Social, Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report (For Adjusted Contents During Mid-term Adjustment)

 
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                                                Feb. 2019
INDEX
1   Background ............................................................................................................. 4

2   Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area and the Project Introduction ............... 8

     2.1     Socioeconomic Profile of the Bus Priority Corridor Subproject .................. 8

     2.2     Bus Priority Corridors Project Area ........................................................... 11

            2.2.1 Design of Bus Priority Corridors ........................................................ 11

            2.2.2      Beneficial Areas ............................................................................... 12

3   Social Impact Analysis ......................................................................................... 14

     3.1     Project social impact .................................................................................. 15

            3.1.1      Project social impact overview ........................................................ 15

     3.2     Project beneficiary ...................................................................................... 16

            3.2.1 Vulnerable Groups .............................................................................. 16

     3.3 Involuntary Immigration ................................................................................ 22

     3.4     Category and Analysis of the Stakeholders ................................................ 23

            3.4.1Category of Stakeholders ..................................................................... 23

            3.4.2 Project Social Impact Analysis ........................................................... 25

            3.4.3 Project Social Risk Analysis ............................................................... 32

4. Planning and Implementation of Social Management .......................................... 34

     4.1 Social Management Plan of the Project ......................................................... 34

            4.1.1 Develop Resettlement policy framework............................................ 34

            4.1.2 Social Impact Mitigation Plan of the Project during Construction ..... 35

            4.1.3 Social Impact Mitigation Plan during Operation of the Project ......... 37

            4.1.4 Developing Traffic Safety Management Plan..................................... 37

            4.1.5 Vulnerable Groups (Old and Sick Pregnant, etc.) Care Plans ............ 37

            4.1.6 Stakeholder Participation Plan ............................................................ 38

            4.1.7 Complaints and Appeals ..................................................................... 42
4.2 The Implementation of Social Management Plan .......................................... 45

             4.2.1 Institutional Arrangements and Capacity Building ............................ 45

             4.2.2 Implementation Plan ........................................................................... 47

             4.2.3 Emergency Plan .................................................................................. 48

5. Conclusions and Suggestions................................................................................... 49

      5.1 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 49

             5.1.1 The construction of bus priority corridor project will promote local
             sustainable development .............................................................................. 49

             5.1.2 The development of vulnerable group can benefit from the
             implementation of the project ...................................................................... 50

             5.1.3 The Immigration and land Acquisition effect of the project............... 50

             5.1.4 Projects have little impact on ethnic minorities .................................. 50

      5.2 Suggestions .................................................................................................... 51

             5.2.1 Increase the transparency of project information and public
             participation ................................................................................................. 51

             5.2.2 Mitigation measures and suggestions for environmental impact during
             construction .................................................................................................. 51

             5.2.3 Further strengthen public participation ............................................... 52

             5.2.4 Strengthen public traffic safety education .......................................... 52
1   Background

With the development of Harbin city, the number of motor vehicles increase rapidly.
Meanwhile, the urban transport issues, with the most typical characteristics as urban
congestion, become prominent gradually which need to resolve in an immediate way.
Based on the spirit of “The Thirteenth Five-Year Economic and Social Development
Plan of Harbin City”, and considering the actual requirements of traffic development,
Harbin municipal government established a development strategic with the priority to
public transport, and proposed to build a smart public transport system which can
enhance the development of regional economy, society, urban environment, and urban
development through the construction sustainable transportation.

Accordingly, the Harbin municipal government intends to loan from World Bank, to
carry out Harbin Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System Project
(hereinafter called the Project or HCWSPTSP). The overall goal of this project is taking
the scientific development concept as the guiding ideology, facing the extremely cold
weather in the city, by developing people-oriented, transit-oriented, efficient and safe,
low-carbon environmental protection, sustainable economic and convenient public
transportation system, with the features of low energy consumption, low pollution, low
land occupation, low travel costs and low financial burden, actively responding to the
urban transportation problems caused by the extremely cold weather, urbanization, and
motorization superimposing, and promoting the sustainable development of urban
transport, which may also provide metropolitan public transportation development in
extremely cold regions with available successful practices and case that can be
implemented, learned from, and can promoted. And finally, it would provide an
important transportation security for the realization of economic revitalization of
Heilongjiang Province.

The total investment of the project is 1,171.96 million Yuan as per the latest approved
preliminary design in November 2018 (Harbin DRC approval [2018] 85), of which 100
million USD (equivalent to 610 million yuan, the exchange rate 1:6.1000) will be
loaned from World Bank and 561.96 million yuan is solved by the local government’s
counterpart funding from local financial. Projects involving Harbin Development and
Reform Commission, the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Housing and
Urban Construction Bureau, the Municipal Transportation Bureau, the Municipal
Public Transport Authority, Urban Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd., City
Water Supply and Drainage Group and other relevant units. The project has 5
sub-projects: 1) bus priority corridor construction project; 2) public transportation
infrastructure construction project; 3) traffic management and safety construction
project; 4) road maintenance and emergency response construction project; 5)
institutional capacity building project. The construction period of the project is
2014-2020, and the bus priority corridor subproject starts construction in the second
half of 2018 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2020.

                                 公共交通基础设施建设项目
                                 公共交通基础设施建设项目

        公交基础设施建设                       公交车辆采购                      公交智能化建设

     交通管理与安全建设
     交通管理与安全建设                                                     道路维护与应急响应
                                                                   道路维护与应急响应
                                     公交优先走廊项目
                                     公交优先走廊项目
        项目
         项目                                                           建设项目
                                                                      建设项目
     公交优先道路安全信号控
                                     公交优先走廊建设                     道路、桥梁检测设备建设
         制系统
     公交优先道路安全监控及
                                                                   道路维护系统设施建设
         执法系统                        公交走廊智能化建设
     公交优先道路安全指挥调
                                                                   道路应急响应系统建设
        度中心系统

                                       机构能力建设
                                       机构能力建设
   城市交通建设项目融
                    高寒城市恶劣天气综        公交及安全管理人员
   资与公共交通改善策                                             机构能力加强           国内外调研与培训
                    合应急管理策略研究            培训
      略研究

          Figure 1-1: Project Structure and Project Logical Framework

Bus priority corridor subproject is the core of the alpine city of Harbin intelligent
transportation system construction project, and it is also the only sub-project subjected
to content adjustment after the mid-term adjustment in this project. On October 14,
2015, the Harbin Municipal People's Government held a special meeting ("Harbin
Municipal People's Government Special Meeting Minutes 2015 No. 123"). The
meeting decided to adjust the construction of the bus priority corridor. It’s important for
easing traffic pressure in the city center, promoting energy conservation, convenient for
people to travel.

