Raising salary of teachers

The input of funds from Beijing's municipal revenues to raise the salaries of teachers is a sound experiment, says an article in Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

The educational bureau chief in Beijing recently said that the city is considering investing 280 million yuan ($41 million) to bridge the income gap between civil servants and teachers. The goal that the average income of teachers should not be lower than that of local civil servants, as stipulated in the Compulsory Education Law, will hopefully be achieved in Beijing.

While several other laws concerning education have similar aims, the reality of achieving this is not that simple.