China - Third Xinjiang Highway Project : resettlement action plan (Vol. 1 of 2) : Resettlement action plan

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Scope for Reducing Project Land Requisition and House Dismantled .........................4 1.5.2. Reducing Project Construction Impacts to the Local ....................................................6 1.6. Project Schedule ..............................................................7 1.7. Preparation for Resettlerment and M&E Works .............................................................. 7 1.7.1. Impact inventory Survey ..............................................................7 1.7.2. Social - economic Survey ..............................................................8 1.7.3. Resettlement Action P'lan ( RAP ) ..............................................................9 1.8. Policy Basis and Objective of This Report ..............................................................9 2. Natural, Social and Economic Conditions in Project Influenced Area ................ ................... 11 2.1. Natural Situation ..............................................................11 2.2. Social and Economic Situations ............................................................. 12 2.3. Basic production and living conditions of households affected by land acquisition ............................................................. 19 3. Impact .............................................................. 24 3.1. Determination of Project Impact Scope ................................ ............................. 24 3.1.1. Land Requisition for Permanent structures ............................................................. 24 3.1.2. Temporary Land Using for Construction ............................................................. 24 3.2. Project Impact Survey ............................................................. 24 3.3. Affected Inventory ............................................................. 26 3.3.1. Permanent Land Requisition ............................................................. 26 3.3.2. Temporary Land Using for Construction ............................................................. 28 3.3.3. Project Affected Persons (PAPs) ............................................................. 28 3.3.4. Houses and Auxiliaries Demolished ............................................................. 32  3.3.5. Self-employment Business ................................................................ 33 3.3.6. Scatter Trees and Tombs ................................................................ 33 3.3.7. Special Facilities ................................................................ 34 3.3.8. Vulnerable People Affected ................................................................ 34 3.3.9. Production and Living Infrastructures Affected .......................................................... 35 3.4. Analysis on Project Impact ................................................................ 36 4. Policy Frameworks for Resettlement ................................................................ 38 4.1. Policy Basis ................................................................ 38 4.2. Relative Laws and Regulations ................................................................ 39 4.2.1. The relative specifications of "Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China" .............................................................. 39 4.2.2. The relative rules of "Temporary Bylaw of Farmland Possession Tax of the People's Republic of China" ............................................................... 47 4.2.3. Relative rules of Implementation Method of Land Management of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region .............................................................. 48 4.2.4. Relevant specifications in Document [Xinjijiafang (2001) 500] issued by Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region Development and Planning Committee and Financial Office .. 51 4.2.5. Relevant Specifications to Operational Manual-0D4.30 ............................................ 51 5. Resettlement and Recovery Program ................................................................ 56 5.1. Target and Task ................................................................. 56 5.1.1. Reference Year for Plan ................................................................ 56 5.1.2. Target ................................................................ 56 5.1.3. Tasks ................................................................ 56 5.2. Principle and Policy for Resettlement ................................................................ 56 5.2.1. Policy for Resettlement ................................................................. 56 5.2.2. Resettlement principle ................................................................. 57 5.3. Overall Scheme of Resettlement ................................................................. 57 5.4. Analysis for Environmental Capacity ................................................................. 58 5.4.1. Natural condition and land resource ................................................................. 58 5.4.2. Resettlement Characteristic and Relations between Population and Land ................. 59 5.4.3. Infrastructure condition for production and living ...................................................... 