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RP-0006VOL. 1
The Capacity Expansion Project of
Wuchang-Guangzhou Railway Line of
The Seventh World Bank Financed Projects
Resettlement Action Plan
July 1998
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Contents
1 Project Introduction1. 1 Background and Significance of the Project1.2 The Ownership of the Project and the Organizational Institutions1.3 Measures for Minimizing Land Acquisition and Housing Demolition1.4 Preparatory Work for Land Acquisition, Housing Demolition and
where the capacity expansion will focus on electrification engineering and its necessary
auxiliary engineering of facilities conceming communication, signal system and engine
maintenance sector, and the technical renovation engineering necessary for enhancing
the travelling speed of passenger train and the capability of ensuring its traverse, arrival
and departure.
1.4 Preparatory Work for Land Acquisition, Housing
Demolition and Relocation, Resettlement
(1) Circumscription of Land Acquisition
The project designing unit conducted explorations along the line for the project during
its technical design stage, surveying and circumscribing the land to be acquired and
housing to be demolished, working out the cross-sectional drawings of the rail line and
the drawings of housing. The land acquisition and housing scope maximally
circumnscribed at the technical design stage, can be more specified and diminished in
the actual implementation of land acquisition and housing demolition & relocation
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according to the design of construction.
(2) Socioeconomic Survey
In order to make analyses of the impacts on the localities caused by the Project and
work out a practicable and feasible action plan, the 4th Surveying & Designing Institute,
entrusted by the MOR, collabourated with the Wuhan Engineering Headquarters of
Zhengzhou Railway Bureau and Zhuzhou Engineering Headquarters of Guangzhou
Railway Conglomerate Company in conducting a socioeconomic survey along Wuhan-
Guangzhou rail line. The joint survey squad, in close cooperation with the land
administration departments of Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong provinces, organized a
socioeconomic survey to Guangzhou, Hengyang, Zhuzhou, Changsha, Wuhan and their
subordinate districts and counties from May to Sept of 1998. A great amount of
valuable information was obtained by collecting various existing statistics, making on-
the-spot interviews and conducting sample investigation.The socioeconomic survey has
provided a sound base for mapping out the resettlement action plan.
(3) Investigation on the Project Impacts
In June 1998, ZRB and GRCC respectively entrusted the local government of various
levels in Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong to conduct on-the-spot investigations on the
various subprojects of the Project, conceming the land acquisition, the housing
demolition & relocation, the number of affected population, the labour resettlement,
infrastructure, above-ground attachment, etc. By investigating from village to village,
block to block and door to door, the investigation squads got to know in great detail the
damages caused by the project engineering.
(4) Consultation of the MOR and the Relevant Provinces
In May 1998, vice-minister Cai Qinghua of the MOR, director of Foreign Capital
Introduction & Utilization of the MOR and their party went to Hubei, Hunan and
Guangdong to interview the vice-govemors of these provinces who are responsible of
national key projects. They reached a consensus on the issues relating to land
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acquisition, housing demolition and population resettlement, as well as the forming of
organizational institutions and the coordination between the MOR and the local
govermnents.
(5) Preparation of Population Resettlement Action Plan
The preparation of resettlement action plan (RAP) was entrusted by the project owner
to GRCC, ZRB and the 4h Surveying & Designing Institute of the MOR and joined by
the land administration departments of Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong provinces. The
project owner also invited specialists in resettlement from the Research Institute of
Foreign Capital Introduction & Utilization of SWJU as advisers for the project. All
the particinants in the drawing-up of RAP have successively finished the founding of
the resettlement institutions, the scope detennination of the project impacts, the
socioeconomic surveys, the investigation on the property damage, the study and analysis
of relevant policies and regulations, the consultation and decision of the resettlement
plan of affected population, and the compensation estimation calculation. Based on
the above work, the Resettlement Action Plan for the Electrification Capacity
Expansion Project of Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway was completed.
The following table shows the statistics of the land acquisition and housing demolition
along the Wu-Guang railway line.
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Table the Statistics of the Land Acquisition and Housing
Demolition along the Wuguang Railway LineItem Unit Amount
Total area of the land acquired mu 3708.26Total area of cultivated land acquired mu 2397.72
Households affected directly by land acquisition household 3871Population affected directly by land acquisition person 16210Total area of houses demolished m2 113656.64
Private houses in rural m2 28321.45Private houses in urban m2 1033Housing of railway staff m2 13914.8Enterprise houses outside railway sector m2 7951.2Enterprise houses within railway sector m2 41951.52Shop houses outside railway sector m2 15899.6Shop houses within railway sector M.2 865.18Building illegal m2 3719.89Households affected by housing demolition household 435Population affected by housing demolition person 3309Enterprises affected by houses demolition one 40Shops affected by houses demolition room 29Reconstruction of roads Km 9.8Reconstruction of water conservancy pipes Km 204.48Reconstruction of communication cables Km 1082.41Reconstruction of power supply wire Km 67.44Young crops to be compensated mu 1449.08Trees to be compensated tree 104363Fruit trees to be compensated tree 4732Wells to be compensated one 15Tombs to be compensated one 81Concrete sunning ground to be compensated m2 2173Enclosures to be compensated m 2855
Total fees I0 thousandyuans 31842.61Fees for land acquisition 10 thousand yuans 11808.82Fees for houses demolition 10 thousand yuans 6813.88Fees for infrastructures 10 thousand yuans 9782.73Fees for aboveground attachments 10 thousand yuans 538.06Unforeseen fees 10 thousand yuans 1916.08Administration fees 10 thousand yuans 574.82Fees for writing RAP 10 thousand yuans 25Fees for external monitoring and evaluation 10 thousand yuans 383.22
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2 Project Impacts
In the design of the capacity expansion engineering of Wuhan-Guangzhou rail line,
means have been tried as many as possible to minimize land acquisition by making full
use of the existing rail lines and facilities. Nevertheless, land, however limited, has to
be acquired and housing to be demolished, and some people to move away to a new
place. This is especially true with such pivot sub-projects as in Guangzhou, Hengyang,
Zhuzhou, Changsha and Wuhan.
