6.1 Objectives, methods and principles of resettlement and restoration
6.1.1 Objectives of resettlement and restoration
119. In accordance with the ADB’s policy on involuntary resettlement and the laws and regulations of the State, the general objectives of resettlement of APs are to enable them to restore and improve their living and production conditions as much as possible. The objectives are:
120. The displaced households shall be properly resettled and paid cash compensation at replacement cost so that their living quality and environment can be restored or improved.
121. All affected ground attachments shall be compensated at their replacement cost.
122. The infrastructure can be compensated or rehabilitated to regain their original functions.
123. The residents affected by land acquisition shall have long-term guarantee for their livelihood, their living standards will not decrease, but improve. No AP will permanently lose his or her jobs because of land acquisition.
6.1.2 Methods for resettlement and restoration
124. The resettlement and restoration of the APs shall be conducted simultaneously from two aspects, respectively for living and production.
125. The resettlement and restoration of living mainly include the rehabilitation of the expropriated houses and living auxiliary facilities, mainly include:
126. The cash compensation or provision of reconstruction for the expropriated houses shall ensure the living quality and environment be no inferior to that of pre-house expropriation.
127. In the new living environment, the APs will be provided with all facilities and services as necessary for theirto daily living.
128. The resettlement and restoration of production mainly include employment arrangement for the labor force and the reconstruction or restoration of production facilities, including:
129. Compensations for the affected population shall be reasonable to ensure that they will not lose their income sources due to the acquisition of land.
130. Local natural resources and locational advantages should be fully utilized to encourage the secondary and tertiary industries so as to improve the professional skills of the APs tocontribute to thelocal economy so that the APs can restore their previous living and production levels or imrprove the levels.
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6.1.3 Principles for resettlement and restoration
131. The APs have the “rights to know” and the “rights to select”. The APs should be ensured to be fully informed of all the policy measures for compensation and resettlement. At the same time, multiple resettlement options should be provided for the APs to choose at their own will.
132. The APs shall participate in each and every link of resettlement activities throughout the whole process.
133. All compensations should be fully and directly paid to the property owners who lost them.
134. The compensation standards for houses, professional facilities and ground attachments shall be determined based on a market appraisal and the assessment agency shall be recruited according to the relevant laws in an open and transparent manner.
135. The restoration and reconstruction of buildings and attachments of the affected institutions and enterprises shall be made according to the professional standards and to enable their original functions.
136. Support and care must be given to the vulnerable groups.
6.2 Production Restoration Plan for Rural Land-Expropriated People
6.2.1 Production Re-establishment Measures for An Agricultural population Who lost Land
137. The subproject needs to acquire74.14 mu of collective land inXiadao Village including 56.16 mu of cultivated land and 10.91 mu of barren land, 7.07 mu of collective construction landaffecting 45 households with 208 persons.
138. During the impact survey and resettlement plannin, RP resettlement specialists conducted an analysis of the location, amount of land resources, and income structure of all the affected villagers. On this basis, with full consultation with the APs and villagers’ representatives, the resettlement specialists with the local governments have formulated a feasible resettlement production restoration plan to enable the APs to retain their original styles of living, production and social relationship. Meanwhile, RP resettlement specialists convened consultation meetings in Xiadao Village to discuss the resettlement plan with village cadre, APs and villagers’ representatives. All the resettlement plan components were accepted by the local governments and APs. The following resettlement measures shall be used to restore or increase their incomes and safeguard their livelihood.
139. Cash compensation. The affected agricultural households shall get land compensation. Compensation for the contracted land will be paid 100% to the land contractor, while the compensation for the land which has not been contracted will be paid to the village collective. The cash compensations for acquired collective land include four parts: land compensation, resettlement subsidies, standing crops compensation, and bonus. The land compensation rate for cultivated land is RMB 60500/mu, and RMB 47000/mu for forest land. The rate for construction land shall be made at the value rate of neighboring lands. The compensation rates for crops are
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RMB 1600 - 2400/mu for different kinds of crops. The total area of cultivated land to be acquired accounts for 8% of the total area of cultivated land of Xiadao Village. The annual average per-household land income loss accounts for 0.24% of the total aveage family income, or about RMB 90 per household each year. It can be seen that the loss incurred by land acquisition will account for only very little portion of the total family income. The total amount of compensation for permanent acquisition of collective land in the Project is about approximately RMB 4.0427 million, on average, RMB 19,436 for each affected person. Such would be sufficient to restore the livelihood of the APs.
140. In thesubproject, the roads and house sites to be acquired belong to the collective village. And the village collective will get RMB 427,675 as land compensation. This amount of compensation can be distributed among the registered population of the village, or be used to exchange house site of the APs, or be used to improve the production and living facilities of the village such as canal, road, water supply etc., so as to improve the conditions for production and living, increase the agricultural output and thus offset the loss incurred by land acquisition.
141. Allocation of commercial land. The commercial land shall be 10% of the total acquired farmland for commercial development. The commercial land can be allocated to the land lost rural collective organization (or administrative villagers be compensated in cash to the APs according to the evaluated price of the allocated land. (i) According to the survey conducted by the resettlement specialists, 100% of the land-lost villagers preferred cash compensation for the commercial land. With reference to the latest project, the evaluated price for allocated land is RMB 500,000/mu. The resettlement commercial land in the village is 6.71 mu with a total compensation amount of RMB 3.3536 million, averagely per-capita RMB 16,123. (ii) The APs may also choose the allocated commercial landwhich is located at B1 land block in the Detail Planning and Urban Design for East 01 Area of Jiangnan of Hezhou City (as commercial land for farmers, at the junction between Baoquan Road and Yuquanbei Road). This land is expected to be handed over to the Collective of Xiadao Village in December 2020 after completing “three connections and one leveling”. The village collective will benefit from this commercial land through leasing or cooperative development. According to the survey, currently, the rent for land leasing of rural commercial land in the same area is RMB 20000 /mu each year. These earnings can be used to pay social insurance for the land-loss farmers or be distributed among thefarmers as dividends.
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Figure 6-1 Proposed Commercial Land
142. Employment and training. The PMO and AIs recommend that the affected APs for various subproject related work and also for switching their employment from farmers to off-farm workers. During the construction period, the PMO and IA will provide with 100 temporary job opportunities each year, such as sand and stone mining, transport of construction materials, earth and sand. After construction, employment priority will be given to the affected rural residents. These jobs are more suitable for the local labor force. The affected population will be given priority on these employment opportunities. The subproject will provide 50 APs with jobs directly in each year. The subproject will provide technical training on land cultivation animal breeding, and vocational training. The vocational skill training include car driving, agricultural truck driving, mechanical repair, welding, household service, and medical nursing. The government is responsible for paying the training subsidies and skill-appraisal subsidies for the landless farmers according to Measures for the Administration of Special Employment Funds and Subsidies for Occupational training of Guangxi. Vocational skill training are featured by fixed and oriented training, targeting to realize "training - employment" and "one-stop service".
143. Social insurance. The rural APs will be covered by the local medical care insurance according to the residence management principle. The rural APs whose registration remains the same as before will be covered by the local elderly care system and the new-type cooperative medical care system. The social insurance is not provided especially for land acquisition affected people. This is something that the Government provides even without the project.
144. The rural residents expressed that they would support the subproject and agree to the permanent land acquisition, if the land compensation could be fully paid on time.
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6.2.2 Restoration Measures for Temporary Land Occupation
145. According to the relevant regulations of the State and Guangxi, compensation for temporary land occupation shall be computed on the basis of AAOV and the time of temporary occupation.
146. For the convenience of calculation such compensation shall be the standing crops compensation standard rate multiplied by the time of occupation. The time period of more than 3 months but less than 6 months shall be computed as per 6 months, while that of more than 6 months but less than 1 year shall be computed as per 1 year.
147. Because the area of temporary land occupation has not been defined, in case temporary occupation of collective land is required, the contractor shall enter into an agreement for temporary land occupation with the village group or the tenants and pay necessary land compensation and crops compensation according to the agreement. After the completion of construction work, the contractor will be responsible for the reclamation of land. The land shall be handed over to the original land tenant after being accepted by the owner. The ground attachments shall be also compensated during temporary land occupation. The temporary land occupation may damage the original land surface and the previous irrigation facilities. The IA shall restore the surface soil quality and the related irrigation facilities to the previous level, failing to restore to the previous farmland properties and the output status, the IA shall make compensation as in case of permanent acquisition.
148. Rural residents of the village agreed to temporary land occupation in order to facilitate the project construction if the compensation could be fully paid in time. They also hoped that the land will be restored to its original condition after the completion of the construction activities of the subroject.
6.3 Compensations and Resettlement of Displaced Rural Households
6.3.1 Resettlement and compensation for demolished residential houses
149. The project needs to demolish 7481.2 m2 of rural residential houses that belong are brick concrete structure, affection 26 households with 152 persons, including 2 vulnerable households with 11 persons. The 26 households with residential houses to be demolished belong to the urban planned area. After multiple discussions, the PMO provides three resettlement options -- exchange of titles, cash compensation, and new house site – to select from for APs.Regardless of either option of resettlement, the APs shall be ensured that their living conditions will not be lower than the its pre-project level. At the same time, the resettlement program will follow the principle of centralized relocation inclosby areas and provide with social security, medical care, employment, and school enrollment to minimize the negative impacts on the APs’ living style and culture. According to the survey conducted in February 2019, all the 15 sampled households under survey chose the resettlement option of land for house sites.
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6.3.1.1 Exchange of property titles
Standards for exchange of property titles
150. Two options are available for the choice of the APs. (i) Exchange of titles shall be conducted as per the ratio of 1:1.2 between the expropriated area and the exchanging area. (ii) As for the large family with many members, if the building area of the acquired building is too small and cannot meet their basic living requirements, in the resettled area, the family will be given land on the basis of 25 m2/person and limited to a ceiling area of 3 times of the original area of the expropriated building area, while at the same time ensuring a minimum 13 m2/person in resettlement area.
Eligibility of the population to be relocated
151. The registered household population who were in the village on the day of issuance of house demolition announcement are eligible for resettlement. The naturally newly-born household population after the date of issuance of demolition announcement shall be entitled to enjoy this policy, while the naturally dead household population shall not be entitled to enjoy this policy.
152. The house-lost person may also choose a combination of exchange of titles and cash compensation for resettlement. In this regard, the area for exchange of titles and the area for cash compensation shall be decided by the displaced person. Area of cash compensation = the eligible resettlement area of the house-expropriated person — the building area for exchange of titles. The cash compensation shall be computed according to the evaluated prices for exchange of titles
Location of exchange of property titles
153. The housing sources for the exchange of titles are from the YazizhaiShantytown Renovation Project. Currently, this renovation project has been submitted to the government for approval, and is expected to be approved in the 1st half of 2019. Yazizhai Shantytown Renovation Project is located in Jiangnan Area of Hezhou City, it is a new integrated urban area with convenient traffic and favorable natural environment. It is located to the north of Hezhou High School of Babu District of Hezhou City, with the boundary of project land use north to Yangmeiling Road, east to Huashan N Road and south to Dazhongshan E Road, as well facing Hezhou High School crossing Taoyuan Road to the west. It has good location and convenient transportation conditions. Nearby the relocating area, the living facilities are adequately available such as community health service station, cultural service station, fitness facilities, kindergarten, and community service center. In addition, the relocating area is nearby the existing living area of approximately 500m, and so the production, employment and schooling of the APs will not be affected seriously by relocation. The construction of this residential area will be started in 2020 and completed in 2023.
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154. Land Block A: located at the northeast side of the intersection between Dazhongshan E Road and Taoyuan Mid Road, with the land area of about 141.212 mu, 397,643.25 m2 of construction area and 31.5% green areaaccommodating 2,852 households.
155. Land Block C: located at the southwest side of the intersection between Baoquan W Road and Taoyuan Mid Road, with the land area of about 57.455 mu which is planned with 139749 m2 of construction area and 30.78% green ratio, totally accommodating 849 households. There are 1072 parking lots for motor vehicles and 2145 parking lots for non-motor vehicles.
156. Land Block D: located at the southwest side of the intersection between Xialiang Road and Dongbao Road, with the land area of about 55.421 mu, 149192.97 m2 of construction area and 32% green ratio, totally accommodating 1000 households.
Figure 6-2 Location of Relocating Area
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Figure 6-3 Aerial View of Relocating Area
Option on Exchange of Property Titles
157. The APs independently choose the number of unitsat the relocationsitebased on their eligibility. The difference shall be paid or compensated as per the evaluated price of the relocation plot of land. This is to follow the principle of “whoever signs the agreement shall have the priority in selecting houses”. In this subproject, the residential houses to be demolished have the legal formalities of land use and construction. The APs therefore will be eligible to select relocation houses if they can sign the demotion agreement and take compensation payment within the specified time period.