60 5.4.4. Economic development and potential in project influence area .................................. 60 5.5. Resettlement plan ................................................................. 61  5.5.1. Recovery plan for production and living .......................................... 61 5.5.2. Budget estimate for IProduction rehabilitation .......................................... 71 5.5.3. Infrastructure plan in the resettlement area: .......................................... 74 5.5.4. Social and service facilities in resettlemnent spot: .......................................... 74 5.5.5. Community managernent and house construction: .......................................... 74 5.5.6. Implementation and organization management: .......................................... 75 5.6. Rebuilding program of production and living facilities .......................................... 75 5.7. Relocation plan for special facilities .......................................... 76 6. Compensation Estimate .......................................... 77 6.1. Basis for Estimate .......................................... 77 6.2. Compensation principles .......................................... 78 6.3. Compensate Standard and Compensation Cost .......................................... 78 6.3.1. Rural Resettlement Compensation Cost .......................................... 78 6.3.2. Temporary land occupation compensation .......................................... 86 6.3.3. Reconstruction compensation for special items .......................................... 87 6.3.4. Other cost .......................................... 87 6.3.5. Contingency .......................................... 88 6.3.6. Loan interest during construction period .......................................... 88 6.3.7. Relative tax .......................................... 88 6.4. Total budget of compensation .......................................... 89 7. Implementation plan .......................................... 97 7.1. Implementation Procedures .......................................... 97 7.2. Schedule .......................................... 98 7.3. Financial Allocation Plan .......................................... 100 7.3.1. Allocation Principle .......................................... 100 7.3.2. Departments responsible for resettlement finances .......................................... 101 7.3.3. Funds Flowing Proceclures .......................................... 101 8. Institutional Organization .......................................... 103 8. 1. Establishing of Organizations .......................................... 103 8.1. 1. Organizations ..........................................1 103 8.1.2. Components and Resp-onsibilities of Organization .......................................... 103 8.1.3. Staffing .......................................... 105  8.1.4. The organization chart ..................................................... 105 8.2. Working Relation between Organizations .................................................... 105 8.3. Measures for Enhancing Capacity of Organization .................................................... 106 9. Public Participation and Appeal ..................................................... 107 9.1. Public Participation ..................................................... 107 9.1.1. Public Participation in Preparatory Stage of Project ................................................. 107 9.1.2. Public participation in preparing RAP ....................... .............................. 107 9.1.3. Participation during implementation of RAP .................................................... 110 9.2. Responding to Grievance and Appeal ...............11..................................... I 10. Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................... 113 10.1. Intemal Monitoring .................................................... 113 10.1.1. Target and Tasks .................................................... 113 10.1.2. Institution and Staff .................................................... 113 10.1.3. Monitoring Contents .................................................... 113 10.1.4. Monitoring Procedures .................................................... 114 10.2. External Independent M&E .................................................... 114 10.2.1. Target and Tasks .................................................... 114 10.2.2. Institution and Staff ..................................................... 114 10.2.3. Main Indicators to be Monitored and Evaluated ..................................................... 115 10.2.4. Monitoring and Evaluation Measures ....................... .............................. 116 10.2.5. Working Processes ..................................................... 117 11. Reporting ..................................................... 118 11.1. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Report ..................... ................................ 118 11.2. Resettlement Progress Report ..................................................... 118 11.3. Resettlement Independent Momitoring and Evaluation Report .................................... 119 12. Entitlement matrix ..................................................... 120 Attachment: .................................................... 