Guizhou Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project Environmental Impact Assessment Guiyang Hydropower Investigation Design & Research Institute China Hydropower Engineering Consultation Group Corporation September 18
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Institutional ArrangementA. Land Resource Bureau The Land Resource Bureau is in charge of planning, management, protection, appropriate use of land, and mapping of natural resources (i.e. land resources and mineral resources) within its jurisdiction. The Provincial Land Resource Bureau is also responsible for administrating the national geo-parks in the province by approving plans, as well as any development and protection policies. B. Construction Bureau The Construction Bureau is responsible for implementing relevant policies and regulations to oversee construction in its jurisdiction; it is also responsible for proposing urban and rural planning, scenic area planning, and policies on the construction sector. The Guizhou Provincial Construction Bureau is responsible for overseeing the planning and development of National Scenic Areas in Guizhou. The Ministry of Construction also reviews the application procedures for National-level Historical and Cultural Towns. C. State Administration of Cultural Heritage The State Administration of Cultural Heritage is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. It is responsible for supervising the implementation of policies, regulations, and plans with regards to cultural heritage and the exhibition sector. It also reviews and approves the application procedures for National Historical and Cultural Towns. Any conservation plan that offers repairs to a National Cultural Protection Unit is subject to the review and approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Guizhou Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration Bureau is under the supervision of the Guizhou Provincial Cultural Bureau. It is responsible for making the master plan; coordinating the implementation of this plan; offering guidance on planning, construction, and organization of museums/exhibitions for cultural relics; helping to apply for the status of national cultural protection unit; approval of provincial status cultural protection unit; and offering guidance about planning and protecting Historical and Cultural Towns, Ethnic Cultural Areas, and Ethnic Villages. D. Provincial Tourism Administration The Guizhou Provincial Tourism Administration is directly regulated by the Guizhou Provincial People’s Government. It is responsible for the implementation of relevant tourism laws, regulations, and policies; it also establishes tourism strategies, guidelines, plans, policies, and standards in Guizhou Province. Baseline ConditionsGeneralGeographic LocationGuizhou Province is located in the southwest of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, borders Hunan province, Guangxi province, Yunnan province, Sichuan province and Chongqing City, which is in an important position connecting circumjacent provinces. It is also the major corridor connecting the south coastal areas with inland regions. Guizhou province is located in the mountains of Yun-Gui Plateau with a total area of 176,100 km2, which account for 1.8 percents of the country. The average ground elevation is 1,100m in Guizhou, and the mountains are high and steep which slopes from west to east. One of the most outstanding landform is the widespread of distribution of mountainous and hilly area in Guizhou, which account for 92.5 percents of the provincial total area. It also is one of the typical karst landform regions in the world, which account for 61.9 percent of the total area in Guizhou. Meteorological ConditionGuizhou is located in the low latitude region where subtropical humid monsoon climate prevails, characterized with plenty rainfall and without chilliness or torridity. The average temperature in January is 5.2o Celsius and 24.3 o Celsius in July. It is a wonderful travel and leisure destiny for summer. HistoryGuizhou is one of the cradles of human culture in China with the history of human activity aged back to more than 60,000 years ago. The provincial military college was set in Guizhou since A.D.1382 with the first provincial administrative agency since A.D.1413. Socio-Economic ConditionsIn 2004, Guizhou’s population of 39 million comprised 26% (10.2 million) urban residents compared to 24$ in 2000. In 2000 the number of people aged 15-64 was 22.53 million (63% of the total population) and those aged above is 5.8% of the total. Guizhou’s population density is 200 person/km2, which is higher than the national average and is tending upwards over time. The difference in population distribution between urban and rural areas is large and distribution by geographical area varies greatly The most populous place is in the central part of Guizhou. Ethnic MinoritiesGuizhou is home to 49 ethnic minority groups with a combined population of 13.39 million, which accounts for 38% of the total provincial population. Guizhou is one of four provinces in China with an ethnic population of more than 10 million. Ethnic groups whose population exceeds 100,000 include the Miao, Buyi, Dong, Tujia, Yi, Gelao, Shui, Hui and Bai. The total population of these ethnic groups is the fifth largest in China, after Yunnan, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Guangxi. The Miao nationality is the largest ethnic minority group, with a population of 4.3 million , 12% of Guizhou’s total. Many ethnic groups are mixed and some of them are concentrated in small areas. Economy and PovertyGuizhou has a predominantly agricultural-based economy and the development of industry (apart from mining and heavy industry), and of the service sector (especially tourism), have lagged behind the rest of China. Despite exceptional growth in recent years, Guizhou remains the poorest province in China, with annual per capita GDP of only RMB 3,603 in 2005 compared to RMB 9,101 in China. The total number of employed persons in Guizhou in 2005 was 22.5 million. In 2000, there were estimated 249,000 unemployed persons in the urban areas, with an unemployment rate of 5.4%. There are no official statistical information for rural employment. Government officials assume that all persons seeking employment are employed, but unofficial estimates suggest that in 2000 there was a labor surplus of some five million people in rural areas in Guizhou. Over the period of the Tenth Five-year Plan (2001-2005), the number of persons living below the poverty line, defined in this period as less than RMB 625 of net income per capita, fell from 2.8 million in 2000 to 2 million in 2005. However, based on the 2005 Human Development Index (HDI) of different provinces in China, Guizhou ranks 30 out of 31 provinces, last before Tibet and after Yunnan. The situation of Guizhou compared with neighboring provinces of Sichuan(24), Guangxi(22) and Hunan(17) seems quite disadvantaged in term of human development. The per capita GDP increased from RMB 2,662 in 2000 to RMB 3,603 in 2005, but was still below the average of RMB 9,101 for China as a whole in 2005. In 1995, around 10% of China’s poor lived in Guizhou. It is estimated that less than 2 million people. In general, poverty is higher in the rural and mountainous areas where 74% of the population live in Guizhou. Limited access, lack of social infrastructure, and a poorly developed agricultural-based sector all contribute to poverty in rural areas. The Government is making a sustained effort to reduce poverty. The number of poor assisted under the government programs between 2001 and 2005 was 400,000. In the same period the government assisted around 800,000 needy people (average income less than RMB 825) to avoid them falling into absolute poverty. Directory: curated curated -> Concept stage curated -> Concept stage curated -> Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Urbanization Review curated -> Report No: aus11011 Central America curated -> Report No. 94474-pk fiscal Disaster Risk Assessment Options for Consideration curated -> Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Costa Rica Telecommunications Sector Modernization Project curated -> Environment Impact Assessment For Jiangxi Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Beijing Guohuantiandi Environmental Technology Development Center. Ltd. 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