Bus priority corridor subproject originally planned to locate proposed three corridors
on the Youyi Road, Hongqi Street, and Xinyang Road. As the project goes, there is a
conflict between the project original plan two bus priority corridor, Hongqi Street and
Youyi Road, and Metro Line 3 and city utility tunnel construction project in terms of
construction schedule and space. The implementation of those projects simultaneously
is difficult, so the Harbin municipal government sets forth the alteration for original
program by taking urban strategic planning, urban construction, industrial layout, the
actual resident trip into consideration. The contents of this mid-term adjustment is
mainly includes:

On October 14, 2015, Harbin Municipal People's Government held a special meeting
("Harbin Municipal People's Government, 2015 Special Meeting Minutes No. 123"),
The meeting decided to adjust the content of the bus priority corridor construction
project, the Xinyang bus priority corridors was extending to Haining Leather City from
Xiangzheng Street - Jincheng Street sections, the design for the whole line was adjusted
to Road Side Bus lane; At the same time, cancel the construction of Youyi Road and
Hongqi Street Bus Priority Corridor and adjust to the Nanzhi Road (Dongzhi Road –
Gongbin Road) and Changjiang Road (Nanzhi Road - Huacheng City) bus priority
corridors. After the meeting, the adjustment plan has been submitted to the World Bank,
and the World Bank experts conducted site visits to the two adjusted corridors of
Nanzhi Road and Changjaing Road. After investigation, WB experts suggested to
adjust the starting and ending points of Nanzhi Road and Changjiang Road to
seamlessly with the subway, forming a fast passenger transport network. The proposal
was recognized by Harbin Municipal Government. Both sides (WB and Harbin
Municipal Government) agreed to adjust the starting and ending of two corridors to
Nanzhi road (Huashu Street and Gongbin Road) and Changjaing road(Hongqi Street
and Xilong Street).

In 2016, due to the approval of the Nanzhi Road and Xinyang Road Viaduct
Construction project by the municipal government, it has a major impact on the design
and construction of the bus priority corridors in the World Bank project. The design
institution redesigned the traffic engineering of the above three corridors in
combination with the design of East Second Ring Viaduct Improvement Project and the
Urban and Rural Road Viaduct Project. After the redesign, the bus priority corridor
construction project includes: Xinyang Road Bus Priority Corridor (Xiangzheng Street
- Haining Leather City) 6.06 km, Nanzhi Road Bus Priority Corridor (Yeshu Street -
Gongbin Road) 6.27 km, Changjiang Road Bus Priority Corridor (Hongqi Street -
Xiaolong Street) 5.39 kilometers. The main construction contents include traffic
engineering, road engineering, greening engineering and other ancillary works of the
bus corridors. The total length of three corridors is 17.72 kilometers.

For the better implementation of the Harbin Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation
Project Loaned by World Bank, Harbin Municipal Government set up the project
construction leading group, constituted by the main leaders of the Harbin Municipal
Development and Reform Commission (HMDRC), Harbin Municipal Construction
Committee, Harbin Municipal Transportation Bureau(HMTB), the Municipal Finance
Bureau, the Municipal Planning Bureau, the Municipal Land Administration Bureau,
the Municipal Urban Management Bureau, the Municipal Public Security Traffic
Management Bureau, the Municipal Transportation Group, and Harbin Urban
Construction Investment Group co., LTD, The Institutional structure of the project is
showed in Figure 1-2.
Leading group of the Construction Instruct
 Project   of   Harbin   Smart   Public
 Transportation System under Extremely                                                               Municipal government
 Cold Weather

                                                                                              Development and Reform Commission
           Office of leading group of Harbin Cold
            Weather Smart Public Transportation
                        system project
                                                              Coordinate                                  Finance Bureau

                Project management office of Harbin                                                     Planning Bureau
                     Cold Weather Smart Public

                                                                           departments
                   Transportation System Project

                                                                               Coordinating
                                                                                                      Land Resources Bureau

                 Subproject        implementation
           institutions                                                                           Environmental Protection Bureau
    construction

                           Bus Priority Corridors
                               Project
         Institutional

                                                                                              Housing and Urban Construction Bureau
                                      Public Transport
                                 Infrastructure project        Supervise
                                                               and guide
                                                                                                       Transportation Bureau
             Capacity

                               Transport management and
                              security construction project
                                                                                                     Urban Management Bureau
             Building

                                  Road Maintenance and
                                 Emergency Response                                                    Public Security & Traffic
                                 Construction Project                                                    Management Bureau

                             Figure 1-2 Figure of the Institutional Structure of the Project

2              Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area and the Project

               Introduction

2.1                      Socioeconomic Profile of the Bus Priority Corridor Subproject

The beneficiary area of the bus priority corridor subproject includes not only the three
priority corridors, but also the passengers along the 38 bus lines along the route. And
the group covers the residents of Harbin city, including the resident population of the
urban public transport mode in Harbin and the suburbs and surrounding counties and
cities, as well as migrants and tourists, as well as the benefiting Harbin citizen due to
project construction relief of traffic pressure.

Harbin is located in east longitude 125°42'-130°10', north latitude 44°04'-46°40', the
northeast of China northern areas, the south of Heilongjiang Province, and is the capital
of Heilongjiang Province. Harbin is located in the center of the northeast Asia, is
known as the pearl of the Eurasian continental bridge, is the political, economic,
cultural and transportation center of the northern part of northeast, one of the four big
center cities in northern China, and is also the mega city whose jurisdiction of the land
area is the largest, and jurisdiction of the population is the second. Total area of Harbin
City is 53,100 km2, has jurisdiction of 8 districts and 7 counties, and escrows S3
county-level cities. Harbin is famous historical and cultural city and tourist city in
China, always has laudatory names such as “the eldest son of the Republic of China”,
“city of ice”, “pearl under swan’s neck”, “Oriental Moscow” and “Oriental Small Paris”
and “ice city in summer”, etc.

Harbin is located in the northernmost of China, is the metropolis with the highest
latitude and the lowest temperature. Harbin has four distinct seasons, whose winter is
long and cold, but summer is cool and short. The air temperature changes quickly in
spring and autumn, both of the two seasons are transition season, and the time of the
two seasons is short. Concentrated rainfall period is from Jul. to Aug. every year in
Harbin, concentration of snow period is from Nov. to Jun. next year. The average
annual temperature is 3.6℃. The coldest Jun., the average temperature is 13.2℃ to 24.8℃
below zero, the hottest Jul., the average temperature is 18.1℃ to 22.8℃.

