Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun said at a group meeting that the municipal government signed an agreement with the central government in 2013, promising to improve air quality by 2017.
The city will dedicate 760 billion yuan ($125.63 billion) to cope with heavy smog. The Mayor said it would be well worth to spend even up to 1 trillion yuan in exchange for blue sky, clear water and green ground in Beijing by 2017. Wang said: "If we can't make the target by that time, top leaders joke that heads will roll."
Is this about money? Can such a big sum of money ensure that air quality is improved?