Easen International Co.,Ltd has signed the consulting service contract for WB Loan Ma’anshan Cihu River Basin Environment Project.   The Project has received a loan from World Bank of USD 100 million.The content of the project including: (1) Cihu River Rehabilitation and Drainage Improvement. This component will rehabilitate the upstream and downstream areas of the Cihu River through slope protection, embankment strengthening, and ecological rehabilitation. It will also rehabilitate storm water pumping stations in the Ma’anshan City area. (2) Rehabilitation of Tributaries and Drainage Canals. This component will rehabilitate tributaries and drainage canals in Huashan district and the Hitech Zone and will upgrade ponds used for storm retention basins. (3) Environment Management and Monitoring. This component will design and implement a watershed scale water quality monitoring program and develop and publish a reference document for preventing and mitigating future contamination of water from mining activities and for ecologically restoring mined lands. (4) Capacity Building and Project Implementation Support. This component will support Ma’anshan Municipality in coordinating and managing implementation of the project.   Easen will provide consulting service for the client and WB on the project for 5 years. The tasks including:   (1) detailed design review and review of bidding documents (2) Environmental management and monitoring (3) Project and contract management monitoring and reporting (4) Monitoring safeguards implementation (5) Financial management and accounting (6) training

ADB Grant 0190-PRC Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project     On March 8, 2012, EASEN was awarded the consulting service contract for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Grant Shanxi Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project Management. In regards to this project, the ADB will provide a grant (GRANT NO.: 0190-PRC) from the Water Financing Partnership Facility, in order to enhance the sustainability of water supply and wastewater infrastructure in the subproject’s small cities and towns of Shanxi Province. For this project, EASEN’s consulting experts will assess the current institutional and financial performance of the local government agencies involved, and design a development program to strengthen the institutional and financial management practices in regards to planning, financing, implementing, operating, and maintaining water and wastewater facilities.       Background:   The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is experiencing urbanization at a scale unprecedented in human history. Between 1978 and 2007, the PRC’s urban population increased from 18% to 45% and is projected to reach 56% by 2020, when the PRC’s urban population will be around 800 million. Delivering adequate water supply and wastewater services to existing and future urban residents is critical to the sustainability of the PRC’s ongoing urbanization drive. While water supply coverage rates are generally high, water quality is threatened in many cities and towns as a result of surface and ground water pollution. Wastewater collection systems lag behind urbanization and treatment rates are low, particularly in small cities and towns.   In this project, EASEN will support improvements to urban infrastructure services in order to enhance the sustainability of the water supply and wastewater infrastructure of Shanxi Province.   EASEN’s team of experts will provide the following services:   • On-site technical assistance (TA) • Introduction of new skills and procedures • Oversee facility operation and management (O&M) • Organize training sessions in key disciplines • Prepare progress reports and strengthen the implementation of completion reports • Present a detailed work plan and implementation schedule