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PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ANHUI PROVINCE HEBEI PROVINCE HENAN PROVINCE JIANGSU PROVINCE SHANDONG
PROVINCE
July 31, 1998
International Bank for
  Reconstruction and Development
1818 H. Street N.W.
Washington, D.C 20433
U.S.A.
Re:
Loan No. 4354 CHA
(Irrigated Agriculture Intensification II
Project)
Performance Indicators
Gentlemen:
We refer to the Loan Agreement (Loan Agreement) of even date herewith between
the People’s Republic of China (the Borrower) and International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) for an Irrigated Agriculture Intensification
II Project (the Project), and to the Project Agreement (Project Agreement) of same
date between the Bank and the Borrower’s Provinces of Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu and
Shandong (the Project Provinces) for the Project.
For purposes of Part E.2 of Schedule 5 to the Loan Agreement and Part E.2 of the
Schedule to the Project Agreement, the Borrower and the Project Provinces shall
monitor and evaluate the carrying out of the Project and the achievement of its
objectives, and the Project Provinces shall monitor and evaluate the carrying out of
their Respective Parts of the Project and the achievement of their respective
objectives, all in accordance with the indicators set forth in the Annex to this
letter.
Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing the form of
confirmation in the space provided below.
Sincerely yours,
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
By /s/ Liu Xiaoming
      Authorized Representative
ANHUI PROVINCE HEBEI PROVINCE HENAN PROVINCE JIANGSU PROVINCE SHANDONG
PROVINCE
By /s/ Liu Xiaoming
      Authorized Representative
CONFIRMED:
International Bank for
  Reconstruction and Development
By /s/ Jane Loos
Authorized Representative
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