127 Attachment 1: List of affected villages and Town(ship)s Attachment 2: Staff of Resettlement Survey Group Attachment 3: Articles on Resettlement Organization of Relevant County Attachment 4: Resume of sociology expert and Outline and working schedule for extemal monitoring  Attachment 5: Abstract of vis,iting record Attachment 6: Highway Line Location Attachment 7: Distribution of affected aqueduct Attachmnent 8: Distribution of Passage in affected area   Resettlement Action Plan ofXinjiang Highwiay Project-III Objectives of the RAP anti the Definition of Resettlement Terminology This Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is prepared according to the Laws and Regulations of PRC, and local area as well as the Guidelines of the World Bank (Operational Directive for Involuntary Resettlement OD 4.30). The purpose of this document is to set out an Action plan for the Resettlement and Rehabilitation of the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) to ensure that they will benefit from the projzct and their standards of living will improve or at least be restored after the project impact. Acquisition of land and other assets for the project will adversely affect the livelihood of persons who live, work or earn their living on the land that will be acquired for the project. PAPs are defined as those persons whose income or livelihoods will be adversely affected by land acquisition for the project. ]'APs include the following categories: (1) persons who have a title, right, interest, in structures (houses, enterprises, shelters, or public buildings), land (including residential, agricultural, and grazing land) or any other asset acquired or possessed, in full or in part, permanently or temporarily; (2) persons who use the structures, land or assets described above; or persons whose business, occupation, work, place of residence or habitat adversely affected;or (3) persons whose standard of living is adversely affected as a consequence of land acquisition. A definition of PAPs is given below: Definition of the PAPs: "Affected Persons" means persons who on account of the execution of the project had or ,ould have their: a) standard of living adversely affected; b) right, title or interest in amy house, land (including premises, agricultural and grazing land) or any other fixed or movable asset acquired or possessed, temporarily or permanently; or c) business, occupation, work or place of residence or habitat adversely affected, and "affected Person" means individually all those who qualify as "Affected persons." PAPs may be individuals or legal persons such as a company, a public institution. Definition of PAPs is not limited to their legal registration or permission to live or conduct business in the affected location, or their title to property. Thus it includes: a) all those affected by the project regardless of their legal rights or absence thereof to the assets being taken; and b) persons without residential permit to live in a certain area. Therefore all such persons who are affected will need to considered and recorded as PAPs, regardless of their legal coinection to assets land or location. 1  Resettlement Action Plan of Xinjiang Highway Project-IIl If there are more than one person, family or household using or holding a title to the same land or property that is acquired, they will be compensated and rehabilitated according to the loss they suffer, their rights, and the impact on their living standards. The definition of PAPs is linked directly to the adverse effect of the project, regardless of legal rights title or interest. All PAPs are entitled to the improvement or at least restoration of their standards of living, and compensation for the material losses they suffer. Compensation for assets will cover replacement cost. No deductions or discounts will be applied to the compensation amount for depreciation or other reasons. All PAPs deriving an economic benefit from the affected land and property are entitled to receive rehabilitation benefits in addition to the compensation for their assets lost. Those PAPs without title, authorization or legal permission to reside, conduct business, cultivate land or construct structures are eligible for rehabilitation of their livelihoods and compensation for their assets on an equal footing with those with formal legal title, authorization or permissions to the assets. The term RESETTLEMENT includes: (1) the relocation of living quarters; (2) finding acceptable new employment for those whose jobs are affected; (3) restoration (or compensation) of affected productive resources such as land, workplaces, trees and infrastructure; (4) restoration of other adverse effect on PAPs' living standards (quality of life) through land acquisition (such as the adverse effects of pollution); (5) restoration of or compensation for affected private and public enterprises; (6) restoration of adversely affected on cultural or common property. Rehabilitation means: the restoration of the PAPs' resource capacity to continue with productive activities or lifestyles at a level higher or at least equal to that before the project. The objective of this RAP is to provide a plan for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the PAPs so that their losses will be compensated and their standards of living will be improved or at least restored to the pre-project levels. To achieve these objectives the plan provides for rehabilitation measures so that the income earning potential of individuals are restored to sustain their livelihoods. Affected productive resources of businesses (enterprises including shops) and public property. Infrastructure and cultural property will also be improved or at least restored to their pre-project levels. 