Bohai Sea to sport a clean look

China will spend 126.7 billion yuan on cleaning up the Bohai Sea before 2020, according to a marine environmental protection plan of the area published by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Bohai Sea borders Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning and Tianjin, which have a population of over 60 million. The plan will cover 77,000 sq km of maritime waters and 13 coastal cities with a total area of 132,100 sq km, the plan said.

By 2012, about 45.6 billion yuan will be invested in the control of agricultural pollution, upgrading sewage and garbage treatment facilities, industrial and port pollution prevention, restoration of aquatic ecosystem, and wetland protection.