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Project Name: Hunan Xiangxi Rural Vitalization and Special Industry Development
Project Number: 53050-001
Country: China, People's Republic of
Project Status: Approved
Description:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government have agreed to adopt a framework approach to support the plan, with a focus on: (i) institutional strengthening and policy reform; (ii) ecosystem restoration and environmental protection; (iii) green industrial transformation; and (iv) construction of an integrated multimodal transport corridor. The project is included in the country operations business plan for the People's Republic of China, 2019-2021 Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy As one of the three key economic growth engines in the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) and its nine provinces and two specially administered municipalities account for more than 40% of the population and freshwater resources, and 45% of the country's economic output. While the YREB has benefited from extensive development since the 1980s, economic growth in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River Basin significantly lags the coastal areas and face particular challenges from: (i) weak institutional coordination; (ii) increasing pollution and pressure on natural resources; (iii) slow transformation into green development; and (iv) limited integration of waterways, ports, and intermodal logistics. To manage these challenges, the Government of the PRC formulated the YREB development plan 2016 2030. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government have agreed to adopt a framework approach to support the plan, with a focus on: (i) institutional strengthening and policy reform; (ii) ecosystem restoration and environmental protection; (iii) green industrial transformation; and (iv) construction of an integrated multimodal transport corridor. In many rural areas of the YREB, agricultural production and rural livelihoods have lagged behind industrial production and urban livelihoods and income inequality and poverty are still persistent, with the majority of rural wastewater and wastes directly discharging to waterways. Against this backdrop, the government of the PRC formulated a rural vitalization strategy to promote poverty reduction, rural development, and green and inclusive growth, which focuses on agriculture modernization, rural wastewater and wastes management, rural-urban integration, ecosystem services protection, rural health and education services development, and rural governance reform.
