Tackling the mad rush to build buildings

Last week Dancheng county in Henan province was reported to plan to demolish a newly built 4.5-km railway line, which cost nearly 100 million yuan ($15.37 million), because the section didn't attract enough tourists.

Many media outlets have said that the amount of waste in infrastructure construction in China is a major source of pollution . Indeed, such news reports are not rare.

Recently, there was some good news for many senior citizens in Beijing. The local government reduced the age of senior citizens who are entitled to free medical care from 100 years to 95-plus years. This welcome announcement was accompanied by the news that the municipal government was planning to spend billions of yuan to build pension centers.