In 2016, there are 132 street agencies, 897 community residents' committees, 112 town
governments, 60 township governments and 1, 887 villagers committees in the whole
city of Harbin. The urban area of Harbin is divided into Daoli District, Daowai District,
Nangang District, Pingfang District, Songbei District, Hulan District and Acheng
District, there are 132 street agencies, 780 community residents' committees, 41 town
governments, 13 township governments and 732 villagers’ committees in those nine
main urban areas.

In 2016, GDP in Harbin is 610.16 billion, had an increase of 7.3% over the previous
year, among them, the first industry realized the added value of 69.12 billion yuan, with
an increase of 2.78%, the second industry realized the added value of 189.67 billion
yuan, with an increase of 1.82%, the third industry realized the added value of 321.58
billion yuan, with an increase of 9.3%. The share of the three industries adjusted from
11.7:32.4:55.9 last year to 11.3:31.1:57.6. The contribution rate of the first, second,
third industry to increase is10.4%, 22.5% and 67.1% respectively. Per capita GDP is
63,445 yuan, had an increase of 8.7% over the previous year.

In 2016, the fixed assets investment in the whole society is 504.01 billion yuan, had an
increase of 9.7% over the previous year. The annual export value of 3.975 billion US
dollars, down 16.8 percent over the previous year. Among, Exports of $ 1.683 billion,
down 28.6%; imports of $ 2.292 billion, down 5.3%. In 2016, the local general budget
revenue is 37.62 billion yuan, down 7.72% over the previous year. The fiscal general
spending is 87.63 billion yuan, had an increase of 6.24% over the previous year. Urban
residents per capita disposable income was 33,190 yuan, had an increase of 7.1% over
the previous year. Rural residents per capita disposable income was 14,439 yuan, had
an increase of 7.95% over the previous year.

At the end of 2016, the population of Harbin City was 9.621 million, including 5.51
million in urban areas and 4.11 million in counties (cities) under the jurisdiction of the
city.

           Table 2-1      Situation of Social and Economic in Harbin City (2016)

                    No           Index             Unit                2016

                           Registered
                     1                        Million people   9.621
                           population

                           Among them:
                                              Ten thousand
                           non-agricultural                    46.43
                                              people
                           population

                     2     GDP                Billion yuan     610.16

                    2.1    First industry     Billion yuan     69.12

                    2.2    Second industry    Billion yuan     189.67

                    2.3    Among them:        Billion yuan     128.54
                           industrial added
No             Index                Unit            2016

                                value

                         2.3    Third industry        Billion yuan   351.38

                                The fixed asset
                          3     investment of the     Billion yuan   504.01
                                whole society

                                Industrial sales
                          4                           Billion yuan   476.07
                                value

                                Social total retail
                          5     sales of consumer     Billion yuan   374.42
                                goods

                                The actual use of
                          6                           Billion $      3.207
                                foreign capital

                                Local fiscal
                          7                           Billion yuan   37.62
                                revenue

                                Urban per capita
                          8                           Yuan           33,190
                                disposable income

                                Per capita net
                          9     income of rural       Yuan           14,439
                                residents

      Source: The year-book of Harbin City

2.2    Bus Priority Corridors Project Area

         2.2.1 Design of Bus Priority Corridors

The bus priority corridor construction project involved in the mid-term adjustment of
the project is constructed based on the original urban traffic line, and the line width is
kept as constant as possible. By reallocating resources on road traffic, to ensure that
traffic efficiency of public transport and slow traffic, to eliminate street parking, to
reduce quantity of car and private car on the road, to suppress the cars excessive
occupation of transport resources, and to ensure most people travel smoothly.

The roads involved include: 1) Xinyang Bus Priority Corridors: Xinyang corridor
(Xiangzheng Street - Haining Leather City) 6 or 10-lane two-way road, Standard cross
section is one-plate and two-plates style, all sections are asphalt pavement with good
condition. The existing bus routes alone the line are relatively more, the degree of
traffic saturation is high, taxi traffic flow is large in some sections, establish bus lanes
with road side style. Nanzhi bus priority corridors: 2) Nanzhi Road corridor (Huashu
Street - GongbinRd)road Bidirectional 8 to 12 lanes, standard cross section in the form
of two plates, sections of the middle set up a green belt separating two-way traffic, all
sections are asphalt pavement with damage condition in some sections. The existing
bus routes alone the line are relatively more, the degree of traffic saturation is high, taxi
traffic flow is large in some sections, according to the actual situation of the road, set up
Chinese Road bus lane and road-side style bus lane. 3) Changjiang bus priority
corridors: Changjiang Road (Hongqi Street-Xilong Street) 8 or 10-lane two-way road,
standard cross section of two plates and three panels, whole sections is asphalt
pavement, road conditions is great, and whole sections of the road set up Chinese bus
lanes.

         2.2.2   Beneficial Areas

The project and the mid-term adjustment focus on the construction of bus priority
corridors, the adjusted Bus Priority Corridor including: Xinyang Road Corridor
(Xiangzheng Street - Haining Leather City), Nanzhi Road Corridor (Dongzhi Street –
Gongbin Road), Changjiang Road Corridor (Nanzhi Road-Huanan Road). The
construction of the project aims to comprehensively improve the overall level of bus
services within the corridor. The three corridors are surrounded by Harbin's
comprehensive,      transportation,   administrative,    scientific   and    technological,
commercial, residential, industrial and other places, occupying an important position.
The project will not only receive the most direct positive impact on the areas along the
project, but also because of the bus lines and tracks. The combination of transportation
and the relief of the congestion pressure exerted by the project on Harbin's traffic have
covered the entire area of Harbin.

Most directly beneficial area due to project adjustment:
(1) Area along the bus priority area:

Xinyang Road corridor is the main trunk that connects Harbin airport and Harbin main
business districts. With the construction of Metro Line 3, the cross of Xinyang
Road-Lijiang Road can connect with Metro Line 3, which can relief the peak period
traffic congestion caused by the development of Qunli District.

Nanzhi Road corridor across three districts Harbin City, has an important commute
function, the corridor covers many commercial, residential and office zones,
functioning as a commercial and leisure services, and have large traffic flow. With the
construction of Metro Line 2, the cross of Nanzhi Road-Gongbin Road can integarate
with Metro Line 2, which promotes the transformation with rail transportation.