Decoration Compensation
158. The APs shall be liable to get decoration compensation at about RMB 250 - 550 / m2 for the ground, interior walls, doors and windows.
Transition Resettlement and One-time Moving Subsidies
159. Transition subsidies shall cover the period from the date of vacating and handing over the expropriated houses to the date of handing over the relocation houses to the APs and additional 6 months. The standard for transition subsidies is RMB 12/ m2 for the total expropriated building area. The standard for moving subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lumpsum amount for the total expropriated building area.
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6.3.1.2 Cash compensation resettlement
Cash compensation standards
160. The APs who choose cash compensation and waives change of titles will get resettlement land on the ratio of 1:1.2 (1=original; and 1.2=relocation site). A qualified real estate assessment agency will determine prices. The cash compensation for the eligible resettlement housing shall be made according to these prices.
Decoration compensation
161. The APs shall be eligible to get decoration compensation RMB 250-550 / m2 for ground, interior walls, doors and windows.
Incentive Bonus for cash compensation
162. The displaced persons who choose case compensation as the resettlement option shall be provided with 10% of the total amount of cash compensation as the incentive bonus, if they sign the demolition agreements and move out within the stipulated time period.
Transition resettlement and one-time moving subsidies
163. The displaced persons shall be provided with transition subsidies for 6 months counting from the date of vacating and handing over the houses to IA or PMO. The standard for transition subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2for the total expropriated building area. The standard for moving subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount for the total expropriated building area.
6.3.1.3 Resettlement with reserved land
Standard for reconstruction land
164. The land area for the physically displaced farmers for resettlement shall be determined on the basis of the planning and the land-occupying area of the expropriated houses as well as the principle of “one building for one household” for rural residents and the principle of “mathematical round-off”. The options for resettlement housing land area include 60 m2, 70 m2, 80 m2, 90 m2, 100 m2, 110 m2 and 120 m2. Those with residing area less than 60 m2 willget 60 m2. The high ceiling for resettlement housing is 120 m2. If there exists difference in area between the resettlement land and the original legal land area of main house, the cash compensation price shall be evaluated by a qualified land evaluation agency. The recommended prices will be adopted after being verified by the land resources administration bureau and approved by the Municipal Government.
Relocating site and conditions
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165. The Resettlement Office, local villagers and Departments of Land and Planning following the principle of “resettlement nearby” have plannedthe Land Block R2 (resettlement land for farmers) in the Detail Planning and Urban Design for East 01 Area of Jiangnan of Hezhou City as the relocation site for the APs to reconstruct the houses, thereby meeting the demands of the local residents for “single-family living building”. At the same time, due to the centralized resettlement, the social relations and lifestyle of the affected people can be maintained. As shown in Figure 6-3. The relocating area is located to the south of the affected village facing across the road for approximately 500m. Nearby the relocation site arethe hospital, school, and market place - a favorable living environment. Relocation sites will be handed over to the APs for reconstruction of houses in June 2020 after the completion of “five connection and one levelling”.
Figure 6-4 Relocating Site for Reconstruction by APs
House compensation
166. In addition to the resettlement site, the APs will also get RMB 1000-1300/ m2 as house compensation which shall be determined according to the household decoration (full decoration, partially decoration, simple decoration and without decoration). The construction costs for a brick-concrete structure is RMB 707.48 / m2. The house compensation will be adequate enough to rebuild the houses.
Table 6-1 Construction Cost Estimates for Rural Brick-Concrete Buildings in Hezhou City
S/
L Items
U
nit
Brick-concrete structure (without
decoration)
Remark
s Unit area
usage
Unit Price
(RMB/unit)
Amount
(RMB)
I. Major building materials 565.2
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S/
L Items
U
nit
Brick-concrete structure (without
decoration)
Remark
s Unit area
usage
Unit Price
(RMB/unit)
Amount
(RMB)
1 Cement T 0.16 370 59.2
2 Sand T 0.6 130 78
3 Stone chips T 0.6 120 72
4 Steel T 0.008 4500 36
5 Wood m
3 0.24 800 192
6 Red brick pc
s 120 0.4 48
7 Precast slab m2 1 80 80
II. Telephone cables, electric wires,
power meter etc. m2 1 50 50
III
. Labor charges 92.28
15%*
(I+II)
D. Total 707.48
Notes: data based on market survey. Because over 95% of the rural residential houses are of
brick concrete structure, and so only the costs of brick concrete structures are calculated.
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Moving and Transition subsidies
167. The APs shall also get moving subsidies and transition subsidies: (i) transition subsidy is RMB 12/ m2 shall be paid in installments upto 6 months counting from the date of setting-out on reconstruction site after house demolition; (ii) moving subsidies RMB 12/ m2, which shall be paid at one time.
Planning and design for house reconstruction
168. The house reconstruction shall be conducted by the farmers following the principle of “general planning and self construction”. TheHezhou Planning Bureau provides plans through the Design Institute which will fully solicit the views of the APs, design several house types, including the size and architectural style. The Government will be responsible for the provision of “five supplies and one leveling” ; water and electricity supplies.
169. In recent years, in urban construction projects of Hezhou City, all rural APs have chosen the mode of “unified planning and self construction”, providing valuable experiences for the subroject. For example, the resettlement specialists carried out investigation on Chengdong New Area, a place exclusively planned for relocating local residents. It was found that, this resettlement site was well planned, and the houses constructed by the farmers themselves are beautiful and elegant as shown in Figure 6-5. In many consultation meetings, the APs expressed their willingness to move to Chengdong New Area.
Figure 6-5 Self-Constructed Houses of Farmers
Principle for scheduling reconstruction of rural houses
170. In order to ensure that the reconstruction of the relocation houses be implemented in a timelymanner, the Resettlement Office will prepare detail construction schedule according to the progress. The following principles shall be followed during scheduling the construction time.
171. Before the APs start reconstruction, 50% of the house compensation will be paid, and the remaining 50% will be paid when the progress of reconstruction is 50%.
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172. The time for reconstruction of house shall be decided in full consultation with the APs, so that they can have 3 months for moving and one year for construction.
173. If the resettlement compensation policies and the above schedule have changes, the Resettlement Office shall inform the APs and the affected units.
6.3.2 Government’s Additional Support
174. Credit aid. The eligible APs shall have the priority in getting small credit loan or small interest-subsidy loan.
175. Improve household registration management. The APs, their spouse, parents and children, if eligible, may apply to transfer their household registration to the places where they are resettled. After the transfer, they will enjoy the equal rights as the local urban residents for children school and nursery enrollment.
176. Social insurance. The eligible APs can participate in the endowment insurance for urban residents as per the standard of RMB 100-2000 each year. They are free to choose either rural cooperative medical care or urban residents’ medical insurances.
177. Employment support. The Government provides free employment training and free job introduction for the APs, ensuring at least one family member of each affected household will get a job.
6.4 Compensation and resettlement for rural attached houses
178. The rural attached houses to be demolished by the subproject are mostly simple houses of cement - brick - wood tile roof structure.Most of the attached houses were previously used for raising pig, but later pig raring was prohibited by environmental authorities because of potential environmental pollution. These buildings are now used for storing sundries; some are discarded. Some are used to store agricultural tools. Attached house demolition will not substantially affect the income of the APs. All of them will support the project construction. They believed that, if they can get the cash compensation as per the compensation standards (RMB 170 - 850 / m2), they will make use of this money to engage in self-employed business such as clothes shop, grocery stores and repair shops.
6.5 Affected ground attachments and infrastructure
6.5.1 Compensation for ground attachments
179. Ground attachments affected by the Project include fruit tree, bamboo, well and grave. Scattered bamboo trees and other trees on the acquired land will be compensated according to the standards for crops, wells and graves in cash in replacement cost (see Table 5-7 of Chapter 5).
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6.5.2 Compensation for infrastructure
180. For the infrastructure, the local resettlement office and owners shall negotiate the compensation standards and restoration measures, to rebuild or transfer in a unified manner according to the original scope, standard and functions. Those could not be rebuilt or transferred shall be compensated according to the confirmed compensation standards.
6.6 Resettlement of the affected vulnerable groups
181. The subroject will affect 2 vulnerable households with 11 persons. These two households are affected by the demolition of residential houses. In order to improve the income and living standards for these vulnerable households, based on the full consideration of the willingness and the needs of the vulnerable groups, special measures in policy and resettlement are adopted for their benefit.
6.6.1 Principle for Resettlement of Vulnerable Groups
182. The Principles for resettlement of vulnerable groups are:
(i) Improve the living standards and living quality of the vulnerable groups.
(ii) Provide more options on employment
(iii) Pay attention to their willingness and demands in project preparation and implementation
(iv) Provide continuous attention to ensure the improvement of their lives.
6.6.2 Measures for Resettlement of Vulnerable Households
183. Two vulnerable households will be affected by house demolition -one household with disabled persons and one female-headed household. The household with the disabled will lose 420 m2 of housing area while the female-headed family will lose 150 m2 housing area. Both houses are bricks and concrete structures. They can get RMB 1300 / m2 of compensation for the demolished houses. Currently, the construction cost of a bricks and concrete house in Hezhou City is RMB 707/ m2. The compensation that they will get is sufficient to reconstruct a house at the relocation site or to buy a house.
184. In order to improve the living standards of the vulnerable households, the Resettlement Office and the local government will formulate special restoration measures including: (i) The vulnerable households have the priority in selecting resettlement houses (reconstruction land). (ii) The PMO and the villagers’ committee will provide assistance to the vulnerable household during moving. (iii) The PMO and the IA will also provide assistance to the vulnerable households to build houses, for example, help them in digging foundation and carrying construction materials etc. (iv) Job opportunities related to the subproject are offered to the vulnerable households on priority basis. During the construction period, the subproject will create some jobs in land leveling, supply of construction materials etc., and the vulnerable households will get the employment opportunities on priority ensuring that each vulnerable household would get at least one project-related employment opportunity.
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(v) The eligible vulnerable households shall enjoy the favorable policies on education, and their children will enjoy assistance in education.
6.7 Protection of Women’s Rights and Livelihood Restoration Plan
185. According to the Chapter on‘Women and Economy’ documented in ‘Women Development Plan of GZAR (2001-2010)’, the rights of women for work should be protected, it should be ensured that women enjoy the equal rights with men on economic resources, the discrimination against women should be forbidden, women and men should have equal status in employment, and women labor rights should be protected. Thus, women have equal entitlement and rights with men for employment and training in the subproject.
186. In the affected village, women are mainly engaged in household chores, looking after children at home, planting crops in their spare time, and subsidizing households by raising poultry. Land acquisition and house demolition may cause women to lose their current land and living environment that give them livelihood supply which will make them unable to contribute to the family, bring about loss of livelihood, or add to the women’s economic difficulties. In addition, the household surveys showed that women from affected families have low level education, lack working skills other than housework skill. As a result, they are in a disadvantaged position when looking for job opportunities compared to men.
187. The RP gives consideration to the special needs of women in all aspects, including: selection of relocating site, house design, recovery of infrastructure, provision of public services, payment of compensation funds and income restoration. In this subproject, the major problems encountered by women are how to adapt to the new environment and acquire the skills in working in non-agricultural sectors. The PMO with local governments and NGOs are endeavoring to promote the the gender equality and increase women’s income. The following actions will be taken to support women:
188. Creation of job opportunities for women. During the construction and operation periods of the subproject, the affected women shall be offered non-technical jobs on priority such as nursing, security guard and cleaning. As for the jobs that do not require physical strength, priority will be given to the women in the age category 40-55 who find it difficult to find non-agricultural jobs. The local government, PMO and IA shall assist them to get jobs in the Garden Expo and enterprises nearby. As unemployment is a major cause of women’s poverty, subproject job opportunities would provide them with economic benefits.
189. Provision of skill training. Women who are interested in learning employment skilltraining will be provided regular skill training thus encouraging and supporting rural women to learn relevant skills and to engage in productive employment. The training will be carried out once a year from 2020 to 2025. The training will jointly be organized by the District Government, Subdistrict Committee, Women’s Federation and Vocational Education Department. The training costs shall be borne by the District Government. The skill training will include:
(i) Cleaning, landscaping, management of parking lot, and others;
(ii) Horticulture, sewing and knitting, beauty and hairdressing;
(iii) Car decoration, management of cleaning and washing accessories;
(iv) Catering, household services, medical nursing.
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190. Ensure women‘s participation. All consultations programs will ensure the participation of women. All resettlement information will be disclosed to affected women. In addition, during the subproject implementation, the PMO will organize women’s representatives’ meeting to discuss, negotiate, and resolve the problems that they counter.
