SOUTHERN JIANGSU ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROJECT

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The project will assist the local authorities in Southern Jiangsu to strengthen their environmental planning and management capabilities, and to carry out priority initiatives in the regional environmental strategy and action plans in an efficient and effective manner. The main project components will comprise: (a) a line of credit for large-scale industrial pollution control subprojects in the urban areas of Suzhou, Wuzi, Changzhou and Zhenjiang; small-scale industrial pollution control subprojects and pilot township and village industrial enterprise environmental management subprojects in Greater Suzhou and Wuzi; (b) construction of municipal facilities for urban wastewater management in Wuxi, Changzhou and Zhenjiang; (c) establishment of solid and hazardous waste management registration centers (in Jiangsu and Wuxi) and a hazardous material emergency response center in Wuxi, and construction of a hazardous material storage and transshipment facilities in Wuxi; and (d) technical assistance and training for the provincial and municipal environmental protection bureaus, municipal sewerage companies, hazardous material storage company and the industrial subproject financial agent (China Investment Bank, Jiangsu Branch).