2  Resettlement Action Plan ofVin/iang Highway: Project-Il! 1. General 1.1. Project Background Xinjiang is located in the mid of Eurasia and the northwest of China, it was called ';Xiyu"in ancient times. It is an integral part of our great country from ancient times. The east and the south of it border on Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet. From northeast to southwest, it borders on eight countries with 5400km boundary line, i.e. Mongolia, Russian, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, which occupied 1/4 boundary line of the land of whole country. The border line of Xinjiang is the longest of our country, and its- neighboring country is the mosir provinces, it is also an important passageway of "The Silk Road " in ancient times and a shortcut for going to Mid-Asia, West-Asia, South-Asia and Europe, and a concentrated place of the east culture connecting with Islam culture and the west culture. The geographical position of Xinjiang has unfavorable factors of long transportation distance far from the eastern coastland and economic development zone, but also has favorable factors for developing to the western and expanding the foreign exchange. "The Silk Road" has been divided into three roads of the north, the mid and the south after entering to Xinjiang, in which the project area passed through Kuisai is called "Beidao" from Hami to Mid-Asia countries, which passed through Mulei, Qitai, Urumqi, Kuitun, Wusu, Jinghe, Yining and Arlamutu. Since ancient times, the route of Urumqi from Kuitun to Huoerguosi is the important passageway of economic and cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. The route from Lianyungang to Huoerguosi passed through Zhengzhou, Xian, Lanzhou and Urumqi includes "Two Longitudinal and Two Horizontal" state main route planned by the Ministry of Communication. This route is 143 1km length and the passageway of all-weather highway transportation linked up Xinjiang with developing areas of eastern coastland, it is also the only way towards the west passed to Mid-Asia, West-Asia and up to the East- Africa and Europe. The section from Kuitun to Sailimu Lake of Xinjiang on national main highway from Lianyungang to Huoerguosi highway is a part of national main highway from Lanyungang to Huoerguosi (hereafter referred to as "Kuisai Highway"), and an important part of planning Asia-Europe highway. It brings of benefits to exploit natural resources of Yili area, the circulation of materials of border port and economic development of Xinjiang. up to whole western area. The highway development project was located in the poverty area in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and the construction of the project will highly improve the condition of communication and area economy development, further enhancing the speed of anti-poverty. 1.2. Project Design and Approval The Project III designed by Xinjiang Highway Planning Investigation & Design Institute. The report of pre-feasibility study has been drew up in 1994, the report of feasibility study in Oct. 1998, in the meantime put forward other new scheme for building highway. In Sep.1998, China Consultative Company had review for it at the site. After Jun.1999, the design work had been done using old road scheme on the basis of the report for the old project, and "the Report of Feasibility Study of Project" had been finished in May 2000, and meanwhile passed examination. The scheme used old road was decided as recommended scheme. The report of preliminary design had been workced out in Sep.2000. 3  Resettlement Action Plan ofXinjiang Highway Project-HI 1.3. Project Description Xinjiang Highway Project III is composed of two parts: Kuisai Highway Project and Country Road Alteration Project. Kuisai Highway Project is composed of three parts, i.e. the expressway from Kuitun to Wusu, class I highway from Wusu to Bole fork and class II highway from Bole fork to Sailimu lake, the total length of whole route is 311.5km. In order to reduce land requisition and the number of house dismantled, the project design will adopt the scheme along the old road (312 national road). The project has I management department and 2 service areas, and the route of project will pass through the north of Xinjiang's 4 towns and cities, i.e. Kuitun, Wusu, Jinghe and Bole. The highway development project was located in the poverty area of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and will revolve 12 provincial highway or county-town road. If sub-project of rural road rebuilding involves land requisition and housing relocation, the PRO will compile RAP according to the requirements and procedures of the World Bank so as to guide the implementation of land requisition and housing relocation of the sub-projects. The RAP was compile mainly for the Kuisai Highway, but the main policy structure will be the same with the land requisition and house relocation of rural highway development sub-project. 