2.1 Land Acquisition
(1) The Project will use 3708.26 mu of land, including 2397.72 mu cultivated land
and, with 16210 persons from 3871 households to be affected.
(2) The Project will use 1562.46 mu of land in the three big cities ( Guangzhou city,
Changsha city and Wuhan city ), and 2145.8 mu of land along the line in the three
province (Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan). Except for 1000 mu of waste land in Qingyan
city, only 1145.8 mu of land will be acquired along over 1000 Km of line in the three
provinces, only one mu of the land being acquired per Km.
(3) Land acquired are owned collectively, the land left after acquisition, therefore
allow of reallocation within the village, Except for the three big cities, namely
Guangzhou, Wuhan and ChangSha which may have troubles in land reallocation, the
other places along the line can handle the land for people affected by way of land
reallocation.
X All cities and counties along Wu-Guang line are comparatively developed rural
areas. The income from farming makes up low proportion in their total income. For
example, the income from farning of peasants on the suburb of Guangzhou taken up
less than 10% of their total income, that of Changsha taken up 20% of their total
income. So, it is possible to handle the production problem of people affected by way of
various means.
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(5) The Project involves 100 mu of the land owned by the Railway and cultivated by
farmers. Though the consultation between the railway construction units and local
goverrnents , the same land compensation standards will be adopted with these land,
which means these land will be treated in compensation as land owned by collectives.
The following table is about the amount, types and places land acquired along Wu-
Guang line.
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Aniount, Types and Places of Land to be acquired in Wuguang Line
Amount of Typs of landCity or land Vegetable Housing Nonculti Land Districts,
Provinces ountySubprojcts acquired Dry land ground vat-ed acquired villages(mu) paddy ponds s site land villages and towns
fieldHankou passenger Changmatao Qiaokou
trains 94 64 10 20 vlae dsrcmaintenance yard . v
Handan up- 318 132.88 138 37.5 9.7 1-lejiadon Jlianglhangoing line _ 318 132.88 village district
West jiangan 110 110 Lianchen Jianganstation l _ village district
Hubei Tuoluokou 46 46 Shazhui Dongxiliuprovince marshalling yard village district
Wuhan East Wuchang 27Biniu Hongshanpivot station 27 village district
Tracks 3 and 4 of Fenqi HongshanWuchiang station 45 40 village district
zhou zhou Guan.bai-tangxi shijin town districtCity pivot Guangzhou north
haulage transformer 14. 7 14. 7substation,
division section ._._l
Tangxi switching 13. 7 13. 7section .
Baiyunshan 33 33______ __ network section
Guangdong total 1794.78 506.14 155.13 7.4 57.52 3. 4 1065.19
Total 3708.26 1127.62 852.94 280.19 71.07 65.9 1310.54
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2.2 Housing Demolition & Relocation
(1) After the original design for the Capacity Expansion Project was revised on the
principle of "electrification based on the current conditions", the housing demolition
demand of the project has decreased drastically and has been highly concentrated on
such major subprojects as Guanzhou pivot, Wuhan pivot, Changsha pivot, Zhuzhou
pivot and Hengyang pivot--especially Changsha Pivot. In order to alleviate pressure of
passenger transportation, the MOR has decided to have Changsha passenger station
expanded. As a result, Shangsha Station is protrude as a convergence of housing
demolition.
(2) The affected population who will lost the whole or part of their housing is 618
persons from 167 households. Except for 5 urban households, the others are farners.
The existing housing is improperly set with sanitary conditions poor and building
construction rough.
(3) Besides private housing, 35 enterprises and shops need to be demolished and
illegal buildings owned by 9 households does so. The illegal buildings were temporarily
built by the jobbing peasants from other places when they were employed in Wuhan.
(4) Among the features of the demolition along Wu-Guang line is that demolition
within the railway sector takes up the half of the whole demolition. In other words,
there are 256 households with 783 population and 34 enterprises within the railway
sector to be demolished, in addition to 3 illegal buildings owned by railway staff and
workers to be demolished.
The following table is about the housing demolition outside and within the railway
sector along Wu-Guang line.
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Demolition outside and within the Railway Sector along Wu-Guang Line
Amount and structure of Amount and structure of Amount and structure of Amount and structure of Amount and structure ofenterprises to be demolished shops to be demolished illepl buildings to be private housing to be private housing to be
tem (Square meter) (Square meter) demolished (Square demolished in city area demolished in rural ares Total\_________ meter) (S_ uare meteL (Si usre meter) (Square
Plsce Brick Brick Simple Brick Brick Simple Brick Brick Simple Brick Brick Simple Brick Brick Simple meter)and and and and and and and and and and
4.3 Calculation of Compensation Rate for Land Acquisition
1) On account of the ever-increasing difficulties with labour force resettlement, the
proportion of resettlement subsidy in this project has been raised to 60% in contrast
with that of land compensation, which is 40%.
2) That the compensation disbursed in this project is sufficient enough to ensure the
rehabilitation for the affected villages and groups can be illustrated with Guangzhou
and Puqi, where the compensation is either the highest or the lowest in this project.