Changjiang Road corridor covers culture and entertainment, industrial, residential
zones, functioning as a trade and transportation services, along the route through the
exhibition center, Xilong markets, with people and traffic aggregation, have large
traffic flow. Meanwhile, the cross of Changjiang Road-Hongqi Street can integrate
with Metro Line 3, which promote the transformation with rail transportation.

2)The bus route of the bus priority corridor

At present, there are 38 bus lines go through three public transport corridors in total,
among them, t Xinyang road bus priority corridor (Xiangzheng Street-Haining Leather
City) has 13 bus lines ; Nanzhi road bus priority corridor (Huashu Street-Gongbin Road)
has 22 bus lines; P Changjiang road bus priority corridor (Hongqi Street-Xilong Street)
has3 bus lines. The information of bus stops in 2015 three bus corridors is shown
below:

     Table 2-3    The Information of Bus Lines and Bus Stops in Three Bus Corridors

                                    No.                                 No.
                       First and                                                Name of
No.       Name                       of          Name of Stop            of
                       Last Stop                                                 Line
                                   Stops                                Line
        Bus priority    Huashu                    Huashu Road;                 1、Nitht1、2、
 1      corridor of    Street—G     22            Nanzhi Mall;          22       2K、3、
          Nanzhi        ongbin             Province medicine company;          19,71,84,206
No.                                     No.
                      First and                                                      Name of
No.      Name                         of           Name of Stop               of
                      Last Stop                                                       Line
                                    Stops                                    Line
          Road          Road                       Pioneer Road;                          ,
                                                 Peace Community;                   65,105,55,12
                                                  Antique Hanson;                        0,
                                              Changjiang Road Nanzhi                203,51,53,11
                                                       Road;                             6,
                                              Provincial Rehabilitation             89,14,25,31,
                                                      Center;
                                               Standard Parts Factory;
                                                  Jiancheng plant;
                                                   Gongbin Road
                                                  City Tenth Hospital;
                                                    Workers Street;
                                                     Xianjin Street;
                                                 Yingbin community;
                      Xiangzhen                 Longjiang Bus Factory;
       Bus priority
                      gStreet—                City Transport Corporation;            5,20,71,93,
       corridor of
 2                     Haining       19       Automotive Gear Factory;       13     209,218,335,
        Xinyang
                       Leather                       Renhe village;                 345,362,383
         Road
                         City                   Farm Machinery Repair
                                                       Company;
                                                 Muslim Community;
                                            International Automobile City;
                                                 Haining Leather City
                                             Changjiang Road, Hong Fu
                                                   Road junction;
                                             Changjiang Road, Huagong
       Bus priority                                Road junction;
                        Hongqi
       corridor of                          Changjiang Road, Agricultural
 3                    Street—Xi      10                                       3      78,53,77
       Changjiang                              University North Gate;
                      long Street
         Road                                 Changjiang Road, Nanzhi
                                                   Road junction;
                                               Green Trading Center;
                                                 Exhibition Center

3     Social Impact Analysis

Social impact analysis mainly refers to both positive and negative effects generated
during and after the project construction process on the impacted area.
3.1   Project social impact

3.1.1 Project social impact overview

The three corridors of the bus priority corridor sub-project are the gathering places of
Harbin comprehensive, transportation, administration, science and technology,
commerce, residence, industry, etc. From the functions, positioning and traffic
conditions of the three bus priority corridors, it can be seen that these three beneficiaries
of the construction of the corridor cover all residents who are likely to take these buses.
The residents directly affected by the project include not only the resident population of
the urban area in Harbin, but also the suburbs and surrounding counties and cities. And
migrants such as tourists, and all citizens who are likely to travel by public transport.

According to the survey results, public transportation is the main mode of travel for
Harbin citizens, so the project will have the following positive social impact on the
benefit of Harbin citizens. 1) will greatly ease the traffic pressure and congestion in
Harbin and reduce the travel time of residents. 2) It will facilitate the convenient
transfer of residents between the bus and the track, and improve the convenience of the

bus. 3) In order to enable more residents to choose the green way of taking the bus
when they travel, the air pollution in Harbin will be greatly improved, which will
greatly improve the health of the residents;4) The direct impact of the project on
employment: During the project construction phase, certain technical personnel and
temporary workers need to be employed to provide a large number of employment
opportunities for the local people. According to the investment and employment
experience coefficient of the highway and transportation industry, it can be calculated
that all the contents of the project can create 14220 jobs during the construction period.
5) The indirect impact of the project on employment: After the implementation of the
project, the transportation conditions in and around Harbin were improved, and the
development of related industries was promoted, thus driving the improvement of local
employment conditions.6) Enhancing the city image of Harbin and improving the
urban ecology and have positive effects on human environment.
However, during the construction of the project, the project will inevitably have some
negative impacts. The residents along the bus priority corridor will be subject to
different levels of construction interference, especially the dust, noise and night
construction caused by the construction. Risks such as impacts, solid waste, and traffic
management risks such as increased traffic block frequency and increased traffic
accident rates will also occur.

3.2   Project beneficiary

The population directly and indirectly affected by the project includes all Harbin
citizens. At the end of 2016, the population of Harbin City was 9.621 million, including
5.51 million in urban areas and 4.11 million in counties (cities) under the jurisdiction of
the city. The city has a total of 132 sub-district offices, 897 community neighborhood
committees, 112 town governments, 60 township governments, and 1887 village
committees. Harbin City is divided into Daoli District, Daowai District, Nangang
District, Xiangfang District, Pingfang District, Songbei District, Hulan District,
Acheng District, and Shuangcheng District. In 2016, there are 132 sub-district offices
in 9 main urban areas, 780 Community neighborhood committees, 41 town
governments, 13 township governments, and 732 village committees.

       3.2.1 Vulnerable Groups

Because the vulnerable groups have higher sensitivity to the positive and negative
effects of the project, this sub-project pays special attention to the appeals of vulnerable
groups affected by the project and the possible impact of the project. In the process of
road reconstruction, the public transportation sub-project of the intelligent public
transportation system of the alpine city of Harbin has planned the road transportation
facilities especially needed for the vulnerable groups such as the comprehensive
reconstruction of the intersection, the pedestrian crossing or the overpass, and fully
considered the elderly and the actual needs of groups such as disabled people and
children. In the sub-projects of the Bus Priority Corridor, these groups will be equally
and positively affected as described above, as well as other residents. These groups
include:

3.2.1.1 Women and children group
Women (including children) are often viewed as vulnerable groups. They are highly
sensitive to the environment and their rights are vulnerable. It is necessary to
understand the basic situation of women and children and to identify the impact of the
project on women and children, so as to take it at the initial stage of the project.
Corresponding measures to minimize or avoid affecting women and children.