191. The local government and the resettlement office will ensure equal rights of women with men. Divorced and widowed women will also have the entitlements for land and land compensation. The resettlement office require that the land or house property certificate should have both husband and wife.
192. To eliminate the sexual discrimination and to encourage women’s enterprising spirit. The PMO will establish a partnership with the local government and non-government organizations and endeavor to improve the opportunities and living quality for the women. First, the resettlement agencies will engage female staff so that they can be more conveniently assist and deal with women issues pertaining compensation and resettlement. The women are encouraged to extensively participate in the activities of resettlement plan, management and operation, employment and income restoration. Second, the local government, the resettlement office and the non-government organizations will endeavor to eliminate sexual discrimination in the investment environment and encourage women to engage in institutional and administrative work and display their potentialand capacilitiesin such fields.
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7 Cost Estimates, Funds Sources and Management
7.1 Resettlement cost estimates
193. The resettlement cost estimates cover the costs of permanent acquisition of rural collective land, demolition of rural residential and attached houses, ground attachments, and transition and moving assistance. The total resettlement of the subrojectis RMB 22.3189 million, of which resettlement basic costis RMB 19.2512 million (Table 7-1).
Table 7-1 Resettlement Cost Estimates
S/
L Items Unit Quantity Unit price (RMB)
Cost
estimat
es
(RMB)
1 Permanent land acquisition mu 74.14 — 4470307
1.1
Collec
tive
land
Land
compensati
on and
resettlemen
t subsidies
Paddy field mu 56.16 60500 3397829
Forest land mu 10.91 47000 512770
Constructio
n land mu 7.07 60500 427584
Crops
compensati
on
Paddy field mu 56.16 2100 117941
Forest land mu 10.91 1300 14183
2 Commercial land mu 6.71 3353623
2.1 Cash compensation mu 6.71 500000 3353623
3 Demolition of residential
houses m2 7481.20 10117564
3.1 Brick-concrete structure m2 6955.83 1300 9042579
Wood structure m2 525.37 850 446565
3.2
Transi
tion
comp
ensati
on for
recon
structi
on
Transition
compensation for
reconstruction
RMB/
m2 .
month
7481.20 12 538646
One-time lump sum
compensation for house
moving
RMB/ m2 7481.20 12 89774
4 Rural attached houses m2 1645.52 1062098
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S/
L Items Unit Quantity Unit price (RMB)
Cost
estimat
es
(RMB)
4.2
Brick-wood structure m2 885.63 700 619941
Brick-tile structure m2 622.12 600 373272
Metal shed m2 137.77 500 68885
5 Demolition of ground
attachments 200820
5.1
Scattered Trees pcs 104 150 15600
Bamboo pcs 120 4 480
well pcs 20 2000 40000
Fence wall m2 228 80 18240
Grave nos 23 5500 126500
6 Infrastructure 46850
6.1
Power distribution lines km 1 40000 40000
Electricity pole pcs 19 150 2850
Transformer nos 1 4000 4000
Total 19251263
7 Related land taxes — 3067627
7.1 Farmland occupation tax* RMB30/ m2 1123249
7,2
(i) additional support to
vulnerable groups, (ii)
livelihood improvement and
support measures, capacity
building and training
No addition fund for the schemes as it
is from regular domestic financial
expenditure.
0
7.3 Administrative charges as per 2.1% of the total resettlement
direct cost 404277
7.4 External monitoring &
evaluation charges
as per 3% of the total resettlement
direct cost 577538
7.5 Contingency as per 5% of resettlement direct cost 962563
Grand total 22318889
Data source: project impact survey
Notes: (1) * Methods of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Concerning Implementation of Provisions of the People’s Republic of China on Tax on Occupation of Cultivated Land. Decree No.46 of the People’s Government of Guangxi.
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7.2 Annual funds utilization plan
194. An annual fund utilization plan will be developed according to the progress of the subproject’s land acquisition and resettlement programs. The plan for fund utilization for land acquisition and resettlement is shown in Table 7-2.
Table 7-2 Funds Utilization Plan
2019 2020 2021 Total
Total budget (RMB) 2231889 8927556 11159445 22318889
Ratio of total budget 10% 40% 50% 100%
7.3 Sources of resettlement funds
195. According to the implementation schedule of the subproject, the funds for resettlement are from domestic bank loans and financial appropriation.
7.4 Flow of Funds and the Disbursement Schedule
7.4.1 Flow of Funds
196. The payment of funds must comply with: (1) all costs related to resettlement are covered by the total budget of the project; (2) resettlement compensation are paid before the acquired land isused for the subproject activities; and (3) IA must establish internal financial and supervising mechanism to ensure the prompt appropriation of all funds. The PMO is responsible for supervising the payment of resettlement funds throughout the whole process.
197. The IA will make the payment to the designated accounts of the financial departments of related districts which, according to the signed agreements, will further pay to the township financial offices. The township financial offices will finally pay to the affected collective or the individual AP.
198. Compensation procedure for contracted land, private land and attachments.
199. Compensation procedure for non-contracted land, collective land and attachments
Municipal
Finance
Bureau
Municipal
Land Reserve
Center
RO (Resettle
Office)APs
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7.4.2 Disbursement and Management
200. The basic resettlement costs are under budgetary management in the exclusive account for special utilization.
201. The basic resettlement costs must follow the relevant laws and regulations of the State applicable to land acquisition and demolition, including the policies as specified in Resettlement Plan. No deviation from the approved compensation standards will be allowed.
202. As for the basic resettlement funds and relevant charges, the IA will be required to prepare the funds utilization plans, andthe fund management section of PMO (??)will develop the overall funds utilization plan.
203. When payments are made IA is responsible to verify the scope, area and price of the acquired land and house demolition, while the accounting personnel are responsible for checking, verifying and preparing financial statement.
204. Land compensation (including resettlement subsidies, crops compensation, and turn-in charges), ground attachment compensation, loss of institutions and enterprises, planned funds must be verified by the concerned departments of the IA. The payments are made by the PMO to the affected APsthrough entrusted banks.
205. The commission charges paid to the demolition agencies are concluded according to the terms and conditions of the agreement entered with these agencies.
Municipa
l Finance
Bureau
Municipal
Land Reserve
Center
RO
(Resettl
e
Office)
Affected villages
Villagers
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8 Land Acquisition Resettlement Implementation Plan
8.1 Principles for Progress Coordination between Resettlement and Construction
206. The implementation schedule for land acquisition and demolition of this subproject is developed according to the construction plan of the subproject by observing the following principle:
207. Land acquisition must be completed one month prior to the land use by the subproject. The starting time for land acquisition should be determined according to the actual work of land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement.
208. The project construction must leave adequate time for land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement.
209. The overall progress plan for land acquisition, demolition and resettlement will be developed based on the progress of the preparation and implementation of land acquisition, demolition and resettlement programs. The preparation of the schedule for land acquisition, demolition and resettlement will observe the following principles: (i) The scope of land acquisition will be finalized according to all engineering design drawings and should be completed before the land measurement. (ii) The measurement and computation of land and houses proposed to be acquired or demolished should be, according to the project alignment for land acquisition, undertaken jointly by the subproject resettlement office and the property holders prior to the signing of the resettlement agreement. (iii) The subproject resettlement officewill organize the mobilization meeting for land acquisition and demolition in which the APs participate. These meetingswill disclose the policies and resettlement methods related to land acquisition, demolition and compensation resettlement. The meetings will be held before the signing of the compensation resettlement agreement. Once the agreement is signed, the announcement of land acquisition and house demolition is formally issued by land resources administration authorities. (iv) Signing compensation resettlement agreement between the demolition unit and APs are conducted after the in-kind computation and issuance of the land acquisition and demolition announcement. (v) The APs will be paid transition subsidies during the transition period before leaving the acquired houses. (vi) Basic facilities at resettlement siteswill be built before the old ones are demolished. (vii) Payment of compensation will be completed after the signing of the agreement, and before removal. (viii) Resettlement programs will be conducted to the to the satisfaction of the APs
8.2 Land acquisition resettlement implementation procedure
210. The plan for land acquisition and resettlement can be divided into four stages:
(1)Land acquisition and compensation plan.
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� Apply and get “Planning Land Use Permit”, “Construction Land Use Permit”, and
“Structure Demolition Permit”;
� Conduct DMS for the affected area and determine the specific losses that are eligible
for compensation;
� Finalize compensation/resettlement steps in consultation with the local governments,
the APs, and their representatives;
� Conduct public information / consultations with the RP;
� Sign contracts; and,
� Finally decide the location of relocating site.
(2) Land acquisition and resettlement activities
� Pay compensation;
� Selecting and buying relocation site by the APs;
� Relocation of the APs;
� Demolition of residential structures and auxiliaries.
(3)Income restoration
� Provision of employment opportunities for the APs during the subproject construction
and operation phases;
� Assistance in the identification of employment and business opportunities for the APs
in the local enterprises and businesses;
� Provision of targeted training;
� Promotion and development of tertiary industries.
(4)Resettlement Monitoring
� Engage amonitoring agency;
� ADB’s approval of theTOR;
� Monitor LAR;
� Monitor income restoration plan;
� Conduct external evaluation of the Project.
� Prepare monitoring reports
8.3 Schedule for Milestone in Resettlement Implementation
211. The land acquisition and resettlement activities will be conducted from 2019 to 2021. No civil works construction shall be commenced until compensationis paid and all livelihood restoration measures are in place.
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212. Based on the detail measurement survey, the RP will be updated and submitted to ADB for review and approval prior to the commencement of the expropriation of land and house and award of contracts.
213. Table 8-1 and Table 8-2 show the schedule of the implementation of the resettlement plan.
Table 8-1 Resettlement Milestone Activities
Ite
ms
Resettlement
activities Objectives Responsible Agencies Cut-off date
Stat
us
1 Disclosure
1.1 Confirmation and
disclosure of RP
1
administrative
village
Governments and LAR
offices at all levels May 2019
Plan
ned
1.2 Uploading RP on
ADB website ADB June 2019
Plan
ned
1.3 RIB
56 affected
households
with 296
persons
IA, LAR Office June 2019 Plan
ned
1.4 Approval of RP ADB July 2019 Plan
ned
2 Updating of DMS
and RP
2.1 DMS 1
administrative
village
Governments at all
levels, LAR offices, Land
resources bureau
August 2019 –
December 2019
Plan
ned
2.2 Income restoration
plans
1
administrative
village
Governments at all
levels, LAR offices, Land
resources bureau
August 2019 –
December 2019
Plan
ned
2.3 Update the RP
according to DMS
1
administrative
village
IA, LAR Office August 2019 –
December 2019
Plan
ned
2.4 Disclosure of
updated RP
ADB December 2019 Plan
ned
3 Agreements
3.1 Compensation 1 administrative
village
Governments at all levels, LAR offices,
Villagers’
January 2020 –
Planned
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committee, PMO, IA
September 2021
3.2 Households 26 affected households
PMO, IA, LAR offices, residents
committee
January 2020 –
September 2021
Planned
4 Restoration and Relocation Plan
4.1 Restoration of APs’ livelihood
1 administrative
village
PMO, IA, LAR offices
January 2020 –
December 2021
Planned
4.2 training for APs All APs PMO, IA, LAR
offices
January 2020 –
December 2021
Planned
4.3 Relocate to new resettlement site
26 AHs affected by
house demolition
PMO, IA, LAR offices
December 2021
Planned
5
Institutional capacity for
project implementation
PLG, PMO, IA, LAR offices and others
January 2019 – June
2025 on-going
6 Monitoring and evaluation
6.1
Engagement of external
monitoring agency
the APs of RP
PPMO & IA December
2019 Planned
6.2
Baseline investigation
and preparation of “baseline
survey report”
56 affected households
PMO & IA January
2020 Planned
6.3 Establish internal
monitoring
Resettlement Plan PPMO & IA
January 2020 – June
2025 Planned
the APs
6.4 Internal
Monitoring Report
Quarterly PMO, IA, LAR
offices July 2020
1st Report to 4th Report
6.5 External
Monitoring Reporting
Semi-annual External monitoring
agency
From July 2020 to January
2022
1st Report to 4th Rport
6.6 External
Monitoring Reporting
Annual External monitoring
agency
From January 2023 to January
2024
5th report to 6th report
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6.7 Resettlement Completion
Report 1 report
External monitoring agency
Complete all activities
before June 2025
7 Consultative documents IA, RO, RC On-going
8 Appeal documents IA, RO, RC On-going
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Table 8-2 Resettlement Plan and Implementation Schedule
Activities
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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9 Institutional Establishment and Capacity Building
9.1 Relevant resettlement institutions
214. In order to ensure the smooth implementation and achieve expected results from the Resettlement Plan, during the project implementation, a vertical institutional organization to plan will be established to coordinate and monitor the resettlement activities. The institutional organization is shown in Figure 9-1.
