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112 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 66% of all the World Bank-financed projects in China. An estimated 1,077,461 people were displaced by 94 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.

Top 3 projects per estimated # people physically or economically displaced

171,568

Shaanxi Ankang Road Development

150,873

ShiZheng Railway Project

99,595

Guiyang Guangzhou Railway

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* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.

Confirmed displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Anhui Yellow Mountain New Countryside Demonstration Project Dec. 27, 2013 Active $100M 928
Integrated Modern Agriculture Development Project Dec. 27, 2013 Active $200M 137
China: Qinghai Xining Urban Transport Project Dec. 27, 2013 Active $120M 2,444
China: Nanchang Urban Rail Project Jun. 20, 2013 Active $250M 5,058
Anhui Xuancheng Infrastructure for Industry Relocation Jun. 20, 2013 Active $150M 2,053
Ma'anshan Cihu River Basin Improvement Project Jun. 4, 2013 Active $100M 1,714
Guangxi Laibin Water Environment Project May. 31, 2013 Active $80M 2,014
Ningbo Municipal Solid Waste Minimization and Recycling Project May. 31, 2013 Active $80M 683
China: Jiangxi Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Project May. 13, 2013 Active $50M 2,479
Liaoning Coastal Economic Zone Urban Infrastructure and Environmental Management Project Mar. 20, 2013 Active $150M 7,364
Jiangxi Wuxikou Integrated Flood Management Project Mar. 20, 2013 Active $100M 10,957
CN-Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Project Mar. 20, 2013 Active $150M 8,477
China:Fujian Meizhou Bay Navigation Improvement Project Feb. 28, 2013 Active $50M 9,255
Chongqing Urban Rural Integration Project II-Health Jun. 14, 2012 Active $100M 744
China: Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project May. 31, 2012 Active $100M 1,800
Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport Improvement Project May. 29, 2012 Active $100M 3,552
CN Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns May. 24, 2012 Active $150M 2,138
Water Conservation Project II May. 10, 2012 Active $80M 1,381
Hubei Xiangyang Urban Transport Apr. 26, 2012 Active $100M 4,212
China GEF City Cluster Eco-Transport Project Mar. 29, 2012 Active $4.8M* 1,388
ZhangHu Railway Mar. 15, 2012 Active $200M 5,748
Sichuan Wudu Irrigated Agriculture Development Project Feb. 28, 2012 Active $100M 3,848
China: Shandong Confucius and Mencius Culture Heritage Protection and Development Project May. 24, 2011 Active $50M 4,087
JiTuHun Railway May. 24, 2011 Active $200M 19,588
Bayannaoer Water Reclamation and Environment Improvement Project May. 24, 2011 Active $80M 22
China: Kunming Urban Rail Project May. 10, 2011 Active $300M 808
Sichuan Small Towns Development May. 10, 2011 Active $100M 6,119
China: Anhui Shaying River Channel Improvement Project Apr. 12, 2011 Active $100M 3,140
Liuzhou Environment Management Project Phase II Mar. 10, 2011 Active $150M 1,177
Zhejiang Qiantang River Basin Small Town Environment Project Jan. 20, 2011 Active $100M 2,379
GEF Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Jul. 22, 2010 Active $6.2M* 2,157
Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Jul. 6, 2010 Active $200M 58,659
Xinjiang Turfan Water Conservation Project Jun. 17, 2010 Active $100M 108
Dashiqiao Central Heating Supply Project Jun. 17, 2010 Active $5.6M* 990
China: Taiyuan Urban Transport Project Jun. 10, 2010 Closed $150M 7,752
GEF Shanghai Agricultural and Non-point Pollution Reduction Project Jun. 10, 2010 Active $4.8M* 13
Chongqing Urban-Rural Integration Project Jun. 3, 2010 Active $84M 2,912
Nanning Urban Environment Jun. 1, 2010 Active $100M 7,191
China: Anhui Medium Cities Urban Transport Project May. 20, 2010 Active $100M 5,480
Ningxia Highway Project May. 13, 2010 Active $250M 10,436
China Wuhan Second Urban Transport Mar. 30, 2010 Active $100M 1,486
Ningbo New Countryside Development Project Feb. 25, 2010 Active $50M 287
NanGuang Railway Project Jun. 24, 2009 Active $300M 25,784
Xining Flood and Watershed Management Jun. 2, 2009 Active $100M 3,840
Jiangsu Water and Wastewater Jun. 2, 2009 Active $130M 6,388
Shanxi Coal Bed Methane Development and Utilization May. 19, 2009 Active $80M 1,395
Thermal Power Efficiency May. 5, 2009 Closed $19.7M* 702
CN-Guizhou Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development May. 5, 2009 Active $60M 1,337
Yunnan Urban Environment Project May. 5, 2009 Active $90M 8,881
Guiyang Guangzhou Railway Apr. 16, 2009 Active $300M 99,595
Hubei Yiba Highway Mar. 31, 2009 Active $150M 8,380
Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Feb. 12, 2009 Active $710M 705
Jiangxi Shihutang Navigation and Hydropower Complex Project Sep. 25, 2008 Closed $100M 597
Xi'an Sustainable Urban Transport Project Jun. 24, 2008 Active $150M 2,100
ShiZheng Railway Project Jun. 24, 2008 Active $300M 150,873
Shandong Flue Gas Desulfurization May. 27, 2008 Closed $50M 1,134
Liaoning Third Medium Cities Infrastructure May. 27, 2008 Active $191M 990
Han River Urban Environment Improvement Project Apr. 29, 2008 Active $84M 4,880
Anhui Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement Project Apr. 22, 2008 Closed $200M 14,821
Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project Mar. 20, 2008 Active $38.4M 665
China Bengbu Integrated Environment Improvement Project Mar. 11, 2008 Active $100M 11,521
Guiyang Transport Project Jan. 8, 2008 Closed $100M 20,850
Western Provinces Rural Water Supply; Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Project Jun. 26, 2007 Closed $25M 2,422
China-Second Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project Jun. 26, 2007 Active $173M 6,044
CN-Second Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment Project Mar. 21, 2007 Closed $96M 1,980
Shaanxi Ankang Road Development Mar. 13, 2007 Closed $300M 171,568
Second Shandong Environment Project Feb. 27, 2007 Closed $147M 5,535
Third National Railway Project Jan. 23, 2007 Closed $200M 25,393
China-PCF-CDCF Hubei Guangrun Hydropower Oct. 27, 2006 Active $4.6M* 848
Fujian Highway Sector Investment Oct. 12, 2006 Active $320M 45,578
Sichuan Urban Development Project Sep. 7, 2006 Closed $180M 15,005
GEF-Ningbo Water and Environment Project Jun. 29, 2006 Closed $5M* 348
Third Jiangxi Highway Project Jun. 27, 2006 Closed $200M 10,611
Henan Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project Jun. 27, 2006 Closed $150M 3,995
Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project Jun. 27, 2006 Closed $218M 31,547
Follow Up to CRESP Phase I Feb. 7, 2006 Closed $86.3M 131
Fuzhou Nantai Island Peri-Urban Development Project Dec. 15, 2005 Closed $100M 1,927
China: Fifth Inland Waterways Oct. 11, 2005 Closed $100M 25,655
Shanghai Urban Environment APL Phase 2 Jul. 5, 2005 Active $180M 5,056
CN-PCF Xiaogushan Hydropower Project Jun. 22, 2005 Active $10M* 21
Poor Rural Communities Development Project Jun. 21, 2005 Closed $100M 2,791
Chongqing Small Cities Infrastructure Improvement Project Jun. 21, 2005 Closed $180M 13,744
Renewable Energy Scale-up Program (CRESP) Jun. 16, 2005 Closed $87M 570
Liuzhou Environment Management Project May. 24, 2005 Closed $100M 2,977
Inner Mongolia Highway and Trade Corridor Feb. 15, 2005 Closed $100M 5,220
CN-PCF Jincheng Coal Bed Methane Project Dec. 1, 2004 Closed $10M* 2,443
Hunan Urban Development Project Sep. 16, 2004 Closed $172M 11,214
Tai Basin Urban Environment Project Aug. 3, 2004 Closed $61M 3,140
Hubei Shiman Highway Project Jun. 24, 2004 Closed $200M 21,176
Second National Railways Project (Zhe-Gan Line) Jun. 24, 2004 Closed $200M 5,277
Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment Project Jun. 8, 2004 Closed $128M 48,289
Fourth Inland Waterways Project Mar. 25, 2004 Closed $91M 16,805
Wuhan Urban Transport Project Mar. 9, 2004 Closed $200M 1,297
Zhejiang Urban Environment Project Jan. 29, 2004 Closed $133M 10,251
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
China-Guangdong Agricultural Pollution Control Dec. 27, 2013 Active $100M
China: Guangdong Social Security Integration and Rural Worker Training Jun. 20, 2013 Active $80M
China HCFC Phase-Out Project (Stage I) Nov. 22, 2012 Active $73M*
Ningxia Desertification Control and Ecological Protection Project May. 17, 2012 Active $80M
Dioxins Reduction from the Pulp and Paper Industry Mar. 29, 2012 Active $15M*
China Energy Efficiency Financing III Oct. 27, 2011 Active $100M
Shandong Energy Efficiency Project Jun. 9, 2011 Active $150M
Urumqi District Heating Project May. 17, 2011 Active $100M
China Energy Efficiency Financing II Jun. 22, 2010 Active $100M
Sustainable Development in Poor Rural Areas Jun. 10, 2010 Active $100M
Henan Ecological Livestock Project May. 27, 2010 Active $80M
Jilin Agricultural Product Safety and Quality May. 13, 2010 Active $100M
Shanghai Urban Environment (APL Phase III) Jun. 25, 2009 Active $200M
Rural Health Project Jun. 24, 2008 Closed $50M
Changjiang/Pearl River Watershed Rehabilitation Project Jun. 27, 2006 Closed $100M
Livestock Waste Management in East Asia Project Mar. 21, 2006 Closed $7M*
Irrigated Agriculture Intensification III Project Oct. 11, 2005 Closed $200M
Hai Basin Integrated Water and Environment Management Project Apr. 15, 2004 Closed $17M*