1.4. Project Impact and Service Scope Kuisai Highway Project is situated in the northwest of Xinjiang, connected to Wukui expressway on the east, Sailimu Lake links to built road on the west. The project route will pass Kuitun city, 84 Households township of Wusu city, Xidagou town, Ganhezi town, Baiquan town, Hatubuhu town, Sikeshu town, Hongqi town, Guertu town of Wusu city, 124 farm, Mangding township, Bajiahu farm, Tuoli township of Jinghe county, 83 farm, 91 farm and Sitai of Bole city. Project impact 4 counties and cities, 3 state farms, 11 towns(townships) and farms, 21 villages. Land requisitioned for project impact will deals with various national land or national grassland and a part of collective land and house dismantled partly.1953.7mu land requisitioned had been used for this project (in which collective reserve land and national land is 1108.4mu) and 33987.58 m2 house dismantled. There are 1486 resettlers in 341 households for land requisitioned and the actual resettlers of house dismantled is 579 persons in 145 households, 36 persons in 10 households were affected by both land requisitioned and house dismantled. it also influences a part of special facilities including transmission and substation line 21.26 pole km, and telecommunication line 64.695 pole krn. The construction of Xinjiang Kuisai Highway not only improve local traffic conditions, make convenient for the circulation of commodities on the north of Xinjiang, but also create favorable conditions for exchange and cooperation between Xinjiang and inland, the southeast coastland and boundary countries, and lay a foundation for forming Asia-Europe intercontinental expressway. 1.5. Measures for Reducing Project Impact 1.5.1. Scope for Reducing Project Land Requisition and House Dismantled Construction of the project will unavoidably cause land requisition, housing relocation and inhabitants resettlement, thus affecting the original production and living condition of the local people. In the project planning stage, they take project impact on the local social economy into consideration and regard it as the key factor in choosing the scheme. During the project planning and design stages, the Design Unit and the Project Owner have adopted some 4  Resettlement Action Plan ofXinjiang Highwaj, Project-lII effective measures to reduce p)roject impact on production and living conditions of local residents. A. By adopting B scherne of old route to fully utilize unused land inside present passageway area and land-used for present road as compared with A scheme of new developing rout, it will reduce 3442mu desolate and boundless grasslands and 2605mu plough, and decrease the unfavorable production and living standards for resettles caused by cutting plough and irrigation and drainage facilities for agricultural land. B. In order to reduce plough occupied, the overpass and other service facilities occupied a lot of land will be built on thle land waste and the Gobi Desert for avoiding plough and residential area as far as possible. C. According to the relateid requirements of reducing project impact from Operational Manual-OD4.30, the design for ihe highway section where the amount of land requisition and house relocation were reasonable high, such as Bajiafu Farm, Tuoli Street Area, Shashanzhi and Wutai area was re-adjusted. In order to decrease the amount of land to be requisitioned, the altitude of highway surface was reduced and line direction was adjusted. For example: In Wutai section, the highway will pass through the south side and make a detour on Wutai street district so as to decrease removal of 5320.40 m2, the Gaoquan section in 124 Farm has been south moved 5 meters to guarantee all the residents located north by the highway have enough space before their doors to engage in various economic activities, and 2m wide facility zone at side of original auxiliary line along highway is cancelled so as to reduce the highway section. At the same time, it is to plan the original street, increase the necessary service facility, take this area as service region and retain its original function. As a result, the amount of houses to be demolished, and resettlers and households to be removed was reduced 36075.53m', 635 and 145, respectively. Project Impact Objective Indexes was changed after design re-adjusted, See the table below for details. List of Projiect Impact Objective Indexes Variety Amoumt U Item Unit 0 Before adjusted After adjusted reducing 1. Household & Population Household 621/2664 476/2029 145/635 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ /Person 1.1. Affected only by house Household 280/1178 135/543 145/635 demolishing /Per son 1.2. Affected only by land Household 331/1450 331/1450 0/0 requisition /Person 1.3. Affected by both Household 10/36 10/36 0/0 /Person __ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.House fri2 70063.11 33987.58 36075.53 2.1. Brick-concrete =X2 14333.26 3480.21 10853.05 2.2. Brick-wood m 2 26548.17 17417.04 9131.13 2.3. Earth-wood m 2 28423.44 12332.09 16091.35 2.4. Simple house m 2 758.24 758.24 0 3. Cultivated land Mu 1953.74 1953.74 0 4. Grassland Mu 13904.80 13904.80 0 5. Scatter Trees Trunk 172406 173029 -623 6. Self-employment Business Household 164 95 69 5  Resettlement Action Plan of Xinjiang Highway Project-III 1.5.2. Reducing Project Construction Impacts to the Local In order to reduce the project construction impacts to the local, the main measures adopted is shown as below: A. Considering fully unfavorable production and living of local resident brought by project construction, such as: the elevated pedestrian or underground passageway and obvious traffic signs will be set up on the plot that is residents concentrated relatively and primary school and middle school nearby and the crossing; accessory passageway has been placed on two sides of highway, a sufficient passageway used for passing of farm-use vehicles and transporting animals. In order to ensure the basic facility's integrity, such as: canal system etc. the damages appeared in the construction can be repaired. B. The crossroad is designed at Class-I highway section from Wusu to Bole fork, where has concentrated population. Then vehicles can go into auxiliary line from the crossroad, run on auxiliary line and stop for packing at suitable place for taking meal. The route for parking at street district is shown in Fig. 1-1. In order to reduce the affection to the commercial actives of the residents along side the highway, no closed-protection fence will be constructed at the forks of Bole to Sailimu lake. The traffic sign is designed in order to reduce traffic accident. I 9 | = I = = I | = M en icb CD-2 I II 0 I C4 I C.