Figure 9-1 Resettlement Institutional Arrangement
9.2 Institutional Organization and Responsibilities
9.2.1 Lead Project Group
215. The Lead Project Group (LPG) for Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project is the highest leading organization for the subproject, where the Mayor of Hezhou City is the group leader, the executive Vice Mayor and Vice Mayor are the assistant group leaders, and the responsible chiefs of Hezhou Development and Reform Commission, Hezhou Finance Bureau, Hezhou Labor and Social Security Bureau, Hezhou Land Resources
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Administration Bureau, Hezhou Environmental Protection Bureau, Hezhou Auditing Bureau,Hezhou Health Planning Commission, Government of Pinggui District and Hezhou People’s Hospital are the group members. Under the LPG,Project Management Office (PMO) is established to be responsible for the daily activities of the LPG. The PMO is set atHezhou Development and Reform Commission (DRC), the the Deputy Director of Hezhou DRC is concurrently the Director.
216. The major responsibilities of key institutions are to provide policy guidance for project implementation, coordinate and support the project implementation from the Municipal level.
9.2.2 Project Management Office (PMO)
217. The PMO is headed by Hezhou DRC to be responsible for the overall planning of land acquisition and house demolition for the subproject, and also to guideits resettlement management.The responsibilities are:
(i) Guide resettlement activities according to the RP;
(ii) Examine the RP and its implementation schedule, and submit to the Government for
approval.
(iii) To be responsible for mobilizing funds for resettlement of the subproject.
(iv) Supervise and inspect the implementation of the Resettlement Plan as well as the
payment and utilization of the compensation funds.
(v) Supervise the progress of resettlement implementation,
(vi) Perform the internal monitoring for the Project.
(vii) Submit monitoring and progress reports to ADB for review
9.2.3 LAR Office of Pinggui District
218. The subproject is inPinggui District, and the LAR Office shall be responsible for the land acquisition and house demolition activities.
(i) Prepare the Resettlement Plan and its implementation schedule.
(ii) Organize land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement according to the
arrangement of the PMO and RP.
(iii) Investigate the progress of resettlement implementation, solicit the comments of
relevant units and individuals, deal with the grievance and make quick response.
(iv) Promptly report to the PMO the latest situation and problems of resettlement, propose
comments and suggestions.
(v) Assist internal monitoring.
9.2.4 LAR Office of Ertang Town
(i) Assist measurement and socio-economic surveys;
(ii) Assist the preparation of RP;
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(iii) Supervise villagers’ committee in the implementation of the RP and the Income
Restoration Plan.
9.2.5 Resettlement working group at Villagers’ Committee
(i) Participate in social and economic surveys.
(ii) Organize public consultation, publicize the resettlement policies, and organize
participation of the APs in public hearings and consultations.
(iii) Select the resettlement location and arrange house sites for the APs.
(iv) Be responsible for the distribution and management of compensation,
(v) Organize resettlement activities such as production development and training etc.
(vi) Report to the higher authorities the comments and proposals of the affected
people.
(vii) Report the resettlement progress of to PMO
(viii) Provide necessary assistance to vulnerable households.
9.2.6 External Monitoring and Evaluation Institution
219. The institution is responsible for monitoring of resettlement activities. It will solicit comments from the affected units and individuals and report and propose to the PMO and IA remedial actions including:
(i) Investigate regional socio-economic conditions, prepare and submit baseline survey
report to ADB.
(ii) Evaluate the detailed subproject impacts and the status of production and livelihood
restoration of the APs.
(iii) Analyze the collected data.
(iv) Monitor the process of RAP implementation, report to the PMO and IA, and submit
semi-annual monitoring reports to ADB.
(v) Conduct semi-annual resettlement assessment, and submit reports to the IA, PMO
and ADB.
9.3 Institutional Competence and Staffing
220. All relevant institutions will mobilize full time working staff and be equipped with necessary computers and other office facilities. Details are shown in Table 9-1.
Table 9-1 Staffing Arrangement
Institution Staff
Lead Project Group Experienced government officials,
PMO 5 persons, experienced government officials, university
degree or above
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Institution Staff
Government of Pinggui District Experienced government officials,
Hezhou People’s Hospital 4 persons, personnel of engineering construction and
management, university degree or above
LAR Office 4 persons, experienced government department
officials, university degree or above
Villagers’ Committee 2 cadres of Villagers’ Committee
External monitoring agency Some Resettlement specialists
9.4 Measures for Strengthening Institutional Capacities
221. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the RP, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity building of the concerned institutions. Therefore, the following measures shall be taken:
• (1)Organize training and research activities for projectpersonnels. Capacity building
shall include ADB’s training courses and the site training provided by the designated
external consultants which cover the contents of resettlement principle and policy,
engineering planning management, plan and design, progress management,
financial management, management information system, quality control, monitoring
and evaluation, and project management.
• (2)The vertically-established institutions will set up a reporting mechanism on
monthly basis.
• (3)The horizontally-established institutions will hold a coordinating meeting on
quarterly basis to enhance the information exchange.
• (4)The concerns of the APs will be reported by the resettlement offices to the higher
levels vertically one after the another.
• (5)The problems arising during construction shall be reported by the site engineers
directly to the immediate lead organization or, if necessary, directly report to the
higher authorities.
• (6)The issues relating to the APs and the contractors will be forwarded to the
villagers’ committee (community) or the township project construction coordinating
group, the district-level project construction coordinating group. If these issues are
seriously important, such issues shall be directly forwarded to the PMO and the LPG
• (7)Strict regulations will be formulated to prevent relevant personnel from shifting off
responsibilities or delaying implementation progress, and if any mishap occurs, the
responsible persons will be held accountable.
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10 Public Participation, Consultation and Information Disclosure
10.1 Public Participation and Community Consultation Activities
222. Stakeholders of the subproject are classified into three categories: (i) rural residents directly affected by the subproject including the groups such as female and displaced households; (ii)PMO, IA, and DI; and (iii) competent government departments.
223. During the period January-February, 2019, the resettlement specialists organized a series of activities related to public participation and community consultation for the above three categories of stakeholders (Table1-1 and Figure 1-3). Among them were:
224. Consultation and discussionsin subproject areas on impacts of land acquisition and house demolition. During January-February 2019, the resettlement specialists, IA, FSR team and EIA team carried out project impact surveys in the subproject area for a number of times and discussed with and solicited opinions from the land and planning authorities about how to define the subproject scope and impacts of land acquisition under the principle of minimizing the impacts of land acquisition and house demolition. On this basis, the DI made necessary adjustment to the design scheme to minimize the resettlement impacts.
225. Consultation on compensation policies and social impacts caused by land acquisition and house demolition. On January 11, 2019, the resettlement specialists participated in the meeting of Development and Reform Commission DRC, Health Planning Commission, Civil Affairs Department, Women's Federation, Land and Resources Bureau, and Land Acquisition and Resettlement LAR office of Hezhou City to discuss about the strategy of women's development and the policies for land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement. In the meeting, the socio-economic impacts of the subproject were discussed.
226. Consultation on the economic and social development of the project area and the willingness of the villagers' representatives. On January 11, 2019, the resettlement specialists participated in the meeting organized by the PMO in association with the APs and other concerned departments. In the meeting, the construction contents of the subproject were introduced. The resettlement specialists acquired the information of the economic and social development of Ertang Village and Xiadao Village, as well as the willingness of the representatives of the villagers for the Project. The participants of the meeting included women and village representatives.
227. Publicity on compensation policies on land acquisition and house demolition, consultation on the coverage of project impacts.On February 20, 2019, the resettlement specialists went to Xiadao Village to publicize the compensation policies of the State, Guangxi, Hezhouand Pinggui District as well as the safeguard policies of ADB. In addition, initial consultation on the cadres of the Villagers’ Committee for degree of impacts were also conducted. The participants of the meeting included women and village representatives.
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228. Consultation on the attitudes and compensation demand of affected households. During February 21-22, 2019, the resettlement specialists conducted a questionnaire survey and structured interviews with the APs in Xiadao Village. The surveys had extensive representativeness and reliability and can reflect the preferences of the APs. The contents of survey included the basic information of the affected households, status of land acquisition and house demolition, household property condition, status of income and expenditure, attitudes to the project implementation and compensation demand etc. As for interviews with women, their attitudes to the project implementation and demands were also solicited by the resettlement specialists.
229. In general, the willingness and desires of the APs can be classified as follows:
(i) The APs are generally support the subproject construction. They believe that the
subproject can drive the development of the surrounding areas and increase the value of
land and houses. It will also bring more business opportunities and employment
opportunities. In addition, the subproject will also improve the conditions of medical care
and elderly care for the residents nearby. Although some APs were not fully aware of the
subproject, most of the residents knew that their land and houses were facing demolition
because the area was included in the Controlled Detailed Planning of East 01 Block of
Jiangnan Area of Hezhou City in 2019.
(ii) Land acquisition. As Xiadao Village is located in the suburbs of the city and the per-
capita land is small, the affected people are less dependent on the land. The incomes of
the APs mainly come from migratory work and self-employment. Most of the land is used
to grow some agricultural products for their own consumption. All the APs agreed to the
land acquisition and were satisfied with the compensation standards for land acquisition.
(iii) They also expressed their demands. (i) In the past projects the payment of
compensation for commercial land lagged behind. The APs of the subproject hope thatthe
subproject would approve the commercial land compensation as early as possible. (ii) The
APs hope that the government should provide some skill and technical training on
household services and construction enabling them to seek employment in other
institutions, enterprises and businesses. (iii) The APs hope to get more employment
opportunities during the project construction.
(iv) House demolition. The APs have been accustomed to living independently in a
single building as a family, and will generally not accept the relocation in high-rise
residential buildings such as commercial housing and resettlement housing. If the
government can provide them with a homestead, they are willing to move. They hope that:
(a) they can be resettled nearby their current residing area in a concentrated way so that
the impacts on their existing social relationship and living style can be minimized. (b) The
relocating sites should be provided with complete infrastructures such as transportation
and living facilities. (c) The APs hoped that reconstruction should be conducted before
demolition, so that the transition period could be minimized. (d) The compensation should
be paid in timely manner and in an equal and transparent way.
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(v) Reduce the negative impacts of construction on the living environment. The
APs hope that the construction should be arranged in a scientific way to minimize the
impacts on traffic and reduce the construction-related pollution.
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Table 10-1 Records of Public Participation by Affected Persons
Time Period
Location
Meeting agenda (issues)
Organizer Participating department,
village, group
Participants (perso
n)
Female participa
nts (person)
Consulting results
Afternoon, January 9, 2019
At site
Discussion of project design and resettlement impacts within ROW
Hezhou DRC, PMO
PMO, IA, DI, EIA consultants, resettlement consultants
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Sort out and discuss the reduction of land acquisition impacts within the project scope.
Morning, January 10, 2019
At site
Discussion of project design and resettlement impacts within ROW
Hezhou DRC, PMO
ADP specialists, PMO, IA, DI, Planning Bureau, natural resources bureau, EIA consultants, resettlement consultants.
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Sort out and discuss the reduction of land acquisition impacts within the project scope.
Morning, January 11, 2019
Villagers’ committee, Xiadao village
Understand the economic and social development data of the villages of Ertang Town and Xiadao Village, discuss the project construction, land acquisition and resettlement impacts, and acquire the willingness of the APs.
Hezhou DRC, PMO
ADB specialists, PMO, IA, resettlement specialist, cadres of Ertang Town, cadres of LAR office, cadres of Villager’s Committee, representatives of APs.
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Initial understanding of the social and economic status of the affected areas, including the attitudes and willingness of the APs.
Afternoon, January 11, 2019
DRC office
Collect necessary documents relevant to the social and economic development, policies on land acquisition and resettlement, conduct extensive discussion
Hezhou DRC, PMO
PMO, IA, resettlement specialists, as well as the departments / bureaus of human resources, land resources, poverty reduction, family planning and control, civil affairs, women federation and LAR offices.
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Further understanding of the social and economic situation of Hezhou City, including the development strategies for the poor, women and ethnic minorities, policies for land
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Time Period
Location
Meeting agenda (issues)
Organizer Participating department,
village, group
Participants (perso
n)
Female participa
nts (person)
Consulting results
of the social impacts caused by the project.
acquisition, house demolition and resettlement.