3) The compensation for land acquisition in Guangzhou is 150000 yuan per mu, of
which the land compensation fee is 60000 yuan, equal to the annual output value of
vegetable plot 1800 yuan/mu x 33.3 times; the resettlement subsidy is 90000 yuan,
equal to the annual output value of vegetable plot 1800 yuan/mu x 50 times.
According to the land law of the state, the sum of the land compensation fee and
resettlement subsidy should not exceed 20 times of the annual average output value
of the past three years prior to land acquisition. However, in view of the great
difficulty in the land acquisition, the total sum of land compensation fee and
resettlement subsidy in Guangzhou has reached 83.3 times of the annual average
output value of the past three years prior to land acquisition, far in excess of the
maximum fixed in the state land law.
4) The compensation for land acquisition in Puqi is 15000 yuan per mu, of which the
land compensation fee is 6000 yuan, equal to the annual output value of vegetable
plot 1200 yuan/mu x 5 times; the resettlement subsidy is 9000 yuan, equal to the
annual output value of vegetable plot 1200 yuan/mu x 7.5 times, the total
compensation thus being 12 times of the annual output value of vegetable plot per
mu. The compensation has reached the standard stipulated in the land law of the
state, sufficient enough to secure the welfare of the affected villages and individuals
from being impaired.
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4.4 Calculation of Compensation Rate for Demolition and
Relocation
1) The housing compensation standard shall be determined by referring to the housing
reconstruction price. The used material from the demolished housing shall not be
deducted from the compensation fee.
2) Illegally set-up housing shall be treated in the same way as other housing in respect
of compensation standard.
3) Compensation for housing demolition and relocation is sufficient enough for the
affected units and individuals to reconstruct their housing at the reconstruction price,
which can be illustrated with the cases of Guangzhou and Hengyang, where the cost
of housing construction is either the highest or the lowest in this project.
4) In Guangzhou, the compensation rate outside the railway sector is 1200 yuan per
square meters for concrete-brick structured housing and 800 yuan for brick-wood
structured housing; that within the railway sector is 700 yuan per square meters for
concrete-brick structured housing and 400 yuan for brick-wood structured one. By
calculation, the reconstruction prices per square meters of concrete-brick and brick-
wood housing in Guangzhou are respectively:
Concrete-brick structured: material cost (steel bars, cement, sand, aggregate, bricks,
etc.) + labuor cost + machinery cost + earth & stone work cost = 700 yuan;
Brick-wood structured: material cost (timber, cement, sand, aggregate, bricks, etc.)
+ labuor cost + machinery cost + earth & stone work cost = 400 yuan;
Obviously, the compensation standard outside the railway sector is higher than the
reconstruction price, which accounts for the difficulty of the demolition and
relocation in Guangzhou.
5) In Hengyang, the compensation is 500 yuan per square meters for concrete-brick
structured housing, and 250 yuan for brick-wood structured housing. By calculation,
the reconstruction prices per square meters of concrete-brick and brick-wood
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housing in Hengyang are respectively:
Concrete-brick structured: material cost (steel bars, cement, sand, aggregate bricks,
etc.) + labuor cost + machinery cost + earth & stone work cost = 500 yuan;
Brick-wood structured: material cost (timber, cement, sand, aggregate, bricks, etc.)
+ labuor cost + machinery cost + earth & stone work cost = 250 yuan;
By calculation, the compensation rate is sufficient enough for the affected units and
individuals to reconstruct housing at the reconstruction price.
4.5 Calculation of Compensation for Fruit Trees
Compensation with fruit trees is little bit more complicated compared with other
aboveground attachment. Along with the development of economy, the market
compensation for fruit trees has now doubled the standard prescribed by the
government. See the table of the categories, amount and unit prices of compensation for
the detail.
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Compensation Standards for Fruit Trees in Wu uan Line\ Standards _ Young ruit tree Growin fruit trees Grown-up fruit trees
______I m :'2 m First year Second year Second category First categoryTypes Price Amount Price Amount Price Amount Price Amount Price Amount Price Amount1. Longan 45 220 60 45 1000 33 1500 402. Litchi 130 55 160 45 150 60 500 48 800 203. Mango 40 120 80 200 250 15 300 III4. Orange 25 158 35 86 120 456 160 2685. Chinese chestnut 80 112 145 12 200 66. Plus 35 160 45 64 140 186 180 227. Banana 20 116 40 5658. Pear . . 25 202 35 318 110 60 150 1259. Apple 25 360 35 70 110 44 150 50
10. Pomegranate 120 18 160 70
11. Pineapple . 19 48 .
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4.6 Funds Budgeting and Investment Planning
(1) Expenses on resettlement is included in the total budget of the project. On effecting
of the project funds needed for resettlement is included in the annual investment plan of
the project.
(2) Investment on resettlement of the project totals 318,426,100 Yuans, including
118,088,200 Yuan expended on land acquisition, 68,138,800 Yuan housing demolition,
132,199,100 yuans other fees.
(3) To keep pace with the engineering plan ,investment in 1998 takes up 29% of the
total investment, investment in 1999 takes up 53% of the total investment, investment
in 2000 takes up 18% of the total investment.
(4) Management fee is 3% of the combination of compensation for land acquired,
compensation for housing demolished and compensation for aboveground
attachment.(excluding infrastructure fee)
(5) Unforeseen fee is 10% of the combination of compensation for land acquired,
compensation for housing demolished and compensation for aboveground
attachment.(excluding infrastructure fee)
For detailed budget of all expenses above, see sheet of funds for land acquisition and
demolition along Wa-Guan line. For the engineering schedule, see the table of the
engineering schedule of the Project.
