Jilin Yanji Low Tender

Project StatusActive Yanji city yanji is located in the yanbian korean autonomous prefecture ykap in the east of jilin province in the economically challenged northeast of the peoples republic of china prc bordering the democratic peoples republic of korea dprk to the southeast and the russian federation to the northeast. Yanji is an ancient city on the bur-hatong river surrounded by hills and its easternmost border is about 15 kilometers km from the sea of japan. Yanjis total population was 541323 in 2015 495413 of which urban with about 57 being ethnic korean who are well integrated and living in harmony with han chinese. The total land area is 1748. 3 square kilometers km2. The citys gross domestic product gdp was cny 30. 9 billion in 2015 and gdp per capita was cny57455 in 2015. The contributions to the gdp by main industry sectors are agriculture 1. 8 of gdp in 2015 manufacturing 41. 6 and the service industry 56. 6. The proposed project is timely and essential to address some of the citys severe development challenges including i economic dependency on few sectors with insufficient value added locally ii poor urban livability due to inadequate urban infrastructure and services provision and iii urban and river flooding and impacts of climate change which are key limitations to the citys sustainable development. Key development challenges. Ykap and yanji are affected by the regional economic decline of the northeastern prc and relying mainly on tourism and associated services processing of agricultural products and logistics. Ykap and yanji have natural attractions but their tourism potential is not utilized sufficiently. While there were about 8. 7 million tourists in 2016 only 0. 53 million were international visitors mostly from the republic of korea rok japan and the russian federation and tourism infrastructure and service levels fall behind expectations. There are a few food processing factories but the locally added value is far behind its potential. Yanjis logistics and trade with rok and the russian federation is also very limited and suffers from access limitations especially to markets and to sea transport which relies on neighboring countries. The local economy does not provide adequate jobs especially for young professionals and women and there was out-migration of qualified young-aged professionals to other regions. The city suffers from inadequate urban infrastructure and provision of basic services that cause inconvenience and disruptions to daily life especially affecting women in areas of flood protection stormwater management and drainage water supply wastewater management urban roads and public transport. These urban infrastructure systems and related planning lack integration causing inefficiencies. While the city benefitted from a pr