Afternoon, February 20, 2019
Villagers’ committee, Xiadao village
Collect the social and economic information of Xiadao Village, acquire the basic data of the land and houses affected by the project.
Resettlement specialists
Resettlement specialists, cadres of Xiadao Villagers’ Committee
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Further understanding of the social and economic status of Xiadao Village, with initial understanding of the in-kinds and the area affected by the Project.
February 21 - 22, 2019
Xiadao village
Conduct in-kind survey for land acquisition and house demolition, acquire the information of the attitudes of the APs and their willingness and demands for land acquisition and house demolition.
Resettlement specialists
Resettlement specialists, APs 30 12
Acquire the initial in-kind data of land acquisition and house demolition, with full understanding of the attitudes of the APs towards the project construction, establish the information communication and feedback system, and enable all APs be adequately informed about their entitlements.
Morning, February 22, 2019
Xiadao village
Consultation meeting on women’s rights
Resettlement specialists
Resettlement specialists, women representatives of APs
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Women have the right to know the compensation for land acquisition and relocation; women with compensation have the same power of disposal.
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Figure 10-1 Public Participation in RP Preparation
10.2 Investigation of the public opinions
230. The resettlement specialists organized several consultation meetings with the officials of the local township, villagers, and the subproject-affected people and conducted household interviews, aiming to understand the attitudes and comments of the Government at all levels, and the APson land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement. In addition, interviews with women were also conducted.
10.2.1 Investigation of the APs
231. During February 21-23, 2019, the resettlement specialists conducted social and economic survey for Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project introducing the project to the APs, distributed 15 questionnaires to know about the attitudes and concerns of the public. The survey results are shown in Table 10-2.
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Table 10-2 Investigation of Public Opinions
S/L
Questions Choices A B C D E F G H
1
1. Do you know the construction contents of the
project ?
A. no B. little
C. some D. very much
53.3%
46.7%
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7. From what means do you
come to know the project
construction information?
A. TV, broadcast,
newspaper & Internet
B. notices of governmental department
(inclu. Village committee) C. told by
relatives and friends
D. told by neighbors E. knew by this Survey F. Others
0.0% 26.7%
0.0% 26.7%
46.7%
0.0%
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4. Are you clear about the policies of the government for land acquisition
and house demolition?
A. very clear B. basically
clear C. a little
D. not at all
0.0% 33.3%
46.7%
20.0%
4
Are you clear about the policies of the government
for employment training and social insurance for the land-expropriated
farmers ?
A. very clear B. basically
clear C. a little
D. not at all
0.0% 33.3%
40.0%
26.7%
5 Attitudes to the
project construction.
A. strongly support
B. support C. fairly
D. object E. strong objection
13.3%
33.3%
40.0%
13.3%
6 In your opinion, will the project implementation
A. yes B. fairly yes
C. no
26.7%
46.7%
13.3%
13.3%
0.0%
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benefit your family in terms of
economy and living ?
D. somewhat negative
E. not at all
7 What benefits will the project bring to
your family ?
A. Improve the living
environment. B. Provide
recreational places
C. Improve health
condition. D. Provide job opportunities.
E. Others F. No idea
46.7%
0.0% 33.3%
40.0%
0.0% 6.7%
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What negative impacts will the project bring to your family ?
A. loss of land
B. relocation C. income decreased
D. unemploymen
t E.
inconvenience during
construction F. pollution
(ground water, noise
and dust etc.) G. Others
______ H. No idea
66.7%
40.0%
13.3%
0.0% 60.0%
46.7% 0.0% 0。 00%
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If the project has definite adverse impacts on the
interests of your family, whom will you report to ?
A. Report to the Villagers Committee B. report to contractors C. report to
the IA D. appeal to
higher authorities E. obstruct
construction
66.7%
26.7%
26.7%
0.00%
0.00%
26.7% 0.00%
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vi This is an open question, and the responses are stated in para. 362.
F. report to the media G. others
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In your opinion, what kind of
measures should be taken to mitigate the
impacts on the neighboring
residents during construction period of the
project ?
A. The material
stackyard is far from the residential
area B. Water-
spraying or covering to
prevent dusting
pollution. C. Vehicles
carrying construction
materials and earthwork to be covered
D. Construction at night to be
prohibited E.
Construction sewage to be treated before
discharge F. Properly
schedule the construction
time to reduce the impacts on the traffic. G. Other
measures.
87.5%
60.0%
73.3%
73.3%
80.0%
100.0%
0.0%
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In case of land acquisition and
house demolition, in addition to reasonable
compensation, what assistance you need most
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from the government ?
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232. Information of the project. Starting from 2019, the relevant information on planning and project preparation of Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project were disclosed to the affected communities (villagers’ committees) within the ROW of the subproject in the form of announcement and notices. Among the 15 households surveyed, 53% of them heard about the subproject. Through public participation and survey, the APs become more clear about the subproject scope and its nature.
233. Means of getting project information. The major means for knowing the subproject information among the surveyed households included: notices of government department (including Community Committee/Village Committee), accounting for 26.7%; neighborhood, accounting for 26.7%; the survey, accounting for 46.7%.
234. Ideas about relevant policies of the Government for land and house expropriation, employment training for the land-lost farmers and social insurance. The majority of households surveyed knew about the local policies for land and house expropriation, employment training for theaffected farmers and social insurances. Due to the place where the project is located was covered by the Detail Planning for East 01 Area of Jiangnan of Hezhou City in 2019, the local people knew that their land and houses will be expropriated and also knew something about the policies for land and house expropriation and resettlement. Among the 15 surveyed households, a one-third basically knew government’s policies on land and house expropriation, 46.7% have a little idea about them and 20.% had no idea about them. Those who knew about the policies for employment training and social insurances for the land-expropriated farmers accounted for 33.3%, those with a little accounted for 40.0% and those of no idea accounted for 46.7%. The survey activities with public participation have explained to the APs in detail the relevant policies for expropriation of land and house, employment training and social insurances aspects of the subproject. The APs hoped to get necessary training on household services and technical skills, and also hope for getting achievement certificates after the training.
235. Attitudes towards the project construction. Among the 15 households surveyed, 86.7 support the subproject. At the beginning, 2 households objected because they thought there would be no reconstruction land. After consultations they learned that the government will provide them reconstruction land. Then they pledged to support the subproject.
236. The project implementation will benefit the economic development and living. Those who believed that the project will bring positive impacts on their economic and living conditions accounts for 73.3%, while only 13.3% of the surveyed household believed that the project will bring negative impacts. The major reasons for this perception is their worry about environmental pollution arise of house demolition and project construction.
237. Positive impacts of the project. Among the 15 survey households, 46.7% believed that the project can improve their living environment, 33.3% believed that the project will improve their health condition, and 40.0% believed that the project will improve their employment situation.
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238. Negative impacts of the project. Among the 15 surveyed households, 66.7% were worried about the loss of land, 40% were worried about loss of houses, 13.3% were worried about decrease in income, 60% were worried about the traffic inconvenience brought by the construction, and 46.7% were worried about the noise and water pollution.
239. Means for reporting complaints. The villagers’ committee and contractors are the major channels for accepting complaints of the APs. As for the problems arising from the project implementation, 66.7% would choose to report to the villagers’ committee, 26.7% to the contractor, 26.7% to the IA and 26.7% to the medias. No surveyed households would choose petitioning or obstructing construction work.
240. Environmental protection measures. The APs hoped the project would adopt the following measures: material stacking site far away from the residential area, spraying water to prevent dust, trucks to be covered during transporting construction materials and earthwork, prohibiting night work, standard discharge of construction wastewater after treatment, reduce impacts on traffic through reasonably scheduling construction time etc.
241. In case of land acquisition and house demolition, in addition to reasonable compensation, the surveyed households hoped to get assistance from the government in the aspects of training, employment, pension subsidies and education subsidies.
10.2.2 Interviews with women
242. Women in the subproject area enjoy equal rights with men and they are playing an important role in project planning, design and implementation. The women in the project area interviewed by the resettlement specialists were at the ages of 27-48 who were mainly housewives (taking care of children) and engaging in odd jobs. Most of the them had the traditional views for the family, i.e. home-based elderly care and major family issues being generally dominated by husbands or fathers. However, they would actively participate in the organized consultation meetings.
243. Through the brief introduction by the resettlement specialist, the women interviewed believed that the project will have some impacts on their livelihoods. Their major concerns were the environmental impacts - living environment would become a crowded population, inconvenience of traffic congestion and environmental pollution from noise, air, and medical wastewater.
244. Women thought that the main benefits of the project are: development the local economy, convenient medical treatment, convenient living, and the clean living environment as an urban area. The disadvantages would be the changing of the village existing living environment and living habits. They believed that the existing rural life is comfortable and clean, and the subproject will bring impact on their living environment in the village life. In addition, the commercial housing compensation for land acquisition and house demolition will change the living structure of the village's current one-family one-household. Such would produce impacts on the existing living habits. They hope during the process of land acquisition and demolition, they will be able to obtain the land for reconstruction to retain their living style as much as possible.
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245. In addition, in their current mode of life, although most women have no formal occupations their main family responsibilities are to take care of children, while in the spare time to grow vegetables and raise chickens to subsidize household expenses. However, such agricultural earnings of women are very much limited, only accounting for 0.6% of the total family income. The subproject will reduce their responsibility for elderly care and they will get job opportunities nearby to make more contributions to familyincomes.They generally welcome the skill training and job opportunities that the project may provide them.
10.3 Public Participation Plan at the Project Implementation Stage
246. In order to address the problems and needs of the APs adequately and in a timely manner regarding the expropriation of land and houses, further consultations with the APs will be continued so that all issues can be addressed prior to the start of construction and the implementation of the RP. Meetings will be arranged by the IA for LAR as appropriate. Each affected household will have the opportunity to negotiate the compensation contract which they will sign with the Resettlement offices. Table 10-3 lists the plan and procedure of public consultation.
10.4 Information disclosure
10.4.1 Resettlement Plan Approved by ADB
247. Upon approval by ADB, the resettlement plan will be basis and standards for resettlement activities of the subproject. All the resettlement implementing agencies will place and post detailed information related to the resettlement activities at the permanent office locations, covering the descriptio project impacts, relocating sites (including pictures), resettlement policies and compensation standards as well as procedure of grievance redressing. Information disclosure will help the APs to fully understand the resettlement issues and which shall also the basis for their participation and supervision.
10.4.2 Resettlement Information Booklet
248. In order to enable all the APs to be fully and timely informed of the resettlement policies and details of the subproject, the PMO will distribute the Resettlement Information Booklet to each and every household in the subproject-affected areas. The booklet will introduce the profile of the project, applicable resettlement policies and compensation standards, project implementation scheduleand procedures of grievances redress. The booklet will be distributed before the commencement of the subproject.
249. The booklet will cover the following contents: (i) Profile of the subproject; (ii) Categorization of project impacts; (iii) Policies and compensation standards for all impacts; (iv) Implementing agencies for land and house expropriation and external monitoring agency; (v) Entitlements and responsibilities of the APs; (vi) Assistance to vulnerable households;
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(vii) Resettlement implementation plan; (viii) Means for participation and consultation of the APs; (ix) Detail procedure for complaints and grievance redress.
250. The Resettlement Information Booklet will be distributed among the APs within one month from the loan appraisal by ADB. And the APs will receive the Resettlement Information Booklet before signing the resettlement and compensation agreements.
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Table 10-3 Plan and Procedures of Public Consultations
Objectives Forms of meeting
Time Implementing agencies Targeted participants
Remarks
1. Introduce the Project and the RP to the APs and solicit their opinions.
Villagers’ representatives meeting, workers’ representative meeting
January - June, 2019.
PMO, EA, IA, DI, District Gov. VC, unit
All APs Meeting held in affected villages or units
2. Submit final RP to the APs
Public and community meetings, unit meeting, focus group discussion
Before December 2019
PMO, EA, IA, DI, District Gov. VC, enterprise
All APs
Publicize final draft RP to the APs, discuss key LA issues, solicit opinions from the APs
3. Disclosure of Resettlement Information Booklet
Public village meeting, enterprise meeting, public discussion
Before June 2019
PMO, EA, IA, District Gov. VC, unit, Hezhounatural resources bureau, Hezhou LAR office
APs affected by LAR
Publicize RIB, discuss key issues and the APs' suggestions
4. Conduct DMS
project impact survey and household interview
December 2019
PMO, IA, District Gov. VC, unit, Hezhou Land Bureau, LAR office
APs affected by LAR
Survey of LA, physical assets, collect socio-economic data
5. Suggestions to the APs of entitlements and date of payment
Public meetings December 2019
PMO, IA, District Gov. VC, unit
LAR beneficiaries and the APs
Organize affected families’ meeting to introduce eligible compensation and entitlements
6. Disclose RP to APs after ADB's approval
Public and community meetings, enterprise
Before December 2019
PPMO, IA, RO
All project participants, beneficiaries and the APs
Meetings with beneficiaries & the APs
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Objectives Forms of meeting
Time Implementing agencies Targeted participants
Remarks
meeting, focus group discussion
7. Monitoring of the APs and beneficiaries
Household interview
2020 - 2025
PMO, IA, District Gov. Township Gov., LAR office, VC, unit, external M&E agency
Random sampling
Provide RAP, Resettlement Monitoring Plan
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11 Complaints and Grievances
251. The disclosure procedure increasestransparency during resettlement implementation. It advises the APs on how can they raise their requests, grievances and appeals through various channels such as the Village Committee, Institution, PMO, IA, Resettlement Office, natural resources bureau, LAR office, court) and various methods (i.e. by visiting, writing letter or telephone).
