Hunan Xiangxi Rural Vitalization and Special Industry Development Project

Client: Asian Development Bank

Duration: 2019-2021

Location: Xiangxi City, PRC

Contract Value: USD 569,955

Loan Project Value: USD 405.6 million

Catalogue: Rural and Urban Development

Project Description

This project aimes at supporting the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefectural Government (XPG) to enhance its rural living environment and industrial productivity through improvement of rural waste and sanitation management, development of local featured agricultural products, and improvement of agricultural value chain. The key considerations for the project include proposing innovative and sustainable solutions that are tailored to local conditions and innovative arrangements like public-private partnership (PPP) mode and the integration of first, secondary and tertiary industries. The project also provides demonstration effect and facilitate knowledge sharing to other developing member countries of ADB. There are three outputs under this project: (i) rural waste and sanitation management facilities and services in Xiangxi improved; (ii) local featured agricultural products in Xiangxi developed; and (iii) agricultural value chain in Xiangxi improved through industrial integration.

Services Provided by NAREE

NAREE provides the transaction technical assistance (TRTA) to prepare the loan project, undertaking due diligence in technical, safeguards, economic and financial, and poverty and socials. NAREE ensures the project in compliance with the domestic and ADB’s requirements and incorporation of international best practices in the project design. Detailed tasks conducted by NAREE during the TRTA includes the followings:

• Assessment on the technical feasibility of the project

• Due diligence on the economic and financial feasibility of the project

• Review of safeguard requirements

• Social survey and consultations

• Capacity development of the project management of XPG and implementing agencies

• Project document preparation, including feasibility study reports (FSRs), safeguard documents, and ADB’s draft report and recommendations of the President (RRP)