ADB Loan 2260-PRC: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project     EASEN signed for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan 2260-PRC: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project in which our experts provided consulting services for project implementation supervision. The project resulted in the improvement of the overall environmental conditions in the regions of Erdos, Bayannur, and Wuhai, as well as enhanced facilities management practices.       Policy dialogue with the government during project processing focused on:   Maximizing benefits to the poor and ensuring that the poor have sufficient heating by establishing specific gas and heating assistance programs Implementing market-based tariff reforms and improving billing collection Promoting private sector participation     The project was comprised of four components:   Urban heating supply Natural gas transmission and distribution City wastewater treatment Institutional reforms and corporate governance improvement     Main objectives of this assignment included:   Assist the Executing Agencies (EAs) and Project Implementation Units (PIUs) in project management and monitoring Ensure engineering design, bidding and construction activities are well organized and up to international standards Provide guidance to the EAs and PIUs on properly following ADB’s standard procedures       Consulting services included:     1. Project management and administration   Coordinate and supervise project construction activities and ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with the contract requirements Prepare progress reports and advise the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) on contract matters Assist IMAR government in developing and initiating appropriate management practices and procedures for planning, monitoring, and control of the project Keeping records of all correspondence between the Project Management Offices (PMOs), Project Implementation Units (PIUs), contractors, the consultants, and financial institutions Periodic updating of the overall project disbursement schedule and physical target accomplishment Project Performance Management System (PPMS) and evaluation during implementation Preparation of quarterly progress reports for the financial institutions and the project completion reports   2. Establish a resettlement and environmental monitoring office and monitoring system   3. Inspection on Socioeconomic Impacts   Develop and implement a system to inspect socioeconomic indicators of the project, including inspection and tracking on anticipated targets such as economic efficiency of the project construction and energy conservation, poverty reduction, and environmental improvement in the project area.     This project started in 2008 and was completed in 2011.

ADB Central and Western Airports Development Project     As of 2008, Easen International won the contract for the ADB-financed Central and Western Airports Development Project, implemented for the HNA Airport Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. (which includes the Hainan Provincial Airlines Company). The project supports the expansion and Capital Expenditure Plan of the HNA Airport Group Company Ltd. (HAG) in order to privatize, rehabilitate, expand, upgrade, and operate medium and small airports in the central and western regions of China.     Established in October 2003, HAG is an airport investment and management company which invests and operates civil airports throughout China. Currently HAG has eleven portfolio airports which are medium or small feeder airports or non-hub airports. Six of these are located in the central and western regions, while the others are in relatively less-developed coastal regions.   Project components include:   Enhanced development of efficient medium and small airports in the less-developed central and western regions of China Ease financial constraints faced by provincial or municipal governments by mobilizing private sector funding for airport development Support economic growth in the central and western areas of China Provide good infrastructure facilities for airport development Improve aviation safety and overall services Reduce the cost and time required for long-distance travel Create employment opportunities     For this project, EASEN’s team of experts completed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, based on the relevant National Environmental Standards and the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). The report evaluates both the environmental and social impacts of each airport included in the project.     This project was implemented in 2008 and will be completed in September 2012.