11.1 Means for collection of complaints and grievances
252. The APs can use multiple avenues to report their problems, grievances and complaints: (i) They can report to the local resettlement office their problems, grievances, and problems. (ii) Project contractors send faxes to the IA their work logs including any reports or complaints that they received from the APs. (iii) The APs can report problems of land acquisition, house demolition to the IA during its routine inspection visits. (iv) The APs can approach the external monitoring agency for more information and project progress.
11.2 Grievance procedures and handling
253. Grievance procedures for APs:
254. Stage 1: If the APs are unsatisfied with RP, they can complain orally or in written form to village group, villager committee or Subdistrict Office / township government. In case of an oral complaint, the village committee or Subdistrict Office/township street should handle the complaint and keep written records. The village group, village committee or Subdistrict Office / township street shall resolve the problem within 1 week.
255. Stage 2: If an APis still unsatisfied with the resolution offered at Stage 1, she/he can lodge a complaint with the PMO. The PMO should make resolution within two weeks.
256. Stage 3: If the APs are still unsatisfied with the resolution in Stage 2, they can lodge a complaint after receiving the decision to the PMO / Letters and Visit Bureau whichwil resolve the complaint/grievanc within two weeks.
257. At any stage, if the APs are unsatisfied with the decision, they may seek assistance of a civil court. Xiadao Village has established a working system for legal assistance for which a lawyer is assigned.
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Figure 11-1 Working System for Legal Assistance Liaison Officer of Xiadao Village
258. The APs can also appeal to the Office of Special Project Facilitator or Compliance Review Panel in they find that the ADB has failed to follow its own safeguard policies and procedures (more information in : http://www.adb.org/Accountability-
Mechanism/default.asp)
11.3 Principle for grievance redressing
259. During the process of handling complaints and grievances, the following principles will be observed. (i) Each relevant institutionwill have a special staff memberwho is responsible for the custody of the letter of complaint and keep records of oral complaints. Each relevant agency will respond to the complaint or grievance within 2 weeks. (ii) Relevant institutions shall accept the complaints and grievances lodged by APs free of charges. The reasonable charges incurred from the such process shall be covered by the contingency of the PMO. (iii) During the process of project construction, the grievance procedures remain active. The procedures are outlined in the Resettlement Information Booklet and sicussed during consultations. The APs will be informed of their rightto get their grievance resolved and and/orto appeal. (iv) During the RP implementation period, the relevant departments will record and manage the documents pertaining to complaints and grievances and their handling. The IAs should promptly collect necessary materials related to the complaints or grievances, and report to the PMO in writing on a monthly basis.
11.4 Record and Follow-up Feedback for Complaints and Grievances
11.4.1 Registration Form for complaints and grievances
260. During the RAP implementation period, the LAR departments will record and manage the documents of grievances and complaints, and report to the Provincial Resettlement Office on monthly basis on progress of resolution. The Resettlement Office
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also checks the progress on regular basis. In order to standardize and completely record the handling results of the grievances of the APs, the project Resettlement Office has designed a tabular format to record the grievance and handling results. The format is shown in Table 11-1.
Table 11-1 Resettlement Grievance Redress Form
Name of grievant Accepting unit
Time Location
Summary of the grievance/complaint
Issues to be resolved
Proposed means of resolution
Outcome/decision
Complainant (signature)
Recorder
(signature)
Notes: 1. The recording person shall truthfully record the complaints and demand of the complainant. 2. The whole process of making a complaint should not be interfered with. 3.
The proposed solution to the grievance or problem will soon be conveyed to the complainant.
11.4.2 Contacts for Complaints and Grievances
261. The resettlement institutions at all levels will have a full-time person to accept and handle complaints and grievances from the APs. The names and contacting telephones of the relevant institutions and responsible persons are given below (Table 11-2).
Table 11-2 Institutions and the Staff for Accepting Complaints and Grievances of
Aps
Unit Name Telephone
PMO Li Zongjun 0774-5120559
Hezhou People’s Hospital Chen Liyan 0774-5292572
Hezhou Environment Protection Bureau
Huang Guangcheng 0774-5129605
Land Acquisition and Demolition Office of Pinggui District
Wang Guanzhong 0774-8831162
Land Acquisition and Demolition Office of Ertang Town
Tan Zhiqiang 18807846078
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12 Monitoring & Evaluation
12.1 Internal Monitoring
(1)Implementing institutions and working procedure
262. The PMO is responsible for internal monitoring of all resettlement activities to ensure that land and house expropriation and resettlement are carried out according to the principles, procedures and schedules of the RP.
263. The internal resettlement monitoring can be divided into two stages, i.e preparation stage, and monitoring and evaluation stage.
(2)Preparation for resettlement monitoring and evaluation
264. Each IA will establish a resettlement unit at the stage of project preparation, if the subproject is likely to have involuntary resettlement impacts. It will have competent staff who have resettlement experience. In addition the IA will:
265. Establish an internal resettlement monitoring working group and appoint full-time staff to assist the group.
266. Organize training for the IA’s staff and the personnel of resettlement implementation institutions on ADB's involuntary resettlement policy and procedures, national resettlement policies, RP preparation, resettlement implementation, resettlement monitoring and evaluation etc.
267. Establish a resettlement information management system.
268. Engage an external monitoring and evaluation agency.
269. Disclose the names of the monitoring staff to the public including the list of responsible persons, contact numbers, faxes and websites.
(3)Preparation for the resettlement implementation:
270. Appointcompentent staff and arrange safeguard and monitoring training.
271. Conduct social and economic surveys and baseline investigation jointly with the IA and consulting agencies,
272. Establish a resettlement information management system.
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273. Disclose the namesof the monitoring staff to the public, including the list of responsible persons, contact numbers, faxes and websites.
(4)Implementation of the resettlement monitoring and evaluation
274. The ADB staff will conduct at least one safeguard mission to review the resettlement implementation. The mission review the progress in resettlement implementation, resettlement internal monitoring reports and the external monitoring report.
275. After completion of the project, ADB will carry outa post reivew of the resettlement activities of the project. The results will be part of the Project Completion Report.
(5)The IAs’ resettlement monitoring and evaluation activities
(i) Organize the internal resettlement monitoring according to the RP.
(ii) Submit to ADB the resettlement progress report, and the detail internal internal
monitoring report on semi-annul basis.
(iii) Promptly update the statistical data of resettlement implementation and improve the
resettlement information management system.
(iv) Provide all necessary data, materials and information for the external monitoring
agency.
(v) Update the RP according to the actual condition of the RP implementation and
submit it to ADB for approval and provide ADB’s feedback to the resettlement
implementing institutions and the external monitoring and evaluation agency.
(vi) Coordinate and monitor the resettlement external monitoring and evaluation activities.
(vii) Publicize all relevant information relevant to resettlement, and response to any
queries.
(6)The monitoring and evaluation activities of the resettlement implementing
institutions
(i) Carry out resettlement activities according to the RP.
(ii) Submit resettlement progress report and internal monitoring report to the IAs.
(iii) Promptly update the statistical resettlement data and improve the resettlement
information management system.
(iv) Provide all necessary data, materials and information for the external monitoring
agency.
(v) Accept the supervision and monitoring of the IAs and ADB on the resettlement
activities.
(vi) Publicize all relevant information relevant to resettlement, and respone to any
queries.
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(7) Internal monitoring report
276. The project internal monitoring report shall be prepared by the IAs on regular basis which should be submitted to the PMO along with the progress report. During the stage of project preparation, it is to assist ADB in assessing the regular or irregular internal working reports that are prepared in a format acceptable to ADB for different stages. After the commencement of implementation, simple quarterly report and detail semi-annual and annual reports shall be prepared based on the actual conditions of the project. Special report shall be prepared if case in need of project management. The completion report shall be prepared upon completion of the project. The IAs shall submit an internal monitoring report to ADB on bi-monthly basis.
277. The report should tabulate the statistical data of resettlement - related activities in each period, and reflect the progresses of the project construction and resettlement in comparative approach for the land acquisition, house demolition, resettlement and use of compensation etc., as shown in Table 12-1 and Table 12-2.
Table 12-1 Progress of Land Acquisition, House Demolition and Resettlement
County / Town / Village Cut-off date:
Date of filling: Items Unit Planned
Qty. Completed
Qty. Cumulati
ve % of
Completion Acquisition of
Collective Land mu
Demolition of houses m2
Ground attachments mu
APs receiving training Persons
Job Provision Persons
Reporter: Signature (In-charge): Seal:
Table 12-2 Funds Utilization Progress
County / Town / Village Cut-off date:
Date of filling:
Affected institution
Descriptio
n
Unit/Qty
.
Investment required (RMB)
Compensation received (RMB)
Compensation
Adjusted
Ratio of Compensa
tion Villages
Collective Relocated household
s
Unit Reporter: Signature (In-charge): Seal:
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12.2 External monitoring & evaluation
278. The external monitoring and evaluation will be undertaken by an organization or institution which has the resettlement monitoring and evaluation expertise and is not involved in the day-to-day implementation of the project from the project implementing agencies and resettlement institutions. Such monitoring and evaluation shall be based on the periodical monitoring and objective evaluation of the resettlement activities through the process of project impact survey and interviews, including the collection of the data and information of resettlement activities, the subjective assessment thereto. Such will help to identify the existing or potential problems, and thus propose necessary comments and suggestions for the resolution of these problems.
12.2.1 External monitoring agency
279. Responsibilities of the external monitoring agency: (i) Conduct baseline investigation of the affected population and their production levels before resettlement according to the RP. (ii) Assist the IAs in providing training for the resettlement working staff. (iii) Assist the IAs in establishing the resettlement information management system. (iv) Conduct regular follow-up investigation and sample surveys in the subproject area. (v) Collect necessary information relevant to the social and economic development in the subproject area, convene necessary consultation meetings with the IAs and implementing institutions to discuss the suitability of the resettlement policies and compensation standards, including providing suggestions. (vi) Submit resettlement monitoring and evaluation reports to ADB and IAs on a regular, half yearly, basis. (vii) Publicize all relevant information relevant to resettlement, and responses to queries.
280. The external monitoring agency shall carry out the following activities: (i) Baseline investigation and follow-up survey. (ii) Informal interviews. (iii) Public consultation meeting. (iv) Review of complaints and grievances.
12.2.2 Monitoring indicators
281. The external monitoring agency will use the following monitoring indicators: (i) Compliance ofland acquisition, house demolition and other resettlement activities with the RP. (ii) Institutional arrangements and their adequacy to implementthe RP. (iii) Accuracy of internal monitoring reports.
282. Resettlement progress: (i) Timely mobilization and adequacy of compensation funds. Timely relocation of APs. (ii) Rationality of compensation standards and promptness in compensation payment
283. Living and production restoration:
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(i) Capacity restoration of the APs, especially vulnerable groups. (ii) Relocation, replacement and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities. (iii) Use and orientation of the compensation money of the affected villages. (iv) Agreed measures provided in time (e.g. Training, employment etc.).
284. Others
(i) Adequacy and rationality of public consultation and participation.
(ii) Accepting and resolving the complaints of the APs.
12.2.3 Submission of external monitoring & evaluation report
285. A baseline investigation will be conducted before resettlement activities started for which a 'baseline survey report 'will be submitted. The external resettlement monitoring and evaluation report (M&E report) shall be submitted to ADB and the IAs on semi-annual basis during the period from the commencement to the completion of the resettlement activities. An annual monitoring and evaluation report shall be submitted from completion of resettlement activities to the realization of the resettlement objectives. A resettlement completion evaluation report shall be submitted after completion of all resettlement activities. Please find schedule for the submission of resettlement monitoring report in table 12-3.