4.7 Fund Movement and Management
(l)The MOR, as the project owner, shall disburse the fund to the land bureaus of the
three provinces at the given times and the given sums prescribed in the RAP.
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(2)The land bureaus of the three provinces, in turn, shall forward the fund to the local
governments and affected institutions and enterprises punctually according to the
agreement signed with the cities and counties concerned.
(3)The township government, upon receiving the fund, shall duly allot the
compensation to the affected villagers, township enterprises and their staff members
and, at the same time, use the land compensation fee which belongs to the collective to
develop production, resettle surplus labor force.
(4)In urban housing demolition, the municipal land bureau allots compensation directly
to the affected individuals.
(5)The compensation to enterprises shall be allotted to the affected enterprises by the
land administration departnent. The former may use it to develop production and
compensate the affected workers resulting from the cessation of production.
(6)The management fee and unforeseeable fee shall be at the disposal of the provincial
land bureau who shall allot the fees to governments of different levels in proper
proportion according to their working.
(7)The project owner and governmental departrnents responsible at all levels should
take good care of the compensation fees and strictly forbid the funds to be used for
other purposes.
(8)Government at all levels should act strictly on relevant policies and regulations and
make sure no embezzlement of the funds in any form would happen.
(9)Establish a strict fund allotrnent system. Fund can be disbursed only to the approved
projects and in conformity with annual fund disbursement budget. No abuse of fund is
allowed.
(lO)Establish a strict accounting system. The accounting shall be open to the
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supervision and examination by the project owner, persons responsible and thedisplaced population.
(11) Before the disbursement of collective compensation, either the provincial andmunicipal governments or district and township governments shall send personnel tocheck the feasibility of the utilization plan.
(12) Towards the end of each year, the government department responsible shall havethe financial and audit departments jointly examine the utilization of compensation.
(13) Every year, the relevant information about the financial income and expenditureshall be copied by the resettlement managerial departnent to the external monitoringinstitution.
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Master Table of Primary Estimates of Compensation for Land Acquisition,
Housing Demolition in Wu-Guang Lineunit: ten thousand yuan
Guangdong province Hunan province Hubei rovinceItem Total Guang Other Changsha Other Wuhan Other
zhou city Sections city sections city sections1I compensation for land acquired 11808.82 _
I, land fee 4723.53 2508.02 183.27 342.16 456.41 1164.7 68.972.. resettlement fee 7085.29 3762.04 274.89 513.24 684.62 1747.04 103.46
II. compensation for demolition 6813.88I,. compensation for housing rebuilt 6778.09 939.67 85.87 2973.34 396.81 1904.06 478.342. compensation for transitional period3, compensation for removing housing 35.79 2.21 0.81 22.45 4.83 3.91 2.214 . compensation for work and
production held upIII compensation for aboveground 538.06attachment . ._.
1, trees fee 463.79 8.29 37.04 1.49 9.75 405.45 1.772. fruit tree fee 48.65 5.18 23.67 0.38 11.52 7.93. well fee 0.59 0.05 0.15 0.05 0.09 0.254. tomb fee 2.57 0.15 0.24 0.05 2.13
Notes: 1. The Prefecture or Municipal Land Acqliisition Offices, as specific orly in Hunan, are
not listed in the network.
2. The design unit is not listed.
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7 Consultation, Mass Participation and
Grievance Appeal Conduits
7.1 Consultation
Consultation is constantly adopted during the implementation of land acquisition and
resettlement of the Capacity Expansion Project chiefly on the compensation standards
for land acquisition and housing demolition, the methods of housing reconstruction and
population resettlement.
Consultation is mostly between (1) the MOR and the provinces and cities; (2) the
railway construction headquarters and the prefectures, cities and counties; (3) the local
land administration departments and the land expropriated townships villages, and
production groups; and (4) township, villages and production groups and farm
household.
(1) The consultation between the MOR and provinces (Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei)
is mainly about the amount of land needed for the railway project, the time for using the
land and the compensation standards for land acquisition and housing demolition, -etc.
Such consultation was held many times during the project preparatory stage (between
1997 and 1998) before the commencement of Wu-Guang project engineering. In May
1998, Cai Qinghua, vice-minister of the MOR and his party went to the three provinces
to hold talks with the vice-governors who are responsible of state key construction
projects in their own provinces; they reached a consensus on acquisition and
resettlement and formed the minutes.
(2) The consultation between Zhuzhou Project Engineering Headquarters and Wuhan
Engineering Headquarters on the one hand and the prefectures, cities and counties
concerned along the line of Wuhan -Guangzhou section on the other is about the
amount of land to be acquired, housing and attachment to be demolished, the number of
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population to be affected and the compensation standards for housing and attachment.
Such consultation was held many times before the land acquisition and will continue to
be held during the land acquisition, substantially between the Land Acquisition &
Resettlement Sections of the Headquarters and the County Land Bureaus, detailed even
on every sub-project and every piece of land. The land acquisition and housing
demolition & relocation for each subproject is accomplished not without quite a
number of or even several scores of rounds of consultation.
(3) The consultation between the local land administrative departments and the land
expropriated townships, villages and production groups is usually held before land
utilization and housing demolition. According to the Land Administration Law, any
other institutions (including project owners) have no right to undertake land acquisition
except county land administration bureau, the only authorized department to acquire
land from the rural areas on behalf of the state. However, even entitled to conduct
centralized land acquisition for state construction, the county land administration
departments will have to consult with land expropriated townships, villages and groups,
mainly about the compensation standards (for land, housing, attachment and population
resettlement) and resettlement plans (for housing reconstruction, conversion of
residential registration, employment, self-employment, etc.). The leaders of townships,
villages and groups will be at the consultation.
