The development objective of the Anhui Shaying River Channel Improvement Project for China is to contribute to the increased cargo throughput of the Shaying River in Anhui Province through infrastructure improvements and capacity building. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is navigation infrastructure and facilities. This component includes river channelization and dredging works, river bank strengthening and protection works, and provision of navigation aids and service facilities. The second component of the project is reconstruction and relocation of existing infrastructure and facilities. This component includes reconstruction and reinforcement of existing cross-river bridges that have insufficient clearance and relocation of other existing cross-river facilities that impede navigation. The third component of the project is erection of waterway transport management systems. This component includes provision and installation of the plants and equipment which are needed for building the management systems to be developed by the two technical studies under component four. The fourth component of the project is technical assistance. This component includes technical studies and training programs that are designed to build the institutional capacity of the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) sector to enable sustainable IWT development in Anhui Province.