~~~~~~~~~~ In ore to reduc th matt h eiet o-elctdDatftehgwyln CD Z 0t CD C.er Ine o h origina toe a result, thallctt the residents n-rlocated, parts of the highway ln have a space more than 6 meters, which can be used as the parking area for convenience of vehicle parking. The highway will make a detour on Wutai street district at Wutai section and 6  Resettlement Action Plan of Xinjiang Highway Project-III pass through the south side. The original old way will be served as street road in service district and crossroad is reservecl at the new highway to connect the road in district. D. Doing best of collecting work of basic information, analyzing and researching local socio-economic conditions, combining local actual condition to draw up a feasible RAP plan. for decreasing impacts brought by project construction to ensure the standards of resettles living. E. Strengthening internal rnonitoring and exterior monitoring separately works, setting up feedback passage efficiently and smoothly, as possible as to short information treatment period in order to solve timely the problems appeared in the construction. F. Enhancing Public Parlicipating: Before project construction, starting time and construction schedule should be posted as the form of notice in project impact areas and resettlement areas. Meanwhile, the compensation policies of land requisition, house removal and resettles relocation will be published, which are monitored by resettlers and original inhabitants; During construction, use of local materials will be given priority as well as local transportation means and labor forces, thus affected people can obtain benefits from the project. G. Optimize construction design, reduce construction period, arrange housing removal and construction in reasonable period such as during farm slack season, so as to decrease the project impact on local production. H. Measures to Reduce the Dust and Treatment of Waste Materials Construction units should replan the way of soil and stone transportation in time and in the loading and carrying process, adopt measure try to prevent the falling of soil on the roads. There are many living waste materials and rejectamentas in construction sites dairly because of the long project construction period and large employees. Project developers and construction units should adopt to the request of local environmental and hygienic departments to clean the domest:ic waste materials in the site of construction promptly , to keep it clean and to prevent propagate of epidemics. 1.6. Project Schedule Project will be started in 2002, the whole construction will be finished in 2005 and the construction period is 4 years. The construction of highway section, which has a large quantity of removal, is planned to start after Oct. 2002 so as to guarantee the resettled households having enough time to make preparation and build their houses. The work of resettlement and rehabilitation will be started in 2002 and finished Before Nov. 2002. 1.7. Preparation for Resettlemeint and M&E Works 1.7.1. Impact inventory Survey According to the scope of land requisition decided on staking-out by Xinjiang Highway Planning & Prospecting Design Institute, in Oct. to Nov. 2000, overall works for M & E had been done by investigated group organized by project implementation office of Xinjiang High-type Highway Construction Command Post, the Land Requisition Office of Autonomous Region Territory Resources Department and related department of local government. the works include person, house, land and special facilities etc. 7  Resettlement Action Plan ofXinjiang Highwav Project-I/I Impact inventory survey can be divided into: land requisition survey, the land requisition and house dismantled affected persons survey, house dismantled and their accessory facilities survey, odd pieces of tree survey, rural production and living facilities survey and special facilities survey etc. The concrete survey methods are as follows: Land requisition survey: It must be according to the present conditions of land used, the plough, vegetable garden, garden plot. forest land, the site of a house and grassland will be registered separately. Various lands survey will be done by Design Unit adopted GPS positioning system of whole world, the results will be registered and counted up as every village and every piece of land, by 1: 2000 actual survey topographic map. Affected population survey: It should be registered and courted up as numbers of actual project affected persons, affected persons of land requisition will be registered and counted up as real number of land requisition households. The design items includes sex. age, nation. occupation, level