(4) The consultation between townships, villages and groups on the one hand and
village households on the other (or between the demolisher and the demolished in cities)
is mainly about the distribution and utilization of compensation fees, the measures for
housing reconstruction, worker taking-in and land relocation. The affected households
will express their reasons for compensation and demands for compensation whatever at
the consultation. Every household will eventually sign agreements on land acquisition,
compensation and resettlement with the township, the village and the group. Such
consultation is chiefly attended by household heads and, in some consultation, by
villager representatives.
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7.2 Meetings on Displaced Population
During the negotiation on land acquisition and housing demolition, two kinds of
meetings will be held in each village or group on population to be displaced:
(l)meetings of village representatives and (2) all the villagers.
(1) Meetings of village representatives are presided over by the county land bureau or
the township government. The purpose is to get across the significance of the project,
the scope and site of land acquisition, the time for acquisition, the relevant laws,
policies and regulations. The meetings are usually called at the same time as the
consultation and negotiation before the land acquisition for a certain subproject.
(2) Meetings for all villagers are called by the village commission, attended by all the
villagers or the household heads with the purpose of expounding the relevant lans,
policies and regulations, informing the villagers of the scope and amount of land to be
acquired, the compensation standards, the measures for housing reconstruction and
production resettlement. The meetings are usually held during the implementation or
land acquisition and the time limit for signing agreement.
In addition to the above two forms of meeting, the railway construction unit and the
resettlement institution will put up posters in residential quarters before they make a
decision with the aim to consult the opinions of the affected population and ask for their
supervision and examination. This is especially true with compensation standards which
must be made known in the affected area in notice.
7.3 Mass Participation
Mass participation will take place alongside (1) during the preparatory stage of the
project and (2) during the implementation of the land acquisition for the project,
involving (1) consultation; (2) meetings on population displacement; (3) investigation
on property loss and socioeconomic survey; (4) discussing about compensation standard;
(5) choice of housing reconstruction site; (6) setting up new housing by the villagers
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themselves; and (7) seeking job by oneself
(1) During the preparatory state of the project, that is from 1997 to 1998, mass
participation was chiefly concerned with socioeconomic survey, investigation on
property loss, consultation meetings and the publicizing of land acquisition affairs.
Consultation meeting is about the discussion and conferring among institutions of all
sorts at all levels on the issues conceming land acquisition and compensation, with the
purpose of getting the villagers to know about the land acquisition for the project so that
they will be able to get prepared for that. Investigation on property loss and the
socioeconomic survey by the engineering design institution and the RAP compiling
institution entail the participation of the masses in the affected areas.
During the compiling of RAP, a typical investigation and a sample investigation were
made to the cities, prefectures, counties, townships, villages and households whose land
is going to be acquired, participated by households, village and group leaders, township
heads, the land administration departments, the planning departments and the statistical
departments at county level, and the relevant departnents of municipal and prefectural
level.
(2) During the implementation of the land acquisition for the project (1998-2000),
there will be an extensive mass participation on the part of the affected population in
the measuring and determining of property loss, the discussion about the compensation
standards, the signing of agreements on the compensation for households, the choice of
new housing ground site, the demolition of the old housing by the villagers themselves
in order to use the material, the construction of new housing by the villagers themselves
and self-employment. Mass participation, judging from above facts and measures, is
encouraged in China in order to arouse the masses' enthusiasm and achieve a more
desirable resettlement result.
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7.4 Grievance Appealing Channel
During the actual implementation of the land acquisition and the resettlement of
displaced population, if the affected population have any problems, grievances and
discontent regarding land acquisition, housing demolition, compensation payment and
resettlement, they may appeal to either (1) the project owner, (2) the external
independent monitoring institution, (3) the township and the county land administration
department, (4) the county government or (5) legal action.
(1) Appealing to the Project Owner Unit
The project owner is the eventual user of the land acquired, and has the duty to resolve
problems rising from land acquisition, housing demolition and resettlement. The
project owner of this project is the MOR with Zhuzhou Headquarters and Wuhan
Headquarters functioning in its capacity during the project engineering, and ZRB and
GRCC executing the managerial duty after the project engineering is completed.
Therefore, appeals to the project owner may go to either of
A. the MOR;
B. GRCC and ZRB;
C. Zhuzhou Headquarter and Wuhan Headquarters of the Electrification Capacity
Expansion of Wuchang-Guangzhou Rail Line.
(2) Appealing to the External Monitoring Institution
The external monitoring institution conducts chasing-up investigation on the production
of affected villages several times in the year during the monitoring period, and evaluates
the resettlement consequences and submits its M&E reports to the project owner, the
local institutions conducting land acquisition and housing demolition and the World
Bank. The affected persons, therefore, may express their discontent and grievances to
the extemal monitoring institution, which is obligated to listen to and find out the
dissentient and grievances.
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(3) Appealing to the Township and the County Land Administration Department
According to the administrative procedure of the local govemment, the discontent and
grievances rising from acquisition and resettlement should first be handled by the land
administration department. In case the land administration department is unable to
resolve the grievances, the apparel may turn to other conduits. These are the conduits
of the land administration departments the apparel may go:
A. the municipal land administration bureau;
B. the county land administration bureau; and
C. the township land administration bureau.
(4) Appealing to the County Govermment
If the discontent can not be resolved in the land administration department, it can be
appealed to the "correspondence and visitation department" of the local governments,
set up by various levels of government organs to handle letters and visits from the
masses.
