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China rejoined the World Bank in May 1980. The Bank made its first loan to China in 1981 in support of the development of Chinese universities. Over the years, the relationship between China and the World Bank Group has grown into a mature and significant partnership for development. World Bank-supported projects can be found in all the major sectors of the economy and most of the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across China. China is one of the Bank's best performing member countries in terms of project implementation.
The current World Bank Group's assistance strategy is designed to assist China to meet its objectives in the four key areas of the country's development agenda:
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public sector management
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transitions to a socialist market economy
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rural development (includes managing natural resources and protecting the environment)
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urban development (includes protecting the urban environment)
The World Bank's initiative, New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR), is the main instrument in China for implementing cleaner production. (See also the full list of NIPR China projects and research papers.) The NIPR's Development Research Group has worked closely with SEPA and other Chinese environmental agencies to a analyze information on relationships linking environmental regulatory actions, factory-level environmental performance, and environmental quality. A number of policy research papers, reports and datasets for modeling pollution problems in China have been produced and made available on line.
Cleaner Production Component in Qing-Ba Regional Poverty Reduction Project
Promotion of International Pollution Prevention Technology in China
Current World Bank Project Information Documents On Industrial Pollution Related Projects In China - http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/pids/index.htm
Liao River Basin Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P051859
Second Bejing Environmental Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P042109
Hebei Urban Environmental Project http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P045910
Huai River Pollution Control Project -- http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P047345
Case Studies and Other Resources
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Cleaner Production in a Chinese Brewery (Penglai County Brewery) -- http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case/food_15/house/h7.htm .
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Saving of Energy and Raw Materials in a Chemical Industry (Beijing Chemical Factory No. 3) -- http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case/chemical_24/process/p3.htm .
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China Pollution Intensities - Estimates of Pollution Load Per Value of Output from Plants in China -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/data/china/index.htm -- dataset broken down by sector, downloadable file
Reducing Air Pollution in China, a Picture Story -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/pix/index.htm -- a Development Story in Pictures by Curt Carnemark - focus on Liaoning and Benxi
China: Managing Environmental Challenges, Video Footage of Urban Environment Issues in the Chinese Context -- http://wb.forumone.com/niprcd/china/video/index.htm -- web-viewable video
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World Bank -- http://www.worldbank.org
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World Bank, China Partner Briefing - http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/ (main collection of China pollution prevention information)
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World Bank in China -- http://www.worldbank.org.cn/English/main.asp
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International Finance Corporation -- http://www.ifc.org/ --member of the World Bank group which provides financing for private sector project in the developing world
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World Development Indicators for China, 2001 -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/WBChinaEnvironmentLinks/wbi2001.htm
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Clear Water, Blue Skies: China’s Environment in the New Century (summary of the environment section of the China 2020 World Bank Report) -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/clrwt-sum.htm
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