China - Inner Mongolia Transport (and Trade Facilitation) Project

Page 1 I NNER M ONGOLIA T RANSPORT AND T RADE F ACILITATION S ECTION A PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: AB1112 Project Name Inner Mongolia Transport (and Trade Facilitation) Region EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC Sector Roads and highways (90%); Sub-national government administration (10%) Project ID P068752 Borrower(s) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Implementing Agency Inner Mongolia Communications Department Environment Category [X] A [ ] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined) Safeguard Classification [ ] S 1 [X] S 2 [ ] S 3 [ ] S F [ ] TBD (to be determined) Date PID Prepared September 14, 2004 Date of Appraisal Authorization September 26, 2004 Date of Board Approval December 16, 2004 1. Country and Sector Background The strategic objectives for China according to the World Bank