Chreod Ltd.

CA

• Chreod began to systematically assemble

statistical and mapping data on China at various spatial scales in 1993, and by 1995, the firm had constructed a small-area GIS for the Yangtze Delta Region. This was extended to encompass all 11 provinces in the Yangtze Basin in 1997, 10 provinces in the Greater Bohai Region in 1998, and Guangdong Province in 1998. Earlier this year, the GIS was extended to all remaining provinces in China.15. At the provincial level, Chreod maintains every statistical yearbook since 1996 in digital form linked to its GIS, and all of the provincial aggregates of data collected from the First National Agricultural Census in

• This enables quick and comparative

analysis to be conducted for provinces.16. At the small-area scale, Chreod maintains two databases: one for every county/county-level city/prefecture-level city (municipal boundary) in China; and another covering all of the countrys 668 cities. The base year of both systems is 1996; data updates for 1997 and 1998 have been completed, and selected data for 1990 and 1994 are available to conduct time series analysis. All spatial data is georeferenced by Guobai code (GB) from 1990 to 1999 so that annual boundary and administrative status changes (e. g. county to city) can be accounted for in comparative analysis.

China National Government:

Ministry of Finance State Development Planning Commission State Environmental Protection Administration State Land Administration Ministry of Construction Ministry of Water Resources State Administration for Industry and Commerce State Council Leading Group on Poverty Reduction

China Provincial and Municipal Governments:

Shanghai Municipal Government Tianjin Municipal Government Shenzhen Municipal Government Chongqing Municipal Government Sichuan Provincial Government Guangxi Region Government

Private Sector:

China Merchants Group, Hong Kong Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., Hong Kong Swire Pacific, Hong Kong Tianjin Economic Development Area Corporation, Tianjin CITIC-Power Zhangjiang Development Corporation, Shanghai Sinoway Corporation, Beijing Trammell Crow International, Dallas Sun Life Assurance of Canada Ltd., Toronto Canada Malting Co. Ltd., Toronto Hudsons Bay of Canada, Toronto Saskatchewan Power Co. Ltd., Regina Trump Organization, New York Lincolnberg International, Edmonton Bell Canada International Inc., Montreal Canada-China Business Council, Toronto Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa

Public Sector Organizations:

World Bank Asian Development Bank UNDP UNCHS European Union Mission in China Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada Canadian International Development Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Government of Ontario (Canada) Government of Colombia

Over 90% of Chreod's work over the past four years has been in China. Clients have included Ministry of Finance, State Land Administration, State Development Planning Commission, the World Bank, ADB, UN agencies, DFAIT, local governments, and foreign and Chinese companies. Based in Ottawa, Chreod has a representative office in Shanghai. Chreod recently completed: an advisory assignment on Municipal Finance Reform for the Ministry of Finance and ADB; a 14-month assignment for the World Bank and SDPC (co- financed by CIDA INC) on preparing a 10-year urban environment investment program for the Yangtze Basin; a study for the World Bank and Ministry of Water Resources on projecting urban water demand in the Greater Bohai region to 2020;

preparation of a coastal management strategy for 290 km. of coastline in Shenzhen for the Shenzhen Municipal Government; and a strategic assessment of urban development trends in the Pearl River Delta for the World Bank. Current work (as of December 2000)includes: an advisory technical assistance assignment for China's Ministry of Finance and ADB on Public Infrastructure Investment Policy; preparation of City Development Strategies for two provincial capitals as part of the World Bank/Cities Alliance Program; an advisory technical assistance assignment on Small City Development Strategies for the Municipal Government of Beijing and ADB; a project preparation assignment on a proposed large ADB loan in the agro- processing sector in Yunnan; and financial/economic analysis services on the SCI- supported project in Qingdao on rehabilitation of the Zhongshang Road Precinct.

Corporate Expertise:

----------------------- Chreod is a consulting firm of planners, economists, market researchers, and environmental managers established in Canada in 1985. Since starting work in China in 1988, the firm has been retained to conduct 45 person-years of consulting and research assignments in nine provinces and in Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin. Over 90% of Chreod's work over the past four years has been in China. Clients have included Ministry of Finance, State Land Administration, State Development Planning Commission, the World Bank, ADB, UN agencies, DFAIT, local governments, and foreign and Chinese companies. Based in Ottawa, Chreod has a representative office in Shanghai.

