Final Report - Asian Development Bank

TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
Final Report Appendix 16
LAND ACQUISITION, RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN
1. Qinling National Botanical Garden (QNBG), co-constructed by Shaanxi Provincial People’s
Government, National Forest Bureau, Chinese Academy of Science and Xi’an Municipal People’s
Government, is listed as a modal project by the State Council under the loans from Asia Development
Bank (ADB) for study, protection and utilization of the biological diversity of Mt. Qinling district, one of
the ten biggest ecological function zones.
2. As an important part of the general plan of QNBG, the Project of ex-situ conservation area
aims at: scientific study on biological diversity, popularization of scientific knowledge concerning
biological diversity, protection of biological diversity and tour of biological diversity. The basic
constructions are composed of ex-situ conservation of plants, industrial development and poverty
relief and biological tourism.
3. Located at in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, the planned land for the Project is up to
269.3 ha (4,039.5 mu), and the total investment is estimated about CNY397.1069 million. The Project
includes 18 special gardens, resource museums for popularizing science, and paleontology museums,
like gymnosperm area, angiosperm area, area for special plants within Qinba Mountains, medical
plant area and rock plant area, etc. Of the total 269.3 ha (4,039.5 mu) area, the land to be acquired
totals up to 293.63 mu; and as for the remained land of 3745.87 mu, the right of use is to obtained by
means of pooling of land. (The numbers here shall be determined finally in accordance with the signed
agreement). Buildings demolished occupy up to 19,319.97 m 2 altogether, and there are 504 villagers
in 115 households under the impact of the land acquisition, 617 in 143 households under the impact of
the relocation.
4. The total investment in the Project is estimated up to CNY981 million, of which the Qinling
Botanic Garden investment is CNY 470 million of which CNY45.9 is estimated to be used in relocation
and resettlement. The Project is planned to last for five years, commencing in 2008.
5. The economic and technological feasibility studies of the Project as well as the initial
preparation have been carried out one after another. The reports on the feasibility studies are
undertaken by QBG of Shaanxi and Shaanxi Construction Investigation and Design Co., Ltd. and up to
now, the first drafts of the reports have been accomplished. Relocation and Resettlement Plan (the
first draft) is undertaken by Qinling Botanic Garden of Shaanxi and Shaanxi Kexin Consulting Co., Ltd.
A. Impact
6. The affected area, 50 km from Xi’an city, is located at Dianzhen Village, Zhouzhi County of
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, and totals up to 4,039.5 mu. Zhouzhi, located in the hinterland of Qinchuan
plain running about 400 km, belongs to the temperate continental, monsoon climate zone. The annual
average temperature is 13.2� in the plain. With a total area of 2,974 m 2 , the county has farmland
more than 900,000 mu, a population of 630,000 living in nine towns, 13 townships and 379
administrative villages, and it is one of the well-known large counties in Guanzhong Plain. By the end
of 2006, the total output value reached CNY2.35 billion, the average net income in the rural area
CNY1,822.
7. Dianzhen Village, affected by the Project, is one of the poorest areas in Shaanxi Province, and
the average net income of farmers is CNY1,547, equal to 68% of the average net income of farmers in
the whole province, and 43.2% of that in the whole nation. There are 25 households with an average
income per capita below CNY600. The main cause is that they have no other income resources
besides farming, and some families even live on relief. Yet, their farming income mainly relies on grain
crops, almost no economic crops. Due to weakness or illnesses of the main supporters, or lack of
laborers, some families live in desperate poverty.
8. There are no minorities living in the area, and all residents speak Chinese.
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