Based on the investigation, the female has the legal rights as same as the male within
this project, including receive education, employment and participate election, etc.
Majority women who interviewed argue that they have the same autonomy in
management like men. In the proposed project region, the female condition is shown
below:

In 2016, the proportion of women in Harbin was 49.7%, and the ratio of male to female
was 101:100. Women are the main force in public transportation. The development of
urban public transportation is also conducive to improving women's work and living
conditions, thereby promoting the economic development of Harbin and the quality of
life of citizens.

           Table 3-1: Basic Data of the Female Population in the Project Area

                                   Population Female Population   Percentage of
                    County(city)
                                     (10K)         (10k)        Female Population
                    Whole city       962.1         478.54            49.74%

               Urban District        551.1         278.45            50.53%
              Nangang District       101.8         52.42             51.49%
                Daoli District       74.4          38.55             51.82%
               Daowai District       67.1          34.01             50.69%
              Songbei District       20.4          10.34             50.67%
             Xiangfang District      74.6          38.11             51.08%
              Pingfang District      16.1           8.14             50.58%
               Hulan District        61.9          30.59             49.42%
               Acheng District       55.8          27.66             49.57%
Shuangcheng
                                                78.8               38.63                 49.02%
                        District
                                        Data source: Harbin City Yearbook 2017

    The counties in the project area have comprehensively popularized compulsory
    education, and formulated and issued the “Administrative Measures for the Collection
    and Use of Financial Aid for Poor Students in Compulsory Education in Harbin”, “No
    Miscellaneous Fees for Students from Poor Families in Rural Compulsory Education,
    Free Textbooks and Boarding Grants”. Notice, "Notice on the "Two Exemptions and
    One Supplement" for Family Students Who Enjoy the Minimum Living Security
    Policy in the Stage of Compulsory Education in Cities and the Children of Migrant
    Workers Working in the City with Special Difficulties in Family Economy and
    "Compulsory Education for Migrant Workers in Harbin City" "Interim Management
    Measures for Stages of Schooling", the "Opinions on Promoting the Reform and
    Development of Vocational Education" was issued, and it was decided to establish a
    scholarship for poor students in secondary vocational education in Harbin. Increasing
    the enrolment rate of school-age children has generally eliminated gender differences
    in basic education. According to the statistics of the Harbin Municipal Education
    Bureau, there are 457 schools of various types in Harbin in 2016. The number of
    students enrolled at various levels of schools is 483,500, and the enrollment rate of
    primary and junior high school students has reached 100%. From June 1st, 2007, high
    school, junior high school and elementary school students in the urban area of Harbin
    also enjoy a 50% discount on the fare when they take the bus.

    Table 3-2 below shows the basic situation of urban education in Harbin.

                       Table 3-2 Basic Situation of Children Education in Harbin Urban District

                   Daoli Daowai Nangang Xiangfang Pingfang Songbei             Hulan     Acheng Shuangcheng
-                                                                                                              Total
                   District District District    District   District District District   District   District
No. of Full time
Primary     and
                     56       55        68         65         19       26        46        51         71        457
Secondary
Schools
No. of students
                   55178    44589    109926      81478      14220    16395     51972     44869      64851      483478
in Primary and
Secondary
Schools
  Data sources: Harbin yearbook 2017

  3.2.1.2 Ethnic Minority Analysis

  Harbin City is a multi-ethnic fusion of the land. According to incomplete statistics, it
  has 40 ethnic minorities in Harbin urban area, and the population of minority is about
  200,000. There is 1 Manchu Nationality township, 10 ethnic villages, 2 fixed-point
  production enterprise for ethnic minorities supplies, nearly thousand various ethnic
  minority enterprises in all kinds of the form of ownership, 2 minority hospitals, 12
  minority primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, 1 minority culture and art
  group, 6 fellowship groups of ethnic minorities, and 2 cemeteries for Hui Nationality.
  Moreover, as the provincial capital city, there are millions of minorities population
  inflow into Harbin for study, work or business, and constituting a relatively complete
  ethnic minority economic and social system.

  Confirmed by the Ethnic and Religious Affairs in Harbin City, the rate of minorities in
  construction area of each sub-project of the project is very low, and no minority areas
  involved, so the minorities will not be affected by the project.

  3.2.1.3 Poverty

  There are five categories of people enjoy subsistence allowance determined by the
  Civil Affairs Bureau, they are civil residents enjoy subsistence allowance, people have
  low-income and difficult or in low-income families in urban area, rural residents enjoy
  subsistence allowance, low-income families in rural area, people enjoy five insurance
  in rural area. To these people, Civil Affairs Bureau gives minimum subsidy on time
  every month. At the same time, in recent years, in order to improve the life quality of
  these people, the Bureau increases investment year by year, gives more than a dozen
  aids, such as medical, education, housing, warming, heating, watering, power supply,
  compensation for demolition, property, reducing the fee of cable TV, temporary
  assistance, holiday rescue, and so on to civil families enjoy subsistence allowance. The
  Bureau gives many aids, such as medical, education, housing, warming, heating,
watering, temporary assistance, holiday rescue, and so on to people have low-income
and difficult and in low-income families in urban area. At the end of 2016, the number
of people with the minimum living allowance in urban and rural areas in Harbin was
325,553, accounting for 3.38% of the total population. Poor people are the vulnerable
groups of public transportation services. The government will provide the
corresponding public goods service fee exemption policy through the existing social
security system, which reflects the appropriateness of the project compensation tilting
to the vulnerable groups. At the same time, priority will be given to the employment of
capable people from the local poor in the construction and operation of the project, so
as to increase their economic income.