The appealer may express his discontent orally or in written form to the correspondence
and visitation departments, which may coordinate departnents concemed to have the
matter resolved. If again the discontent can not be resolved in this way, the
correspondence and visitation departments will report the matter to the leaders of the
local govermment
(5) Legal Action
If discontent and grievances can not be resolved through the above 4 conduits, theappealer may resort to legal action by bringing the case to court
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a Monitoring and Evaluation
8.1 Goals of Monitoring
Monitoring on resettlement refers to the collection and provision of data concerning the
resettlement activities and the resettlement consequences. Evaluation means the
analysis and appraisal of data gathered in monitoring by referring to the comparable
indexes (such as the plans, the former conditions before removal, and the conditions of
non-displaced population).
The World Bank has warned that every project is bound to be faced with a lot of
particular problems in its execution. Some of these problems are unforeseeable. The
purposes of monitoring and examining are, firstly, to ensure a punctual execution of the
plan as scheduled; secondly, to find out problems and have them resolved then and there;
and thirdly, to have the collected data fed back to the designing, executing and
managing work of the project.
The evaluation on displaced population resettlement is expected to examine and decide
whether the production and livelihood of displaced population are appropriately
resettled in sociological and anthropological perspectives. Monitoring and evaluation
are not the ends in themselves; the conclusions drawn from monitoring and evaluation
are expected to feed back to the execution and management of the project so that any
inappropriateness can be redressed promptly, or some alternation can be made to the
executive plan, or the existing problems can be solved.
After the loan to Wu-Guang Project enters into force, regular supervision will be
organized by the World Bank annually, with the relevant parties examining
implementation progress. If it appears that RAP terms themselves are inappropriate for
effective implementation, a resettlement mid-term review may be scheduled to allow
the relevant parties to devise new approaches or revise the RAP.
Resettlement monitoring falls into two kinds: internal and external monitoring.
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Intemal monitoring is carried out by the population resettlement office with the purpose
of keeping the institutions of the resettlement network in good operation following the
schedule and the principles of RAP. A report of internal monitoring is submitted every
quarter of or half a year.
External independent monitoring is to be conducted by an independent social agency to
chasing-up investigation on the implementation of land acquisition, resettlement and
rehabilitation and evaluate the whole process from an impartial, comprehensive and
long-term point of view so as to secure the benefit of the displaced population. The
general task of extemal independent monitoring is to provide all sorts of information
and foresight, based on chasing-up investigation and data collection, to the project
resettlement office and the project administration institution in order that any problems
concerning population displacement and resettlement can be solved promptly. Two
reports on external monitoring will be submitted annually in the first two years; and
beginning from the third year, one report annually.
8.2 Internal Monitoring
The internal monitoring on this project is conducted by the Land Acquisition and
Housing Demolition Sections of Zhuzhou Engineering Headquarters and Wuhan
Engineering Headquarters.
The following are the steps of the procedure for internal monitoring:
(1) The Land Acquisition and Housing Demolition Offices design and establish
the information flow patterns and data bank systems;
(2) The Land Acquisition and Housing Demolition Offices store up investigation
data and the socioeconomic data of the affected area;
(3) During the project implementation, the Acquisition and Demolition Offices
copy down the relevant background information of individuals, households
and units from the city, county and township according to the prescribed
patterns;
(4) The Acquisition and Demolition Offices make periodic sampling on
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townships and villages to check the copied data and progress.
Internal monitoring has its focus on:
(1) the progress of land acquisition;
(2) the progress of housing demolition;
(3) the progress of enterprises relocation;
(4) the measures conceming housing reconstruction;
(5) the resettlement measures for surplus labourers;
(6) the forms of mass participation;
(7) the disbursement of compensation fees;
(8) the choice and training of staff members for resettlement institutions
8.3 External Monitoring
The Research Institute of Foreign Capital Utilization of SWJU has been invited to
undertake the external independent monitoring of this project. Southwest Jiaotong
University, one of the key universities in China, enjoys a high reputation both at home
and abroad. Its Research Institute of Foreign Capital Utilization, a professional
research institute at the study of the resettlement of displaced population, has a staff
consisting of specialists and technical personnel in sociology, anthropology, managerial
science, economics, evaluation technology, information processing, system analysis, etc.
The institute has rich experience in monitoring population displacement and
resettlement and that under the Work Bank loaned projects. Listed in the following is
only part of the work it has done under either the Bank loaned projects or non-Bank
loaned projects:
(1) The monitoring and evaluation of the resettlement of displaced population in the 6t
World Bank financed Chinese railway projects;
(2) The monitoring and evaluation of the resettlement of displaced population in the
World Bank Financed Yunnan environmental protection projects;
(3) directing the drawing up of RAP for the World Bank financed Sichuan electricity
power transmission project;110
(4) The making of the aid plan for the later stage of resettlement implementation for
Sichuan Tongjiezi Power Station.
The extemal monitoring of this project has the following four stages as its procedure:
(1) the preparatory stage, to decide on the target persons and scope of investigation and
draw up the outline and forms for the investigation;
(2) The investigation stage, to investigate on the target persons at all levels and gather
information and material;
(3) The information feedback stage, to feed the information collected in the
investigation back to the construction headquarters and the MOR and consult with
them to have the problems found out in the investigation resolved;
(4) the report drawing-up stage, to draw evaluation conclusions and work out M&E
reports, based on the sorting out and diagnosis of the collected data and material.
These are the norms for external independent M&E to go by:
(1) Operation Guide 4.30 of the World Bank's Operation Directive concerning
involuntary resettlement;
(2) Relevant polices and legal corrosions regarding acquisition and resettlement of
both the state and localities;
(3)the action plan of acquisition and resettlement for this project.