12.2.4 Follow-up Activities After the Submission of Monitoring Reports
286. After submission of each monitoring and evaluation report by the external monitoring agency, the PMO shall convene the LAR office, external monitoring agency and other relevant institutions to discuss the report and work out necessary action plans against the problems identified by the report.
287. All monitoring and evaluation reports must include: (i) Report the identified problems in the previous report, the curative measures, implementation status and results. (ii) Report the follow-up activities of all relevant institutions after the last joint discussion.
Table 12-3 Schedule for Resettlement External Monitoring and Evaluation
S/L Name of the Report Date
1 Socio-economic baseline survey and
“baseline survey report”
January 2020
2 1st M&E Report July 2020
3 2ed M&E Report January 2021
4 3th M&E Report July 2021
5 4th M&E Report January 2022
6 5th M&E Report July 2022
7 6th M&E Report January 2023
9 8th monitoring report January 2024
6 Completion report January 2025
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Appendix1: Resettlement Information Booklet
1. Introduction
1. Hezhou No.2 Nursing Home Project is located at Jiangnan East Area in Xiadao Village of Ertang Town, Pinggui District of Hezhou City, at the southeast corner of the junction between Yangmeiling Road and Dongbao Road.
2. The major contents of the project include the construction of 4 corridor-style buildings for the aged people with 19053.72 m2 (4763.43 m2/each) , 2 comprehensive building with 4359.75 m2 of building area and 6802.74 m2 of basement area.
3. Financed by the international financial institution, the Project will introduce the advanced technology and equipment to build a comprehensive nursing institution of rehabilitation for the elderly people, so as to effectively alleviate the severe shortage of nursing beds for the low and middle income groups and the demented elderly, especially for those in the rural areas. At the same time, through learning from the foreign conception and management experiences, the project will promote the standardization for the construction and management of the elderly care institutions, probe into the model of “focusing on caring while being assisted with medical treatment” for the elderly care. Such will effectively facilitate the construction of the elderly care institutions and enable these specialized institutions to extend their services to community elderly care and home-based elderly care, help to promote the functional transition of elderly care services from the "discontinuous gap-filling type” to the “"continuous general benefit type”, and thus ultimately improve overall conditions and the service capacities of the existing social elderly care institutions in Hezhou City.
4. The Implementing Agency of the Project is Hezhou People’s Hospital. The scheduled construction period is 78 months, including 36 months for design preparation, i.e. January 2019 - December 2021; 42 months of construction period, i.e. January 2022 - June 2025.
2. Land acquisition Impacts
5. There are totally 74.14 mu of rural collective land within the ROW of the Project. The Project needs to acquire74.14 mu of land permanently (excluding house site), including 67.07 mu of cultivated land and 2.02 mu of village road, 5.05 mu of house site Land acquisition will affect 45 households with 208 persons.
6. The Project needs to demolish 9126.72 m2 of houses, including 7481.20 m2 of rural residential houses, 1645.42 m2 of rural attached houses, totally affecting 26 households with 152 persons.
7. The relevant ground attachments and infrastructures such as scattered trees, bamboos, wells, fences, graves and electrical facilities etc.
8. There are totally 56 households with 296 persons being affected by the Project (including 15 households with 64 persons being affected both by land acquisition and house demolition), including 2 households with 11 persons belonging to vulnerable groups.
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Table 4 Summary of Permanent Acquisition of Rural Collective Land
Unit: mu
Administrative
village
Total land
acquisition
Agricultural land Constructio
n land Affected population
Paddy
field
Forest
land
Sub-
total Road
Nos of
households
Popula
tion
Xiadao village 74.14 56.16 10.91 67.07 7.07 45 208
Table 5 Summary of Demolition of Rural Residential Houses
Administrati
ve village
Rural residential
houses (m2)
Building structure Affected
population
Brick-concrete
structure (m2)
Earth-wooden
structure (m2)
Nos of
households
Popul
ation
Xiadao village 7481.2 6955.83 525.37 26 152
Table 6 Summary of Demolition of Rural Attached Houses
Administrative
village
Rural attached
houses (m2)
Building structure
Brick-tile
structure (m2)
Earth structure
(m2)
Simple shelters
(m2)
Xiadao village 1645.52 885.63 622.12 137.77
Table 7 Summary of Affected Ground Attachments
Administrative
village
Scattered trees
(pcs)
Bamboo
(pcs)
Well
(nos)
Fence wall
(m)
Grave
(nos)
Xiadao village 104 120 20 228 23
Table 8 Summary of Affected Infrastructures
Name of ground attachments Unit Quantity
Electricity pole pcs 19
220V power distribution line km 1.5
Transformer Nos. 1
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Table 9 Situation of Vulnerable Groups and Structure
Administrative
village
Household headed by
women Disable household Subtotal
Household
s Population
Nos of
households
Populati
on
Nos of
households
Populati
on
Xiadao village 1 6 1 5 2 11
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3. Grievance redressing procedure
9. During the preparation and implementation of the RAP for the Project, the public participation and establishment of the grievance redress mechanism are emphasized. Grievance procedures for APs:
10. Stage 1: If the APs are unsatisfied with RAP, they can complain orally or in written form to village group, villager committee or Subdistrict Office / township government. In the evident of oral complaint, the village committee or Subdistrict Office / township street should handle the complaint and keep written records. The village group, village committee or Subdistrict Office / township street shall resolve the problem within 1 week.
11. Stage 2: If the APs are still unsatisfied with the resolution in Stage 1, they can lodge complaint to the IAs after receiving the resolution. The IAs should make resolution within two weeks.
12. Stage 3: If the APs are still unsatisfied with the resolution in Stage 2, they can lodge complaint after receiving the decision to the PMO / Letters and Visit Bureau who will make resolution within two weeks.
13. At any stage, if the APs are unsatisfied with the decision, they may directly sue to the civil court.
14. The APs can also appeal to ADB, which will be handled by the task team of ADB. The APs can also report the resettlement supervisor and the external monitoring agency, all complaints and grievances (oral or written) should be reported to ADB in the resettlement monitoring report.
4. Legal framework and policies
15. The primary objective of the LAR program is to ensure that the APs will improve their standards of living, or at least will restore to the previous standard.
16. The land acquisition, demolition and resettlement of this Project will be complying with the laws and regulations of China, local government and ADB:
Table 10 Major Laws and Policies for Resettlement
Level Laws and policies Date of
effectiveness
PR China
The Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (revised on August 28, 2004); Implementation Regulations for Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China (revised on July 29, 2014); Methods for Announcement of Land Acquisition, January 1, 2002; Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Strengthening Land Administration, Ref. GF[2004]28,
October 21, 2004;
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Level Laws and policies Date of
effectiveness Circular of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Management of Land Acquisition Compensation, Ref. No. GTZF[2001]358,
November 16, 2001;
Provisions of the People's Republic of China on Tax on Occupation of Cultivated Land, Decree No.49 of Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Taxation; Guidelines for Strengthening Land Acquisition Compensation and Relocation System, Ref. No.GTZF[2004]238,
November 3, 2004;
Regulation on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land and Compensation (Decree No.590 of the State Council),
January 21, 2011;
Guangxi
Method of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Implementation of Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China,
September1, 2001;
Interim Provisions of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Concerning Collection of Four Compensation Charges for Acquisition and Occupation of Forest Land.
July 31, 2002
Methods of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Implementation of Ordinance for Protection of Basic Farmland.
July 31, 2002
Circular of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Concerning Implementation Methods for Social Security for Displaced Farmers (GZBF[2008]18),
March 14, 2008;
Regulations of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Implementing the Regulations on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land and Compensation, Ref. GZD[2011]36,
August 2, 2011;
Notice of Land Resources Administration Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Implementing A New-Round Unified Standards of Annual Average Output Values for Land Acquisition (Ref. GGTZF[2015]89)),
December 30, 2015;
Notice of Human Resources and Social Security Department, Land Resources Administration Department, Finance Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Implementing Guidelines for Participation of Social Basic Insurance System for Displaced Farmers in Guangxi, Ref. GRSF[2016]46,
August 12, 2016;
Hezhou
Methods of Hezhou City for Resettlement of Displaced Farmers within Urban Planned Areas, Ref. HZF[2007]9,
March 12, 2007;
Notice of Hezhou Municipality on Adjusting the Compensation Standards for Land Acquisition and Resettlement for Construction Projects within Urban Planned Areas of Hezhou City, Ref. HZF[2016]48),
December 31, 2016;
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Level Laws and policies Date of
effectiveness Notice on Issuance of the Implementation Scheme for House Demolition Compensation in Main Urban Area of Hezhou City (Provisional) (Ref. HGTZ[2018]95),
August 20, 2018;
Notice of Hezhou City on Issuing New Round of Unified Standard of Annual Output Value Document at City Level,
January 31, 2019;
ADB
Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice, Manila, 1998; Gender Checklist: Involuntary Resettlement, ADB Manila, February 2003;
Operations Manual: Bank Policies (BP) and Operational Procedures (OP), ADB, Manila, 2006; ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, June 2009; ADBs Safeguard Policy Statement, Bank Policy Operating Handbook OM F1 (January 20, 2010).
4.1 Compensation eligibility and principles
17. The Project affected persons / displaced persons are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected area. All landowners and users and occupants of structures in the Project areas affected by land acquisition and relocation as a consequence of the Project will be eligible for fair compensation and rehabilitation, according to the types of losses and quantities as well as the cut-off date determined by Hezhou municipal government. The cut-off date for the compensation will be announced to all the APs immediately afterward, within the completion date of the construction map and investigation; any newly cultivated land, or planting of crops or trees, or structures built after the cut-off date determined by the local government will not be compensated.
18. The compensation principles for the Project are:
(i) The APs have the “rights to know” and the “rights to select”. The APs should be
ensured to be fully informed of all the policy measures for compensation and resettlement.
At the same time, multiple resettlement options should be provided for the APs to choose
at their own will.
(ii) The APs shall participate in each and every link of resettlement activities throughout
the whole process.
(iii) All compensations to individuals should be fully and directly paid to the property
owners.
(iv) The compensation standards for houses, professional facilities and ground
attachments shall be determined based on market appraisal, and the assessment agency
shall be recruited according to the relevant law in an open and transparent way.
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(v) The restoration and reconstruction of the buildings and attachments of the affected
institutions and enterprises shall be made according to the professional standards and the
original functions.
(vi) Support and care must be given to the vulnerable groups.
4.2 Compensation standards and entitlements
19. The compensations for land loss, house demolition, ground attachment shall be directly paid to the owners affected by the Project. Land loss compensation will be made in the forms of cash. Cash compensation will be also available for house demolition. The relocated families will get relocation subsidies and temporary transit subsidies. The cut-off date will be determined by Hezhou municipal government in collaboration with relevant organizations involved, including the PMO, the IAs, natural resources bureau, township government and villagers’ committee. Illegal land-use, construction of temporary structures will not be compensated after the notification of cut-off date. Hezhou municipal government, IAs and natural resources bureau could take photos / video of the places on the cut-off date to prevent further influx beyond the cut-off date. Hezhou municipal government will publicize the cut-off date on newspaper of Hezhou Daily and village bulletin board once the date is decided. The cut-off date will usually be decided upon the completion of DMS. Table 8 is the entitlements matrix.
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Table 11 Eligibility, Compensation and Entitlement
Types of
Impacts
Degree of impacts
Eligible people for
compensation Compensation Policy and Standards
Responsible Agencies
Rural-collective land
The Project needs to acquire 74.14 mu of land permanently, including 67.07 mu of cultivated land and 7.07mu mu of village collective construction land.
45 households with 208 persons
1. The compensation standards of land acquisition: RMB 60500 /mu for paddy field, RMB 47000/mu for forest land; crops compensation standards: RMB 1600 - 2100 /mu according to different kinds of crops. 2. Resettlement with reserved commercial land: as per 10% of the total appropriated agricultural land to be reserved and allocated to the rural collective organization as commercial land. The commercial land can be also compensated in cash at evaluated price. 3. Employment and training. The rural land expropriated working-age workforce shall receive plant growing, poultry raising and occupational training, and shall be recommended, exchanged and guided to transfer to the non-agricultural employment. 4. Social insurance. The registered population of over 16 years old who have the rights of contracting collective land at the time of land acquisition will be eligible to get the endowment insurance subsidies for rural displaced farmers. All the land-expropriated farmers will join the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System of Hezhou City.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
Demolition of rural residential house
The total rural residential area to be demolished is 7481.20 m2.
26 households with 152 persons
The PMO provides three resettlement options, respectively exchange of titles, cash compensation and house sites, for the choice of APs at their will. 1. Exchange of property titles.
① Exchange of titles shall be conducted as per the ratio of 1:1.2 between the
expropriated area and the exchanging area. The exchange houses shall belong rough houses.
