📋 Tender Overview
Source of Funding / Amount: Loan 4209-prc: guangxi li river comprehensive ecological management and demonstration project
Ordinary capital resources: US$ 140.00 million
The proposed project aims to improve livelihood of poor villages in guilin and ecological protection of the li river through restoration of li river and old ethnic minority villages
- strategic context. Guangxi zhuang autonomous region (gzar) remains one of the poorer provinces, with per capita gross domestic product of cny37,712, ranking 27th out of 31 provinces. About 9. 9% of the population is living below the poverty line compared with the national average of 5. 2%. A significant part of gzar is mountainous and it has the largest ethnic minority population in the prcaccounting for 37. 1% of gzars total population in 2015. - government strategy. One of the overall objectives of the thirteenth five year plan for guangxi tourism development3 is to alleviate poverty through tourism and guilin is being planned to become a world-class tourist city and an international tourist destination. In 2015, there were estimated three million population living in poverty in rural villages; and as stated in the thirteenth five year plan for guilin, they plan to have all population lifted out of poverty by 2020. . - inadequate waste management and climate proofing along the li river. The li river has significant importance to the livelihood of guangxi. It crosses two counties and four districts: lingchuan and yangshuo counties, and yanshan, qixing, xiangshan and diecai districts. Liquid and solid sanitary waste are disposed directly to the river polluting the water. While the river has quality standard 2, it is in danger of becoming degraded as the inflow of tourists increases and because several villages along the river do not have proper sewerage facilities. It is necessary to improve the facilities in these villages to protect the river. The li river is also the lifeblood of guilin which tourists flock to. Based on the initial climate risk screening using aware tool, the potential climate risk to the project is medium. A climate risk assessment (cra) study will be conducted, and the findings of the cra study will be incorporated in the project design. Climate proofing the project sites would ensure sustainability of the facilities, and proper mitigation measures will be taken to avoid the increased sediment in the li river. - limited infrastructure and connections of heritage site villages. Some heritage site villages cannot be reached through the river due to shallow waters and lack of docks. Due to this limited accessibility raw materials and agricultural products produced in the hinterlands cannot reach urban areas. Moreover, tourists also cannot reach these villages which have living cultural heritage and traditional values, which contribute to inter-cultural understanding and tolerance. - lack of income generating activities for villagers. Guilin has three poverty-stricken counties