(4) The security of a better or at least the maintenance of the former income and living
standards for the displaced population.
The investigation methods of the external M&E of this project involve sample
investigation, typical case investigation, focus investigation, group interviews,
interviews with important persons in the know, close-up interviews, observing and
learning, looking up literature documents, information checking in data bank, etc.
Extemal M&E has its main interest in the consequences of resettlement, the economic
income and the living standards of the displaced population. The following are the
main aspects for the external M&E of this project:
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(1) analysis of the impacts resulting from the land acquisition and housing demolition;
(2) appraisal of the compensation standards;
(3) supervision over the allocation and utilization of compensation fees, including
collective land compensation;
(4) monitoring on the housing resettlement of the displaced population;
(5) monitoring on the production;
(6) monitoring on enterprises relocation;
(7) monitoring on the living standards of the displaced population;
(8) monitoring on the community rehabilitation;
(9) monitoring on the grievance appealing of the displaced population;
(10) monitoring on the operational efficiency of the resettlement network.
8.4 Report Submission
Monitoring reports for this project fall into reports of the implementation progress of
resettlement (intemal monitoring reports) and external monitoring reports on
resettlement
The implementation progress reports are written and submitted by Zhuzhou Engineering
Headquarters and Wuhan Engineering Headquarters while the extemal monitoring
reports are written by the Research Institute of Foreign Capital Utilization of SWJU.
An implementation progress report will have to be written and submitted once every
half a year and an external monitoring report, once a year (or twice a year in the busiest
period of land acquisition).
The external monitoring reports, according to the procedure, will by submitted by the
Research Institute of Foreign Capital Utilization of SWJU to the Land Acquisition
Section of Foreign Capital Utilization Office of the MOR who will forward them to the
World Bank.
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9 The List of Right
Items Population Policies Standardsaffected affected
Collective- 1. villages l. given land compensation fee, 1. 150000 yuan per muowned land and groups resettlement subsidy and young crop in Guangzhou;(Guangdong 2. contractors compensation; 2. 33000 yuan per muProvince) of the land 2. land compensation fee to be used by in Huadu and
the village collective 'to develop Shaoguan;collective economy; 3. 20000 yuan per mu
3. resettlement subsidy to be used to in Yingde andresettle the labourers caused by land Qingyu;acquisition; 4. 15000 yuan per mu
4. the affected persons to get e full in the rural areasyoung crop compensation fee for the along the line;actual loss of the year; 5. young crops to be
5. the compensation rate being 10 to fully compensated80 times of the average annual output according to thevalue actual loss of the
year
Collective- l.villages and l.given land compensation fee, 1. 40000 yuan per muowned land groups resetflement subsidy and young crop in Changsha;(Hunan 2.contractors compensation; 2. 35000 yuan per muProvince) of the land 2.1and compensation fee to be used by in Hengyang and
the village collective to develop Zhuzhou;collective economy; 3. 30000 yuan per mu3.resettlement subsidy to be used to in Yueyang andresettle the labourers caused by land Chenzhou;acquisition; 4. 15000 yuan per mu4.the affected persons to get the full in the rural areasyoung crop compensation fee for the along the line;actual loss of the year; 5. young crops to be5.the compensation rate being 12 to 30 fully compensatedtimes of the average annual output value according to the
actual loss of the
Collective- L.villages and L.given land compensation fee, 1. 40000 yuan per muowned land groups resettlement subsidy and young crop in Wuhan;(Hubei 2.contractors compensation; 2. 15000 yuan per muProvince) ofthe land 2.1and compensation fee to be used by in Xianning;
the village collective to develop 3. 15000 yuan per mu
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collective economy; in Puqi;3.resettlement subsidy to be used to 4. young crops to be
resettle the labourers caused by land fuilly compensated
acquisition; according to the
4.the affected persons to get the full actual loss of the
young crop compensation fee for the year
actual loss of the year;
5.the compensation rate being 12 to 30
times of the average annual output value
Above- The owners 1. the above-ground attachment of the 1. ordinary trees: 35-60
ground acquired land to be appropriately yuan PCs;
attachment compensated according to the 2. fruit trees: 15--1500
relevant policies of he local yuan PCs;
government and the current market 3. water well: 300-500
price; yuan PCs;
2. no compensation to be paid for the 4. tombs: 250--1000
hastily set up attachment after the yuan PCs;
beginning of consultation; 5. fence wall: 25-80
3. the compensation for above-ground yuan/m3;attachment to be directly disbursed to 6. cement sunny ground:
:__________ ____________ the affected persons 25--80 yuan/m3Private- The owner Altemative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brick
owned and the user 1. The housing ground site is assigned structured: 500-
housing being the within the village scope. After the 1200 yuan/m3;
(rural areas) same one affected person gets his 2. brick-wood
compensation at the reconstruction structured: 250-800price, he shall build his new housing yuan/m3
all by himself. 3. simple-structured:
2. The housing compensation can be 100-250 yuan/m3;
calculated at the reconstruction price 4. removal fee: 350-
and be realized in the form of cash. 460 yuan per lorryThe affected person shall look for shift;
new housing all by himself. 5. transitional fee: 3-
3. If the affected person has actually no 4.5 yuan/month/m3
housing ground site, the government
shall find location in urban area to
build commodity housing.
4. The affected person gets removal
subsidy fee and transitional subsidyfee.
