It is a ubiquitous phenomenon that officials usually earn much more than ordinary civil servants. A better approach is to make the civil service a place of professional vocation, inspiring personal success without driving people into the political arena.

Finally, the reforms should offer more subsidies for those posts in underdeveloped regions.

A more vigorous approach is to build a systematic salary committee that surveys and monitors civil servants' labor costs and income. If so, any further reforms of civil servants' incomes may become more enforceable.

PO: What is your comment on the State Council's recent decision to increase the financial transfers from SOE's post-tax profits to public funds?

Su: I really favor this decision. SOEs are, by its definition, owned by all Chinese people. But now most of the owners' interests are deposited in SOEs to capitalize the business rather than return to owners.

Since the consumption is not as robust as economic growth and the public service in many regions still lack momentum, it is time to deploy the financial resources held by SOEs.