Xinjiang Hetian Comprehensive Urban Development and Environmental Improvement Project

Dropped / Terminated

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is one of the most remote and least developed regions in the PRC. Hetian, a desert oasis city in XUAR, is a nationally-known poverty stricken area with more than 90% of its population comprised of ethnic Uygurs. The project will help improve essential urban infrastructure and municipal services, thereby enhancing the urban environment, raising livability standards for city residents, and ensuring that the city is able to prepare for and take advantage of future public and private sector investment opportunities as a regional logistics hub.The project is aligned with the following impact: a well-off and harmonious society in Hetian with environment, society, and economy sustainably developed. The project will have the following outcome: urban living conditions for residents in Hetian improved. The project will have the following outputs: (i) water sector services improved and use of reclaimed water introduced, (ii) urban road system upgraded, (iii) public transport services improved, (iv) Tuancheng urban upgrading program strengthened and implemented, and (v) planning and project management capacity strengthened.