Private- The owner Alternative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brick
owned and the user 1. The project owner or the local structured: 500- 1200
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housing being the government provides the yuanlm3;
(urban areas) same one resettlement housing of similar 2. brick-woodvalue, same size, with similar structured: 250-800
conditions in the nearest possible yuanlm3;
location. 3. simple-structured:
2. The housing compensation can be 100-250 yuanlm3;calculated at the reconstruction 4. removal fee: 350--460
price and be realized in the form of yuan per lorry shift;cash. The affected person shall look 5. transitional fee: 3-4.5for new housing all by himself. yuan/month/m3
3. The affected person can be resettled
with commodity housing, with theexcess housing area to be paid for
by the affected person himself.4. Transitional fee can be disbursed
according to the actual transitional
time.5. The affected gets removal fee.
Persons The owner l. The resettlement housing shall be 1. concrete-brickdwelling in determined according to household structured: 700
publicly- types. yuan/m3;owned 2. The owner shall possess the 2. brick-woodhousing ownership of the equal area free of structured: 400
charge and pay for the excess area of yuan/m3;
the resettlement housing. 3. simple-structured: 1503. If the resettlement housing is smaller yuan/m3;
in size tan the original one, the 4. removal fee: 350--460shortage shall be compensated at the yuan per lorry shift;reconstruction price. 5. transitional fee: 4.5
yuan/month/m3
The user 1. The user shall possess the right tolive in the housing free of charge.
2. If the resettlement housing is
privately owned commodity one, the
excess area shall be paid for by theuser.
3. The affected can get removal fee.
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Enterprises The owner Altemative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brick
outside the and the staff I. The demolisher reconstructs the structured: 500--1200
railway members housing on the same size and with the yuan/m3;
sector samne accessory structures at the 2. brick-woodreconstruction price. structured: 250--800
2. The compensation fee can be yuanlm3;
calculated at the reconstruction price 3. simple-structured:and be realized in cash, and the 100-250 yuanlm3;
enterprise shall therefore manage the 4. compensation for the
reconstruction all by its self. cessation of
3. Any cessation of production and production or work:
work resulting from removal is 400-1000 yuan/per
compensated by the demolisher by capita/month;
the month. 5. removal fee: 350-460
4. The affected can get removal fee and yuan/per lorry shift;
transitional fee. 6. transitional fee: 3-45
5. Try to prevent the market yuan/month/m3environment of the enterprise from
negative impact as much as possible.
Enterprises The owner Altemative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brick
within the and the staff 1. The demolisher reconstructs the structured: 700
railway members housing on the same size and with the yuan/m3;
sector same accessory structures at the 2. brick-wood
reconstruction price. structured: 400
2. The compensation fee can be yuan/m3;
calculated at the reconstruction price 3. simple-structured: 150
and be realized in cash, and the yuan/m3;enterprise shall therefore manage the 4. compensation for the
reconstruction all by its self. cessation of
3. Any cessation of production and production or work:
work resulting from removal shall be 600 yuan/per
compensated by the demolisher by capita/month;
the month. 5. removal fee: 350-460
4. The affected can get removal fee and yuan/per lorry shift;
transitional fee. 6.transitional fee: 4.5
5. Try to prevent the market yuan/month/m3
environment of the enterprise from
negative impact as much as possible.
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Shops The owner Altemative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brick
outside the and the staff 1. The local government provides from structured: 500--1200railway members the nearest place 2 or 3 business yuan/m3;
sector locations with similar conditions for 2. brick-woodthe affected to choose. structured: 250-800
2. Calculate the compensation at the yuan/m3;reconstruction price and the shop 3. simple-structured:owner looks for business quarters 100--250 yuan/m3;
himself 4. compensation for the3. Any cessation of production and cessation of
work resulting from removal shall production or work:
be compensated by the demolisher by 400-1 000 yuan/perthe month. capitalmonth;
4. The affected can get removal fee and 5. removal fee: 350-460
transitional fee. yuan/per lorry shift;
5. Try to prevent the market 6. transitional fee; 3-4.5environment of the enterprise from yuan/month/m3negative impact as much as possible.
Shops within The owner Alternative resettlement methods: 1. concrete-brickthe railway and the staff 1. The project owner provides business structured: 700
sector members housing of similar value, same size yuan/m3;and with similar conditions. 2. brick-wood
2. Calculate the compensation at the structured: 400reconstruction price and the shop yuan/m.3;
owner looks for business quarters 3. simple-structured: 150himself. yuan/m3;
3. Any cessation of production and 4. compensation for the
work resulting from removal shall cessation of
be compensated by the demolisher by production or work:
the month. 600 yuan/per
4. The affected can get removal fee and capitalmonth,
transitional fee. 5. removal fee: 350-460
5. Try to prevent the market yuan/per lorry shift;
enviromnent of the enterprise from 6.transitional fee: 4.5
negative impact as much as possible. yuan/monti/m3
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Mllegal The owner Resettlement methods:
structure 1. It enjoys the same rights as other
(outside the demolished housing, namely, the
railway compensation standard.
sector) 2. The local government provides the
owner with rent housing, so that he is
able to rent housing with his
compensation fee.
3. The specially poor households can
have resettlement housing at the
lowest standard free of charge.
4. The owner can get transitional fee
and removal fee.
Illegal The owner Resettlement methods:
structure I. It enjoys the same rights as other
(within the demolished housing, namely, the
railway compensation standard.
sector) 2. The project owner shall buy
commodity housing for the owner in
urban distict, with the excess area to
be paid for by the owner.
3. The speciaUy poor households can
have resettlement housing at the
lowest standard free of charge.
4. The owner can get transitional fee
and removal fee.
Infra- The owner Reconruction See Chapter 4 for detail