China: GEF Efficient and Green Freight Transport Project (WB-P159883)

Countries
  • China
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Specific Location
Nation-wide
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Dec 18, 2018
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
People's Republic of China
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Communications
  • Transport
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 13.67 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)
$ 13.67 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jan 10, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Jun 20, 2017

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the project will develop policy, strategy, analytical tools and technical standards at the national level to improve the efficiency and environmental sustainability of China’s freight transport sector, focusing on two priority areas, i.e., promotion of multimodal freight transportation system and optimization of urban freight distribution. The project will also pilot the key policy, strategy, and analytical tools at the local levels in five selected cities and provinces. Finally, the lessons learned and implementation experience of the pilot's policies, and analytical tools will be systematically documented and disseminated within China and in other Bank client countries seeking to develop green freight transport system.

Component 1: National Technical Assistance (TA) and Policy Development (US$3.15 million GEF grant + US$1.7 million counterpart funding)

Component 2: Subnational TA and Pilot Projects (US$3.05 million GEF grant + US$150 million counterpart funding)

Component 3: Capacity Building, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Project Management (US$2.05 million GEF grant + US$3.72 million counterpart funding)

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Borrower                                     US$ 5.42 million 

Global Environment Facility (GEF)  US$ 8.25 million


Contact Information
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1/World Bank

Contact: Hua Tan

Sr Transport. Spec.

2/Borrower/Client/Recipient

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Contact: Wensong Guo

Title: Director, International Economic and Financial Cooperation D

Email: guo.wensong@gmail.com

3/Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Transport

Contact: Zhong Chen

Title: Director

Email: gefnpmo@163.com

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Telephone: (202) 473-1000

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