                  Table 3-3        Social Security Situation in Harbin City

                                               Unit           2016             %
        The number of urban and rural
        residents with minimum living          Person        325553           3.38%
                  allowance
     The number of urban residents with
                                               Person        132648           2.4%
         minimum living allowance
      The number of rural residents with
                                               Person        192905           4.7%
         minimum living allowance
       The minimum standard of living       Yuan/Month        580
    Source: Harbin City Yearbook 2017

3.2.1.4 Elderly

By the end of 2016, there were 1,924,155 elderly residents (over 60 years old) in Harbin,
accounting for 20% of the total population of Harbin. According to 21 national
ministries and commissions Opinions on Strengthening The Elderly Preferential
Treatment Work, Strengthen The Elderly Preferential Treatment Work in Heilongjiang
Province, in combination with the practical situation of city construction and economic
development, Harbin has published new Discount for Old People in Harbin as No.147
government order. Distribute the red “respect courtesy card” to elderly from 60 to 69
years old These elderly can enjoy preferential policies to some extent when taking
buses, entering into the park and tourist attractions, using public restrooms that are not
free of charge. For the elderly over 70 years old, the "Respect for the Elderly" will be
issued. For the elderly over 70 years old, they can enjoy free treatment when they travel
by bus. Non-local old people holding the card for revere the elderly issued by their local
government or aging work agency can enjoy preferential treatment equal to elderly in
Harbin City.

                Table 3-4 Harbin Elder People (above 60) Situation (2016)

                                                      Population
                                     Population                        Percentage of
                 County (city)                         above 60
                                       (10k)                        population above 60
                                                         (10k)
                  Whole city            962.1            192.4           20.00%

                 Urban District         551.1            116.2           21.09%
               Nangang District         101.8            20.9            20.51%
                 Daoli District          74.4            18.4            24.69%
                Daowai District          67.1            16.2            24.09%
                Songbei District         20.4             3.6            17.76%
               Xiangfang District        74.6            15.8            21.21%
               Pingfang District         16.1             3.8            23.41%
                 Hulan District          61.9            11.6            18.76%
                Acheng District          55.8            11.2            20.16%
                 Shuangcheng
                                         78.8            147.1           186.73%
                   District
                                    Data source: Harbin Yearbook 2017

3.2.1.5 Disabled
Until now, there are 190,946 disabled have get the certificate, including 19,066 visual
disabilities, account for 9.98% of the whole disabilities who get the certificate; 11,935
hearing disabilities, account for 6.25% of the whole disabilities get the certificate;
123,413 physical disabilities, account for 64.6% of the whole disabilities get the
certificate; 17,412 intelligent disabilities, account for 9.1% of the whole disabilities get
the certificate; 10,597 mental disabilities, account for 5.54% of the whole disabilities
get the certificate; 5,625 multiple disabilities, account for 2.94% of the whole
disabilities get the certificate; According to the "Regulations on the Preferential
Policies for Disabled Persons in Harbin", disabled persons should obtain free parking
spaces in public places such as stations. Blind people can use the city bus free of charge.
The bus company should use the bus electronic station to facilitate it. car. In addition,
          urban retired cadres, disabled soldiers, disabled police, etc. are free of charge when
          taking the bus.

          3.3 Involuntary Immigration

          Involuntary resettlement should be avoided in the process of project construction as far
          as possible, but project construction needs to requisition certain land. So, involuntary
          resettlement is inevitable to some extent.

          After the impact of project resettlement, the resettlement impact of the project
          adjustment and the immigration documents to be prepared are shown in Table 3-5
          below:

          Table 3-5 The Preparation of Immigration and Immigration Effect Identification
                                                   Documents

                                                                                                Preparation of
Sub-Projec                                                                                      Immigration
           Projects                  Project Content                Immigration Effects
t Name                                                                                          Documents

                                                                   Reconstruct on the
                                                                   original road, no new land
                                     Mainly including road
             Building projects of                                  will be occupied
                                     engineering, drainage                                       Compile the
             Xinyang Road                                          according to the plan.
                                     engineering, greening 6.06 km                              Resettlement
             public transportation                                 Rearrangement within the
                                     engineering and other                                      Policy
             priority corridor                                     red line of planning is
                                     ancillary works                                            Framework
                                                                   involved, no demolition is
                                                                   involved.                    Report; those
Constructio                                                                                     three road are
                                                                   Reconstruct on the
n of Public                                                                                     main stem of
                                                                   original road, no new land
Transportati                         Mainly including                                           Harbin city and
             Building projects of                                  will be occupied
on Priority                          drainage engineering,                                      are existing since
             Nanzhi Road public                                    according to the plan.
Corridor                             greening engineering 6.27 km                               the Harbin city
             transportation                                        Rearrangement within the
                                     and other ancillary                                        exists, thus no
             priority corridor                                     red line of planning is
                                     works                                                      need for Due
                                                                   involved, no demolition is
                                                                   involved.                    Diligence
             Building projects of    Mainly including road         Reconstruct on the           research
             Changjiang Road         engineering, drainage         original road, no new land
                                                           5.39 km
             public transportation   engineering, greening         will be occupied
             priority corridor       engineering and other         according to the plan.
ancillary works                 Rearrangement within the
                                                       red line of planning is
                                                       involved, no demolition is
                                                       involved.

It can be observed from Table 3-5 that, based on the latest approved preliminary
design, the construction of public transportation priority corridor subproject will
construct on three existing government-owned load, which is reconstruct on existing
land. Due to the construction of viaduct above Xinyang Road, the proposed Xinyang
Road Section will be widened comparing with the original road section, which will
occupy some green belts and pavement on roadside. Other two corridors are
reconstructing on the original road. Thus, no land acquisition and no demolition is
needed. Based on the preliminary design and after consulting and confirmed with
Harbin Land Bureau, the construction of bus Priority corridor subproject will not
involve in the land acquisition of rural collective land, only the right of land use for
state-owned is transferred.

The land occupied by the sub-project is state-owned land, and the current status is
state-owned road. Therefore, the project will use the land for free without
compensation. Roadside and road central reconstruction will involve the removal of
trees and a small number of structures or existing infrastructure, and will temporarily
occupy part of the land to solve the engineering waste and earthwork created during
construction process. Land acquisition or temporary expropriation during the
construction will be in accordance with bank policy procedures and policies.

In conclusion, the project content adjustment did not increase the impact of
immigration.

  3.4 Category and Analysis of the Stakeholders

3.4.1Category of Stakeholders

Due to the identification of stakeholders, the relative stakeholders includes government
and agencies, PMO and Enforcement agencies, impacted groups because of the
land requisition and removal; inhabitant in the project service area, floating population;
vulnerable groups; and other stakeholders. According to the effects, stakeholders could
be divided into beneficiary, impaired party, stakeholders benefit from and impaired by
the project, and vulnerable groups.

