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The project will continue ADBs long-term partnership with Heilongjiang Provincial Government and take a strategic, holistic, and long-term approach to further develop and implement the Transformation Development Plan of Coal Cities in Heilongjiang (2014 -2020), establishing a non-coal economic base, i.e., green food, pharmaceutical, renewable energy, and high-tech industries. The project will also contribute to the Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project by river rehabilitation and wastewater treatment along tributaries to the Songhua River.
The indicative project impacts are revitalized economy of East Heilongjiang subregion with non-coal industries in the cities of Hegang, Jixi, Qitaihe, and Shuangyashan; improved East
Heilongjiang smart city cluster cooperation; and improved living environment, safety, and public health in the cities of Hegang, Jixi, Qitaihe, and Shuangyashan. The indicative project outcome is improved enabling environment for non-coal economic and industrial transformation.
The project is expected to have four outputs: (i) key infrastructure and systems facilitating non-coal industrial transformation in the project cities improved; (ii) remediation and environmental cleanup of impacts from coal mining in the project cities improved; (iii) integrated basic urban infrastructure and services in the project cities improved; and (iv) capacity in project cities developed in areas of (a) economic diagnostic study and strategy, non-coal industry development planning, and smart city cluster cooperation; (b) prioritized investment program preparation; (c) project planning and management; (d) mining remediation management and environment cleanup; (e) labor force assessment and planning; and (f) infrastructure and services delivered through public-private partnerships |
