China - Shanxi Qingshui Coal Mine Methane Project

Page 1 PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: 34574 Project Name Shanxi Qingshui Coal Mine Methane Project Region EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC Sector Energy (100%) Project ID P095640 Borrower(s) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Implementing Agency Shanxi Energy Industries Group Ltd. Building 10, Guoshijiexiaoqu Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P. R. China Environment Category [] A [X ] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined) Safeguard Classification [ ] S 1 [ ] S 2 [ ] S 3 [ ] S F [ x] TBD (to be determined) Date PID Prepared June 20, 2005 Estimated Date of Appraisal February 16, 2006 Estimated Date of ERPA Signing May 26, 2006 1. Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement 1.1 Following two decades of high economic growth and rapidly rising energy consumption, China entered the 21rst century as the world