Anhui Yellow Mountain New Countryside Demonstration Project

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The development objective of the Anhui Yellow Mountain New Countryside Demonstration Project for China is to improve the quality of services and income generating opportunities available to rural households in selected villages of Huangshan municipality. The project has four components. The first component is infrastructure improvement which aims to improve infrastructure services in project villages by financing sustainable priority investments in rehabilitating and expanding infrastructure facilities while preserving and enhancing the traditional and historic character of these villages. The second component, cultural heritage conservation aims at restoring, preserving, protecting, and where practicable, adaptively reusing historic Huizhou style buildings for social, cultural, village environment, and tourism development purposes. The third component, enhanced economic opportunities will help in generating direct employment opportunities, increasing local household incomes, and stimulating village economies by building on the improvements of the infrastructural services and cultural heritage assets, to promote the development of high value agriculture and rural tourism. The fourth component will support and develop the capacity of institutions to implement the project and to sustainably manage, operate, and maintain the outputs of components one, two, and three.