The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
China Food Safety Improvement Project (P162178)
China Food Safety Improvement Project (P162178)
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | China | Agriculture and Food Global Practice |
IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 30-Sep-2022 | ISR52844 |
Implementing Agencies: Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, People's
Republic of China, State Administration for Market Regulation, Yantai Municipal Ocean Development and Fishery Bureau
Key Dates
Key Project Dates
Bank Approval Date: 25-Mar-2021 Effectiveness Date: --
Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date:
Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2027 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2027
pdoTable
Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
The PDO of the proposed project is to improve food safety management at the national and targeted subnational levels and reduce food safety risks
in selected value chains
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
No
Components Table
Name
Institution Building and Regulatory Performance:(Cost $59.40 M)
Food Safety Supervision Process:(Cost $157.90 M)
Whole Value Chain Food Safety Control:(Cost $161.50 M)
Project Implementation Support:(Cost $21.10 M)
Overall Ratings
Name Previous Rating Current Rating
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial
Implementation Status and Key Decisions
The project is not signed and effective yet. The legal agreement signing deadline has been extended. The clients are working to revise the
necessary documents for domestic approval procedure.
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Risks
Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating
Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate
Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate
Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial
Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Substantial Substantial Substantial
Sustainability
Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial
Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial
Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate
Other Moderate Moderate Moderate
Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial
Results
PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes
Institution Building and Regulatory Performance
IN01183745
►Risk-based food safety management instruments developed (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator is measured by risk-based food safety management instruments that are consolidated
across regulatory institutions and harmonized with globally recognized frameworks of Codex Alimentarius
Comments: Commission, World Organization of Animal Health. These include improved policies and guidelines as
well as risk-based surveillance, inspection, monitoring; outbreak investigations, and preventive regulatory
protocols along the value chains.
Food Safety Supervision Process
IN01183746
►Proportion of food safety events reported on subnational bigdata/traceability platforms for which mitigation measures are initiated
(Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 95.00
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Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the functionality of project financed subnational big-data/traceability platforms and
Comments:
the efficacy of improved food safety supervision process.
Whole Value Chain Food Safety Control
IN01183747
►Proportion of participating enterprises that comply with standards on biological hazards, contaminants, including pesticides and veterinary
drug residues, and flavorings and food additives (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures incremental compliance of project supported enterprises with national and
international standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, food additives residues and other contaminants.
Comments: Appropriate use of pesticides and veterinary drugs can lead to improvements in food safety, whereas
inappropriate use of agrochemicals and veterinary drugs, and non-compliance with the national regulatory
framework and international guidance can result in food safety risks.
Intermediate Results Indicators by Components
Institution Building and Regulatory Performance
IN01183748
►Cross sectoral management mechanism(s) established (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures strengthened collaboration on risk surveillance, risk assessment, and standards
development among institutions with a food safety related mandate, which include MARA, SAMR, and the
Comments: National Health Commission (NHC) at the provincial level, and collaborations with the National Forestry
and Grassland Administration (NFGA) on managing public health and food safety risks from interactions
between wildlife and domestic animals.
IN01183752
►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2026
This indicator measures the number of farmers who were provided with agricultural assets or services as
a result of World Bank project support. "Agriculture" or "Agricultural" includes: crops, livestock, capture
fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry, timber, and non-timber forest products. Assets include property,
biological assets, and farm and processing equipment. Biological assets may include animal agriculture
Comments:
breeds (e.g., livestock, fisheries) and genetic material of livestock, crops, trees, and shrubs (including fiber
and fuel crops). Services include research, extension, training, education, ICTs, inputs (e.g., fertilizers,
pesticides, labor), production-related services (e.g., soil testing, animal health/veterinary services), phyto-
sanitary and food safety services, agricultural marketing support services (e.g., price monitoring, export
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promotion), access to farm and post-harvest machinery and storage facilities, employment, irrigation and
drainage, and finance. Farmers are people engaged in agricultural activities or members of an agriculture-
related business (disaggregated by men and women) targeted by the project.
IN01183758
Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 140,000.00
IN01183759
►Food safety inspectors/regulators trained in risk-based regulation and supervision systems (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the implementation of comprehensive human resources and capacity building
activities for food safety supervisors and regulators. The targeted training activities include training
approaches such as training of trainers programs, for food safety regulators, food inspectors, laboratory
Comments: technicians, food safety managers in value chain enterprises, personnel in food certification agencies,
other food safety practitioners, and researchers. Furthermore, these activities include technical assistance
and capacity building on risk management guidelines that will help farmers and agri-food producers to
follow food safety requirements in the selected value chains, including GAP, GHP, GMP, and HACCP.
IN01183763
Female food safety inspectors/regulators trained in risk-based regulation and supervision systems (Number, Custom Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00
IN01183765
►Number of enterprises receiving project support for improving food safety management (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,500.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the total number of enterprises that are supported by the project, which can be in
terms of financial support, TA, or capacity building. These enterprises are eligible for project financing only
Comments:
if they are implementing clean, blue, and green operation (which will be defined in the Project Operation
Manual).
Food Safety Supervision Process
IN01183749
►Food safety laboratories complying with agreed standards (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the number of laboratories and laboratory network services that meet the
Comments: requirements for agreed standards. The list of agreed standards include CNAS, CMA CATL and
veterinary system laboratory assessment.
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IN01183753
►Food systems testing, traceability, and supervision platforms integrated into big data centers (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the number of food safety supervision systems and platforms that are integrated
Comments: with project financed big data centers. These platforms are expected to cover multiple sectors and with
testing, tracing, and supervision functions.