Corporate Language Capabilities:

----------------------- Chinese, French

Proj: Advisory Services on Structuring Water Supply BOTs in China Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

The Asian Development Bank and China's Ministry of Water Resources began in 1996 to explore the potentials of Build- Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects as a way of addressing some of the major urban water supply problems in the country. Chreod Ltd. was retained by ADB/MWR to research major financial and institutional issues surrounding BOTs in this sector, to identify the key risks in BOTs in the current regulatory context in China, and to identify investment criteria of Hongkong-based project financiers and water supply operators active in China.

Proj: Lancang River Basin Regional Development Strategy Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was part of the Landcare New Zealand consortium that was awarded a TA to develop an integrated regional development strategy for the Lancang River Basin in Yunnan Province. The final strategy took into consideration conditions and trends in neighbouring Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. A Chreod Director was the Team Leader/Regional Economist for this assignment.

Proj: Monitoring of Tianjin Infrastructure Action Plan Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

As follow-on work to Chreod's preparation of the Tianjin Infrastructure Action Plan (see below), Chreod was retained by the Tianjin Construction Commission to act as Project Monitors for the 14-month implementation of this World Bank project component. Work included advising on tendering and appointment of MIS consultants, quality review, and strategic advice to the Tianjin government on a wide range of implementation issues.

Proj: Pearl River Delta Urban Environmental Strategy Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was retained by the World Bank to conduct a strategic overview of urbanization trends in the Pearl River Delta (stretching from Hongkong to Guangzhou to Macao), and to identify key environmental and institutional issues that might be addressed with Bank support. This work includes a review of infrastructure financing options, including public-private models for infrastructure development and operation.

Proj: Public Infrastructure Investment Policy Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

The Asian Development Bank and Chinas Ministry of Finance has commissioned Chreod to conduct a 14-month advisory TA on public infrastructure investment policy at the central, provincial, and local government levels. The assignment will address improvements to the investment planning, financing, and budgeting processes as they relate to highways, ports, power distribution, railways, water resources, urban water supply, wastewater treatment, gas supply, and urban roads.

Proj: Shenzhen Coastal Management Strategy Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was retained by the Shenzhen Municipal Government to prepare: 1) a development and management strategy for Shenzhens 260 km. coastline; 2) more detailed development sub-strategies for the western coastline focusing on transport connections between Hongkong and mainland China, and for the eastern coastline focusing on conservation and cultural heritage issues; and 3) conceptual master planning of five strategic areas.

Proj: Tianjin Urban Environment Project II Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was retained by the World Bank to review urban and environmental trends in Tianjin, and to advise on the identification and selection of components for a possible second Bank loan in the urban environment sector.

Proj: Urban Environmental Investment Program for Yangtze River Basin Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was asked by the World Bank to lead an international team in preparing options for a ten-year investment program in the urban development sector, focusing on the Yangtze River Basin. Over a 24-month period, Chreod: 1) analysed economic, demographic, infrastructure, environmental, and investment trends in 235 cities in the Yangtze River Basin stretching from Shanghai through Sichuan to Yunnan; 2) identified and evaluated potential infrastructure and environmental management projects; 3) identified potential financing options for these projects, including direct foreign investment and possible support facilities that the World Bank might offer to private investors; 4) ranked investment projects; and 5) identified policy changes that would provide the foundation for increased World Bank assistance in this sector in China.

Proj: Urban Environmental Management Information System, Sichuan Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

The World Bank is supporting the Sichuan Urban Environment Project that includes water, wastewater and solid waste management components in six cities in the province, including Chengdu. A component of this project is an urban environmental management information system based on GIS technology. Chreod formed a consortium to prepare this component, at the request of the World Bank, and in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Construction Commission. The following work was prepared by the consortium: design of a Provincial Decision Support System, including construction of a prototype; design of an Urban Decision System, including construction of a prototype;

design of an Infrastructure Operations System; design of an overall provincial urban environment information strategy;

and design of a mapping and satellite imagery updating system.

Proj: Urban Water Demand Projections to 2020 Country: China, P. Rep. Contribution:

Chreod was commissioned to assist in the preparation of Chinas National Water Resources Strategy to the Year 2020 by assessing likely urban water demand based on urban and regional development trends. Building on its Yangtze Basin research (see below), Chreod assessed urban trends in over 200 cities in the Huang, Huai, and Hai River basins in the Greater Bohai Economic Region; commissioned by the World Banks East Asia Rural Development Sector Unit.

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R000-Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services, R005-Technical Assistance, R019-Other Professional Services

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