                            Table 3-6 Category of Stakeholders

                            Stakeholders of
Category                                                            Judgments
                           HCWSPTSP

                                                           Realize the public function of
                     Government and agencies,
                                                                organization;
                PMO, The bus company, Traffic
                  police, Residents, Floating                   Meet public service
Beneficiary
                      population, Project                       requirements;
                implementation agencies and so
                                                             Acquire direct economic
                              on.
                                                                  benefit.

                     Groups and shops impacted              Loss of tangible assets such
                by the rebuilt and expanded road             as land and houses;
                  line; Groups affected by the
Impaired                                                   Loss of intangible assets such
                relocation of platform, car park,
party                                                       as social relationship;
                the first stage and the last stage,
                park and protect spot, hub stage                Be forced to change
                         and slow bridge.                  livelihood and lifestyle.

                                                           Inconvenience of travel for a
                          Communities, shops,
     Stakeho                                                     short time;
                 schools, hospital, enterprise, etc.
lders benefit
                 along the three-dimensional and           Meet the travel requirements
and impaired
                 integrative bus corridor affected        with the improved traffic;
  from the
                  temporarily by the construction
   project                                                Improve the traffic economic
                           of the project.
                                                       and increase the social benefit.

                         Land and Resources
                   Bureau, civil affairs bureau,
                   Social Security office, EPA,               Property of the project;
      Other         RTA, senior citizens' work
stakeholders         committee, the Women's                   Realize the functions of
                   Federation, Organization on                    agencies.
                          Disability, etc.
                            NGO, voluntary
Stakeholders of
Category                                                                 Judgments
                               HCWSPTSP

                             association, WB

                                 Poor families,
                       female-headed households,                  Week characteristics of
                        women, minorities, lonely                     groups;
      Vulnera
                      elderly, children, disabled in
  ble groups                                                     Voice and the ability of
                      project area and service area
                       after the completion of the                 participation.
                                  project.

3.4.2 Project Social Impact Analysis

The relation between stakeholders and the project is impact and be impacted. Through
the analysis of mutual adaptabilities, on the one hand, it can obtain the attitudes and
requirements of the interest groups on the project, analyze the impact, and on the other
hand, analyze the relationship between the local socio-economic, public transport
development and group characteristics. Affect and influence the relationship and
identify the corresponding social risks.

     3.4.2.1 Mutual   Adaptability Analysis of the Project

The mutual adaptabilities to the stakeholders and project, is mainly means that
according to the different interest groups, the relationship between different
stakeholders and the project, etc. identified by the stakeholder analysis method, gain the
requirements and attitude to the project of interest groups, analyze the consequences.
On the other hand, influence and adaptabilities on local organizations, social structure,
technology, culture and so on. Table 3-7 is the analysis of mutual adaptabilities of
between Bus priority corridors Project and all stakeholders.

     Table 3-7 The Mutual Adaptabilities of Different Stakeholders of Project

Stakeholders          Attitudes             Accept abilities   Supports and cooperation

                      Positive attitude;                       According to the social economic
The government of
                                            Good adaptation    development, consider the project
Harbin city           Ask the PMO of the
                      city to approve the                      components,   fund   raising,   policy
project and go about                                 making and so on.
                             the   construction     as
                             soon as possible

                             Positive attitude; Ask
                             the              Project                             Strengthen        the      communication
                             implementation                                       between the government agencies and
PMO of the city                                          Good adaptation
                             agencies to finish the                               other related agencies, to coordinate
                             construction task as                                 the relationship between the agencies
                             soon as possible

Other       government
agencies          (Harbin    Positive attitude; Ask
                                                                                  According to the function of different
Municipal        Finance     the              Project
                                                                                  department, they should cooperate in
Bureau, Civil Affairs        implementation
                                                         Good adaptation          the     sides    the    project    involves,
Bureau,                      agencies to finish the
                                                                                  participate in project design, provide
Environmental                construction task as
                                                                                  comments and suggestions
Protection       Agency,     soon as possible
etc.)

Project
                                                                                  From the perspective of institutional
implementation               Positive attitude; ask
                                                                                  demand, they should put forward
agencies          (Traffic   for matching funds; go
                                                         Good adaptation          project    content      and     construction
Management Bureau,           about the construction
                                                                                  project after the project has been
Bureau                 of    as soon as possible.
                                                                                  approved.
Transportation, etc.)

The people influenced                                                             After     they    have        accepted   the
                             Positive attitude; ask
by         the       land                                Relatively        good   compensation and resettlement fund,
                             for   the     reasonable
acquisition and house                                    adaptation               they should take the initiative to leave
                             compensation
demolition                                                                        the occupied land.

                             Positive attitude; Ask
                             the              project
                                                                                  Through public participation channels,
The people travel by         implementation
                                                         Good adaptation          actively participate in the design of the
public transportation        agencies to start the
                                                                                  project, to provide good advice
                             construction as soon
                             as possible

Special          crowds;
Vulnerable         groups    Positive attitude; ask

including            poor    the              project
                                                                                  Through public participation channels,
families,                    implementation
                                                         Good adaptation          actively participate in the design of the
female-headed                agencies to start the
                                                                                  project, to provide good advice
families,        women,      construction as soon

ethnic minorities, the       as possible

elderly,         children,
disabled people and
primary                and
secondary          school
students in the project
area and the service
area      after        the
completion        of   the
project

3.4.2.2 Social impact analysis

Impact on bus travelers: Bus travelers are the most direct beneficiaries of this project.
According to the survey, the main methods for non-winter and winter travel in Harbin
are buses, walking and taxis. The proportion of non-winter and winter trips is 80.8%
and 81.6% respectively. Bus is the preferred travel tools for citizens, and there is no big
difference in seasonal distribution. In non-winter season, the percentage of Harbin
citizens who take at least one bus a week is 82.6%; in winter, the percentage of Harbin
citizens who take at least one bus a week is 79.2%. Therefore, the construction of this
project will greatly improve the efficiency of urban road traffic, accelerate the
application of urban intelligent transportation technology, reduce urban traffic
congestion, improve the operating environment of public transport vehicles, and greatly
improve the environmental quality of cities by reducing the emissions of polluting
gases.

Impact on bus development: The social benefits generated by this project are also
closely related to the development trend of public transportation. These three corridors
involved in the project adjustment are the gathering place of Harbin comprehensive,
transportation, administration, science and technology, commerce, residence, industry,
etc., and will be connected to several subway lines: Xinyang Road Corridor is
connected to the airport and Harbin City. The main line of the main commercial area;
the Nanzhi Road corridor spans three districts of Harbin, with important commuting
functions, accessing many commercial areas, residential areas, and office areas; the
Yangtze River Road Corridor passes through cultural and entertainment, industrial
areas, and residential areas. The improvement of residents' living standards, changes in
consumption habits and changes in travel styles have an impact on the project.