IN01183756
►Project supported enterprises receiving food safety certification (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the number of project that meet the requirements to receive food safety
certification. The project will do so by creating enterprise level incentives to meet agriculture product
Comments: quality and food safety standards. The type of food safety certifications that qualify for this indicator
include edible agricultural product quality certificate, geographical indication, green certification, organic
certificate, GAP, HACCP, animal quarantine certificate and meat quality certificate.
IN01183760
►Food safety risk communication products developed (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator refers to the number of food safety risk communication products in place at the project
Comments:
areas.
IN01183764
Users/citizens engaged in food safety risk communication campaigns focusing on healthy and nutritious food (Number, Custom
Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,000,000.00
IN01183766
Female users/citizens engaged in food safety risk communication campaigns focusing on healthy and nutritious food (Percentage,
Custom Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.00
Whole Value Chain Food Safety Control
IN01183750
►Number of enterprises receiving project financing for clean, blue, and/or green operations (Climate Indicator) (Number, Custom)
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Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the total number of enterprises that will receive project finance (in terms of LOC
or RSF). Eligibility to receive project financing includes investments plans that support ‘clean’, ‘green’,
and/or ‘blue’ production systems, which are expected to increase the utilization efficiency of natural
Comments:
resource, reduce pollution and GHG emissions, improve the health of ecological environments. All of the
investments are expected to have considerable climate adaptation and mitigation benefits. Additionally,
they are also expected to ensure production of high quality, nutritious and safe food products.
IN01183754
►Share of women owned or led enterprises receiving project financing for clean, blue, and green operations (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This is a gender indicator that is intended to measure progress in the gender gap in terms of access to
finance between women-led small and medium (SME) enterprises and male-led SME enterprises).
Women-led agribusiness SMEs make about a third of the total agribusiness SMEs in the project
Comments: provinces, whereas only 11 percent of those have access to finance (compared to 25% for male-led
SMEs). To address gender gaps, the project will encourage subproject investment proposals from
women-owned agro-food enterprises or enterprises with a significant share of female partners through
positive biased targeting policy.
IN01183757
►Private capital mobilized for clean, green, and blue operations (Climate and PCM Indicator) (Amount(USD), Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 250,000,000.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures project leveraged investments that support ‘clean’, ‘green’, and ‘blue’ production
systems, which are expected to increase the utilization efficiency of natural resource, reduce pollution and
Comments: GHG emissions, improve the health of ecological environments. Besides having considerable climate
adaptation and mitigation benefits, these investments are expected to ensure production of high quality,
nutritious and safe food products.
IN01183761
►Performance of loan portfolio (Non-Performing Loans (NPL)) (Text, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 <5%
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the performance of the PFIs under the project in terms of NPLs, which ensures
Comments:
that the PFI operations do no harm to the financial institutions involved.
IN01183762
►Enterprises covered by food safety liability insurance (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
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Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,000.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the number of agriculture enterprises that will be covered by the project’s food
safety liability insurance. This will only capture the unique enterprises receiving financial support without
double counting enterprises which have already received support. The enterprises will receive premium
Comments:
support under the project for a maximum of 3-years (sunset clause) after which they are either self-funded
(by the enterprises) or else support provided by the Government. This will be subject to the assessment
conducted after 2-3 years of insurance operation.
IN01183767
Total sum insured under food safety insurance coverage (Amount(USD), Custom Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500,000,000.00
IN01183768
►Markets piloting "healthy marketplace" practices supported by the project (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
This indicator measures the number of market places with new or upgraded market infrastructure and
facilities and that use an HACCP approach for transforming markets into healthy marketplaces. More
specifically, these marketplaces have the following features:(i) segregated dry and wet areas to avoid
cross-contamination between humans and animals; (ii) improved food hygiene, water and sanitation
Comments: utilities; (iii) enforced weekly closures for deep cleaning and disinfection of marketplaces; (iv) good animal
health and animal welfare practices; (v) digital technologies for better animal disease and food safety
testing, monitoring and surveillance and piloting traceability of food and animal products; (vi) humane
destruction of sick, infected, and dead animals and appropriate disposal of carcasses and all animal
products; among others.
Project Implementation Support
IN01183751
►Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits addressed (GRM indicator) (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
The indicator measures the proportion of grievances received by the Grievance Redress Mechanism
Comments: system (GRM) set up by the project that are actually addressed within the standard timeframe set up by
the GRM system.
IN01183755
►Share of satisfactory citizen’s feedback received on services provided by Project (CE Indicator) (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 31-Aug-2022 30-Jun-2027
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This indicator provides the average satisfaction/dissatisfaction received from clients from farmers on
Comments: services provided by the project. It measures the share of all beneficiary feedback that is satisfactory or
above.
Performance-Based Conditions
Data on Financial Performance
Disbursements (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed
Not
P162178 IBRD-92130 USD 300.00 300.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 0%
Effective
Not
P162178 IBRD-92140 USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0%
Effective
Not
P162178 IBRD-92150 USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0%
Effective
Key Dates (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date
Not
P162178 IBRD-92130 25-Mar-2021 -- -- 30-Jun-2027 30-Jun-2027
Effective
Not
P162178 IBRD-92140 25-Mar-2021 -- -- 30-Jun-2027 30-Jun-2027
Effective
Not
P162178 IBRD-92150 25-Mar-2021 -- -- 30-Jun-2027 30-Jun-2027
Effective
Cumulative Disbursements
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Restructuring History
There has been no restructuring to date.
Related Project(s)
There are no related projects.
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