Fujian Coastal Cities Climate-Resilient Development and Biodiversity Conservation Project (ADB-58149-001)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • China
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Province of Fujian
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Nov 26, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Fujian Provincial Government (FPG); Fuzhou Municipal Government; and others
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 142.25 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 269.31 million
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Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 1906.8
Converted using 2025-11-26 exchange rate.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Apr 10, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Nov 26, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the proposed project in coastal province of Fujian in the PRC will address the significant climate change risks and hazards, and biodiversity loss challenges of two coastal cities. Project objectives will be to improve urban climate change resilience and biodiversity of two cities in coastal province of Fujian in the PRC. Lessons and potential replication will benefit also other coastal cities in Fujian Province and the PRC through a strategic knowledge partnership between the two cities, the province and the national government. Three outputs are proposed.

Output 1: Capacity of institutions for coastal climate and biodiversity action enhanced. This output will strengthen capacity of institutions and interagency coordination on risk-informed and gender-responsive climate and biodiversity conservation actions. This includes consulting services and investments in ICT platforms for shared monitoring and cross-agency coordination for urban resilience, early warning and biodiversity monitoring.

Output 2: Coastal cities resilience green and gray infrastructure and facilities improved. This output includes structural and non-structural measures, including green and gray flood risk management infrastructure, an emergency response center, and related digitalization equipment and cross-sector ICT platforms.

Output 3: Biodiversity conservation and enhancement measures in coastal wetlands and mangroves implemented. This output includes conservation of wetlands and mangroves in national nature reserves, and biodiversity habitat expansion through wetland and mangroves restoration and change to sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices in buffer and experimental zones to the protected areas.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environment: B
Involuntary Resettlement: B
Indigenous Peoples: C

Investment Description
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According to the Project Administration Manual, the project is estimated to cost CNY1,906.80 million, including taxes and duties, physical and price contingencies, and interest and other charges during implementation.

The government has requested a regular loan of CNY1,013,560,000 from ADB’s ordinary capital resources to help finance the project. The loan will have a 25-year term, including a grace period of 6 years; an interest rate determined in accordance with ADB’s Local Currency Loan Product; a commitment charge of 0.15% per year.


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For ADB:

Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue
Mandaluyong City
1550 Metro Manila
Philippines
Facsimile Numbers: (632) 8636-2444

For the Borrower:

Ministry of Finance
Sanlihe, Xicheng District
Beijing 100820
People's Republic of China
Facsimile Number: (8610) 6855-2483

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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