The construction of the adjustment part of the project will be improved through the bus
corridor, improve the road traffic conditions in Harbin, ease traffic congestion, save the
operating cost of the vehicle, and reduce the impact of vehicle emissions and traffic
noise on the urban environment. Development will change people's travel habits and
attract more people to use public transportation as their main travel tool to promote
green travel.

On the other hand, the development trend of public transport has gradually changed
with the improvement of the living standards of the country and people. From 2013 to
2016, the development of public transportation in Harbin is as follows:

              Table 3-8 The Development of Public Transportation in Harbin

                                                                       Increase percentage
  Bus               unit         2013     2014     2015     2016       comparing     with
                                                                       2013

  Bus lines in
  operation         Number       211      211      255      289        36.97%

  Line length in
  operation         KM           4514     4673     5086     5435       20.40%

  Operating
  vehicle      at
  year-end          Number       5990     6270     6923     7408       23.67%

  Passenger
  volume            10k people   118343   127877   134227   134330     13.51%

  Total revenue
  of passenger 10k RMB           93652    100155   102333   109619     17.05%

  Average daily
  passenger
  volume            10k people   324      350      367      368        13.58%

 Data source: Harbin 2017 Yearbook

It can be seen from the above table that, although the bus operation lines, the operation
length and the total number of buses have increased more than 20%, in which the
number of bus lines has growth 36.97%, the changes of average daily passenger volume,
the total number of passenger volume, and passenger revenue are significantly less that
the increase rate of input on buses. In which, comparing with 2015, the bus operation
lines increase 13.33%, the operation buses increase 7% in 2016, while the daily
passenger volume has almost no change at all. It shows that in recent years, the
increasing populations who use public transportation as the main transportation method
is small. However, the completion of this sub-project will guarantee and improve the
comfort, convenience and safety of the public transport service facilities in Harbin,
improve the public transport situation in Harbin, and encourage more people to travel
green by bus. At the same time, the project will also save vehicle transport time and cost,
expand the benefits of bus operations.

Impact on resident’s transportation expenses: The economic and social
development level is high in the project area, and the non-agricultural industries are
relatively developed. Most of the affected labors are engaged in non-agricultural
industries, salary income, income of work, self-employment income accounted for a
high proportion of total household income. The temporary land occupation involved
during the reconstruction process of public transportation corridors may affect the
operation of shops along to some extent. However, after the operation of project, the
improvement of traffic accessibility will be benefit to the improvement of the operating
profit.

The usage of the service needs to pay a fee; the public welfare and low price of a ticket
is two outstanding characteristics of the bus operation. Now, the bus ticket in Harbin is
1 yuan/per person·per time for adult, 0.5 yuan/per person·per time for students, 0
yuan/per person·per time for elderly. Moreover, after the finish of the construction of
HCWSPTSP, the ticket price will not be changed. So, it will not cause the economic
burden to the family.

                Table 3-9 Residents' income and expenditure (2016)

                Indictor                    2015            2016      2016 growth over 2015
(%)

                                                       Income
       Per capita disposable income of rural
                                                        13375            14439           8
                 households (yuan)
       Per capita disposable income of urban
                                                        30978            33190           7.1
                 households (yuan)
    Average annual salary of employees in urban
                                                        58405            62583           7.2
          non-private units (yuan/person)
                                                     Expenditure
        Per capita consumption expenditure of
                                                       22961.7          24340.1          6
              urban households (yuan)
     Urban residents' transportation expenditure
                                                        2102.1           2358.2         12.18
                       (yuan)

         Per 100 household car ownership                 20.5             23.7          15.61

                                                Source:Harbin 2017 Yearbook

The completion of the project can greatly improve the traffic conditions of the original
road bus vehicles, improve the operation speed of the bus, and bring huge time saving
benefits to bus passengers. At the same time, the improvement of bus service level will
also attract more travelers to choose to travel by public transport. Therefore, the project
will greatly reduce the amount of private car travel, encourage residents to travel green,
and reduce the pressure on the road network in the city. Residents' travel brings
convenience and maximizes the social benefits of the project.

Vulnerable Groups

•      Impact on women, children and the elderly: The project can provide them with an
       intelligent dispatch system to reduce waiting time; at the same time, the electronic
       information system can provide them with convenient and clear route indication;
       the construction of the platform infrastructure, including the platform and The
       vehicle's barrier-free design also ensures the accessibility and comfort of waiting
       and riding; the electronic eyes on the platform and the vehicle can improve the
       safety of the car. These will provide a useful guarantee for the physical and mental
       health and safety of vulnerable groups. At the same time, the project can create
       some job opportunities for women during construction and operation, and also help
improve women's work and life. Public transportation also has certain preferential
    fare policies for students and the elderly. Therefore, through the construction of
    this project, it will be beneficial to improve the quality of life of women and
    children in Harbin, and to ensure their travel needs and public safety.

•   Impact on ethnic minorities: The proportion of ethnic minorities in the sub-project
    construction areas of this project is very low, and does not involve ethnic minority
    areas. Minorities and Han people will benefit equally from the project and get
    travel due to the construction of the project. Convenience, reducing travel time,
    and may therefore prefer to travel by bus when traveling, thereby improving the
    environment and reducing health problems caused by the environment. The project
    does not have new land acquisition, nor does it involve the demolition of ethnic
    minority houses or minority enterprises. Therefore, the livelihood and life of ethnic
    minorities in the project area will not be affected by the project.

•   Impact on the poor: The project will give priority to the creation of employment
    opportunities to poor and low-income households with the ability to work to
    improve their economic income and quality of life.

•   Impact on the disabled: The design of the bus corridor has fully considered the
    needs of the disabled. The blind road, barrier-free facilities, electronic voice station
    and other contents have been fully considered in the station and the vehicle to fully
    guarantee the convenience of the disabled to take the bus. Sex. At the same time,
    free or preferential fare policies are applied to persons with disabilities. These will
    bring great convenience to the travel of disabled people.

Employment: The project impacts on employment reflect in two aspects: project direct
impacts on employment and project indirect impacts on employment. Among them, the
direct impacts can be divided into two stages: project construction and operation.
During the bus projects and public utility projects construction, the technical staff and
casual labors need to be employed. During the operation, the fixed workers need to be
recruited who are engaged in daily operation and management of enterprises and
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