China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project

Page 1 PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: AB2295 Project Name China-Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project Region EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC Sector General transportation sector (100%) Project ID P099992 Borrower(s) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Implementing Agency Liaoning Urban Construction and Renewal Project Office Environment Category [X] A [ ] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined) Date PID Prepared April 28, 2006 Date of Appraisal Authorization April 13, 2006 Date of Board Approval June 27, 2006 1. Country and Sector Background Urban Transport in the medium cities of Liaoning province in northeast China presents a combination of challenges peculiar to their historic and recent economic context, as well as those being faced by cities all across China. Supporting the northeast through a period of economic transition . While China has become an international symbol of economic growth and poverty alleviation in the last three decades, the medium cities in Liaoning have benefited only to a limited extent from this prosperity. Before the market oriented reforms of the late seventies, Liaoning was one of the country