② The APs shall be liable to get decoration compensation at about RMB 250 -
550 / m2 for the ground, interior walls, doors and windows according to the conditions of decoration.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
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Types of
Impacts
Degree of impacts
Eligible people for
compensation Compensation Policy and Standards
Responsible Agencies
③ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12/ m2. The standard for moving
subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount. 2. Monetary resettlement.
① The house expropriator shall define the resettlement area as per the ratio of
1:1.2. In this case, a qualified real estate assessment agency shall be engaged by the house expropriator to evaluate the prices. The cash compensation for the eligible resettlement housing shall be made according to the evaluated prices.
② The house-expropriated persons shall be provided with 10% of the total
amount of cash compensation as the incentive bonus if they can sign the demolition agreements and move out within the stipulated time period.
③ The APs shall be liable to get decoration compensation at about RMB 250 -
550 / m2 for the ground, interior walls, doors and windows according to the conditions of decoration.
④ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12/ m2. The standard for moving
subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount. 3. Resettlement with reserved land.
① The land area for the house-expropriated farmers for reconstruction
resettlement shall be determined on the basis of the planning and the land-occupying area of the expropriated houses, as well as the principle of “one building for one household” for rural residents and the principle of “mathematical round-off”. The limit for reconstruction housing land area shall be 120 m2. The government shall be responsible for the provision of “five supplies and one leveling” ; the water and electricity supplies are installed till the door of each household and to be further connected inside by the individual. If there exists difference in area between the reconstruction land and the original legal land area of main house, the difference will be compensated at evaluated prices.
② In addition to the reconstruction site, the APs will also get an amount of RMB
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Types of
Impacts
Degree of impacts
Eligible people for
compensation Compensation Policy and Standards
Responsible Agencies
1000 - 1300 / m2 of house compensation, which shall be determined according to the situation of decoration (full decoration, partially decoration, simple decoration and without decoration).
③ The reconstruction houses shall be designed by the government after
consultationwith the APs.
④ Transition subsidies for 6 months at RMB 12 m2. The standard for moving
subsidies shall be at RMB 12/ m2 as a lump sum amount. 4. Policies support.
① Credit aid. The eligible APs shall have the priority in getting small credit loan
or small interest-subsidy loan.
② Improve household registration management. The APs, their spouse, parents
and children, if eligible, may apply to transfer their household registration to the places where they are resettled. After transfer, they will enjoy the equal rights as the local urban residents for children school and nursery enrollment.
③ Social insurances. The eligible APs can participate in the endowment
insurance for urban residents as per the standard of RMB 100-2000 each year. They are free to choose either rural cooperative medical care or urban residents medical insurances.
④ Employment support. The government shall provide with free employment
training and free job introduction for the APs, ensuring at least one family member of each affected household can get a job.
Rural attached houses
Demolition of 1645.42 m2 of rural attached houses.
Compensation standards: as per RMB 170-850/ m2, with cash compensation. PMO, IAs, LAR Office
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Types of
Impacts
Degree of impacts
Eligible people for
compensation Compensation Policy and Standards
Responsible Agencies
Affected ground attachments and infrastructures.
The relevant ground attachments and infrastructures such as scattered trees, bamboos, wells, fences, graves and electrical facilities etc.
Cash compensation for the APs: tree RMB 10~150/ pcs,Bamboo RMB 4/pcs, well RMB 2000/unit, fence wall RMB 80/m, grave RMB 5500 / unit. Compensation for electric facilities: transformer RMB 4000/unit, power line RMB 40000/km, electric post RMB 150/pcs.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
Vulnerable Groups
2 households with 11 persons
1. The vulnerable groups have the priority in selecting resettlement houses (reconstruction land). 2. The PMO and the villagers’ committee will provide assistance to the vulnerable groups during moving. 3. The local credit union and bank shall provide small credit, and the IA and the local government will assist the APs to get access to such process. 4. The PMO and local governments will prepare the special livelihood training plan for the vulnerable groups free of charge. 5. Job opportunities related to the Project will be offered to the vulnerable groups.
PMO, IAs, LAR Office
Women 98 persons
1. Creation of job opportunities for women. 2. Provision of skill training. 3. Ensure women‘s participation. 4. The local government and the resettlement office must ensure the equal rights of women with the males. 5. To eliminate the sexual discrimination and encourage women’s enterprising spirit.
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5. Resettlement and restoration plan
20. The overall objectives of the resettlement program are for the APs to be offered with livelihood opportunities, for the labor force to be resettled properly, and for the living and production conditions of the APs to be improved or at least not worse-off than before the Project. The measures for resettlement and restoration are:
21. For the land-expropriated people: (1) cash compensation. The land-expropriated agricultural population shall get the land compensation. (2) Resettlement with commercial land. The commercial land shall be 10% of the total expropriated farmland for commercial development. (3) Employment and training During the construction period and after completion, the Project will also directly offer job opportunities to the affected areas. Provide planting and raising technical training and vocational training, targeting to realize "training - employment" and "one-stop service". (4) Social insurance. The registered population of over 16 years old who have the rights of contracting collective land at the time of land acquisition will be eligible to get the endowment insurance subsidies for rural displaced farmers. The rural the APs will be covered by the local medical care insurance according to the residence management principle. The rural the APs whose registration remains the same as before will be covered by new-type cooperative medical care system. Furthermore, the APs who live under the rural poverty MLG will be covered by the rural poverty MLG scheme.
22. For the APs who will lose their land temporarily, cash compensation for land occupation and crops will be paid to the individual AP, and the cash compensation of land recovery fee will be paid to the contractors. The land will be restored to original condition and keep the same quality as before by the contractors.
23. As for the compensation for the demolished houses, the APs shall be provided with three options respectively of exchange of property titles, cash resettlement and reserved land, and shall be also eligible to get the related bonus and subsidies for moving and transition. At the same time, the government will also provide supports in the aspects of credit support, household registration, social insurance and employment etc.
24. The compensations for the ground attachments such as tree, bamboo, well and electric infrastructure, the compensation shall be made in cash.
25. The vulnerable groups shall: (1) have the priority in selecting resettlement houses (reconstruction land). (2) The PMO and the villagers’ committee will provide assistance to the vulnerable groups during moving. (3) The local credit union and banks provide with small credit, and the IA and the local government assist the APs to get access to such process. (4) The PMO and local governments will prepare the special livelihood training plan for the vulnerable groups free of charge. (5) Job opportunities related to the Project are offered to the vulnerable groups.
26. The female group shall: (1) Creation of job opportunities for women; (2) Provision of technical employment training. (3) All negotiation process shall have the active participation of women; (4) The local government and the resettlement office must ensure the equal rights of women with the males; (5) To eliminate the sexual discrimination and encourage women’s enterprising spirit, and exert their potentials.
6. Cost Estimates
27. The resettlement costs have been covered by the budget of the Project. The estimated resettlement costs of the Project is RMB 18.2903 million, covering the compensation for acquisition of collective land, demolition of rural residential houses and ground attachments, other costs and contingency. The land acquisition and relocation will start from January 2020 and last until September 2021. It is planned that there will be no commencement of civil works until all compensations are paid and all livelihood restoration measures are in place. “In place” means that all arrangements have been made to commence rehabilitation and the APs are registered for these. The internal and external monitoring shall be applied at the same time to ensure the smooth implementation of the RP.
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Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for External Monitoring & Evaluation
I. Introduction
1. According to the Provisions of the People's Republic of China for Construction
Supervision issued by the Ministry of Construction, all construction projects shall be
supervised properly. Such shall be also the requirement of ADB financed project, where
the land acquisition and resettlement of ADB financed projects should be monitored and
evaluated in a proper way. In order to adapt to the development of Hezhou City by the
resettlement plan, internal and external monitoring shall be conducted during and after the
project implementation.
2. The external monitoring agency shall conduct full range monitoring and evaluating for
the bidding of external monitoring. The consulting agency should be the consulting entity
with rich experiences in ADB or WB financed projects.
3. The monitoring and evaluation shall include but not limited to the following:
(i) Monitoring of the steps and efficiency of RP implementation;
(ii) Evaluating the status of income restoration after resettlement of the APs and the
affected communities.
II. Objectives and Requirements of Monitoring and Evaluation
4. The objectives of M&E are to verify the consistence of LAR activities, the objectives
and the principles with the RP. Specially, the M&E will focus the latest situation and
resettlement progress of the APs as in the following aspects:
(i) Economic situation prior to and after displacement of land or structures; (ii) Timely disbursement of funds; (iii) Environmental conditions; (iv) Social adaptability after resettlement; (v) Measures taken to restore affected production and livelihoods of the APs; (vi) Living conditions and economic status of APs following resettlement in comparison to the non-affected household in the Project area.
5. M&E will include the establishment of socioeconomic baselines of the APs prior to
land acquisition or physical relocation, and the regular monitoring of their relocation or
adjustment during Project implementation, and evaluation of their situation for a period of
one or two years afterwards. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to evaluate
the standard of living of the APs. Investigation will include interviews with IAs, local officials,
community leaders, and survey of 20-25% of AFs for interview. Focus group discussions
can be conducted to address issues related to women, poor, and un-employed persons.
III. Monitoring Indicators
6. The following indicators conform to the principles, entitlements and restoration
measure and shall be used for M&E.
(i) Disclosure of the entitlements of the APs: compensation, land, structures, employment, and necessary assistance as specified in the RP. (ii) Development of economic productivity: job opportunities available to the APs, number of the APs employed or unemployed. (iii) Provision of relocating house site: to provide reconstructing house site for the APs; the compensations are at replacement cost; the APs shall get moving subsidies. (iv) Restoration of basic infrastructures and special facilities: all necessary basic infrastructures and special facilities in the resettling site should be restored at least up to a standard equal to the standard at the original location; the compensation for all infrastructures and special facilities should be sufficient to reconstruct it to the same quality. (v) Level of the APs satisfaction: level of the APs satisfaction with various aspects of the resettlement program; the operation of the mechanisms for grievance redress will be reviewed and the speed and results of grievance redressal measures will be monitored. (vi) Standard of living: Throughout the whole implementation process, the trends in standards of living will be observed and the potential problems in the way of restoration of standards of living will be identified and reported. The Consultant will carry out a comprehensive socioeconomic survey after the completion of resettlement implementation to document the standards of living and the conditions of the APs after resettlement. The survey will be conducted annually, or until most affected households have fully restored their living standards and income generation. (vii) Social adaptability and cohesion: impacts on children, the elderly, public participants, the APs attitudes and reaction to post resettlement situation, number of complaints and appeal procedures and resolution, implementation of preferential policies, income restoration measures, and improvements in women status.
IV. Special Considerations
7. Special attention should be paid to women and the poor during monitoring, including:
(i) The status and function of women: Closely monitor any change in women status,
function and situations. At least 40 % of the APs surveyed will be women. The M&E
agency shall also provide recommendations and assistance to the EA in respect of women
issues.
(ii) The M&E will provide information on utilization and adequacy of resettlement funds.
Hezhou Audit Bureau will audit resettlement accounts and funds. The details of this audit
would help the external monitoring agency.
V. External Monitoring Report and Disclosure
8. A monitoring report shall include:
(i) Result of investigation and evaluation; (ii) Major existing potential problems; (iii) Recommended mitigating or preventive measures to the revised plan where necessary; (iv) Evaluation of the previous monitoring activities.
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9. The external monitoring agency shall report the duplicate report to ADB. The PPMO
shall also submit the resettlement completion report to ADB, and then submit the post
resettlement impacts evaluation report prepared by the external monitoring agency. This
report should provide more evidences to prove that the negative impacts have been
mitigated, and at least the AFs have restored to living standards of those not being affected
in terms of income generation.
VI. Monitoring Plan
10. The external monitoring report shall be prepared by the monitoring agency and
submitted to ADB, the IAs, the EA, LAR office, natural resources bureau and other relevant
departments on semi-annual basis. The semi-annual external evaluation reports shall be
continued for two years after the completion of the resettlement. Then, the annual
evaluation reports will also be prepared by the external monitor until Project completion.
Table 1 is the schedule for resettlement monitoring and evaluation.
Table 12 Schedule for Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation
S/L Monitoring and Evaluation Report Date
1 Socio-economic baseline survey January 2020
2 1st monitoring report July 2020
3 2nd monitoring report January 2021
4 3rd monitoring report July 2021
5 4th monitoring report January 2022
6 5th monitoring report July 2022
7 6th monitoring report January 2023
8 7th monitoring report July 2023
9 8th monitoring report January 2024
6 1st Annual Evaluation Report January 2025
7 2nd Annual Evaluation Report January 2026