of education and technical level dealing with head of household. Demolished house and auxiliary survey: It adopts to check house property certificate, land-use certificate and combined with site actual condition survey. All accessory facilities belongs to resettles must be registered and counted up one by one. Affected self-employment business survey: surveyed and registered household by household, main item including number of employee, turnover and profit, etc. Scattered tree survey: It will be registered and counted up as kinds of trees and their big or small according to actual number. Rural living and production facilities survey: All of the living or production facilities affected by the project have been surveyed and registered by species. Special infrastructures survey: Surveying and counting up items including water conservancy, power facilities and communication apparatus dealing with the project impact. 1.7.2. Social - economic Survey In order to analyze the project impact and draw up feasible RAP, the relevant departments organized by the Project Construction Unit surveyed socio-economic conditions of country and city, township (town, farm), village and resettles in project impact areas and resettlement areas,. The survey adopted the methods of collecting present statistic datum and surveying samples on field sites. According to the survey results, local socio-economic and inhabitants' actual production and living conditions were analyzed carefully. A. Basic conditions of area affected by project, social-economic present situation and development plan: Collecting related documents and statistical datum from the departments of plan, statistic and price of local government including total output value, national income, gross output value of industry and agriculture, revenue, income level of people's living, agriculture product and by-product and kinds of price information needed, planting structure of agriculture, seeded area, per mu yield and having conditions of plough. The information can be macro-reacted local social - economic basic conditions. 8  Resettlement Action Plan of Xinjiang Highway Project-LI! B. The present condition of production and living for local residents in the area of land requisition and house dismantled: Determined various indexes to judge production and living for local residents in the projeci impact area, and surveying samples of effected objective due to land requisition and house dismantled. 1.7.3. Resettlement Action Plan ( RAP) RAP works for the project III were organized and guided by local government of the country. On the basis of scope of the project impact and objective indexes and fully consult the opinions from villagers and combined with actual conditions of every town, country and farm to draw up a feasible Rt,P plan. Opening up wasteland and making them for land requisition households. Carrying out "Developing RAP" so as to ensure resettles having basic living conditions. 1.8. Policy Basis and Objectivic of This Report Policy Basis: (1) ((Land Administration Law of the PRC)) ( Jan. 1,1999 implementation); (2) Methods for the Implementation of Land Administration Law of the PRC of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region; (3) Rules for the Implementation of the Grassland Law of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region; (4) Pertinent Regulations of Forest Land Administration of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region; (5) Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region People's Government Notice, Xinzheng Letters (1996) No.191 - (( Regulations Concerning Land Requisition & House Dismantled Compensation for Autonomous Region High-type Highway Construction)); (6) ((Methods for the Implementation of Farmland Occupation Tax)): (7) ((The Report of Preliminary Design for the Project Concerning Main Route of National Highway from Lianyungang to Huoerguosi, the Section of Kuitun to Sailimu Lake within Xinjiang )): (8) Operational Directives for "Involuntary Resettlement" -OD.4.30, World Bank; Policy Objectives: 1. Adopting engineering, technological, economical measures to avoid and reduce land requisition and house relocation; however, when land requisition and house relocation is unavoidable, effective measures should be adopted to reduce impacts on production activities and living conditions of local residents. 2. In the preparation stage of the project, social economic investigation should be conducted and relative resettlement plans should be compiled. 3. Resettlement plan shoulcl be based on the affectted property indexes and compensation 9  Resettlement Action Plan of Xinjiang Highwav Project-III standards to improve, and at least to restore the original living standard of resettlers. 4. Promoting developmental resettlement. Resettlement of rural part should be based on the land, and supported on advanced local second and third industries to seek more employment. 5. Encouraging resettlers and original residents in the resettlement area to take part in the resettlement plan. 6. Resettlement will be first settled in the original communities 7. Resettlement and original residents in the resettlement area will benefit for the project. 10  Resettlement Aclion Plan of Xinjiang Highway Project-I!! 2. Natural, Social and Eccnomic Conditions in Project Influenced Area 2.1. Natural Situation (1) General situation in Xirijiang Xinjiang is located at the northwest of China. at longitude 730 40 '-96