这里所说的“公贿”，是指一些企业、事业单位或地方政府为了本地区、本单位的利益，用公款向有关领导或机关管理人员送礼行贿的行为。这种行贿行为的出发点虽然是为了本地区、本单位的公众利益或经济发展，但它所侵犯的是国有资产，腐蚀的是国家公务人员，污染的是社会风气， The term “public bribery” as used herein means the act of paying bribes to relevant leaders or administrative staff by public funds by some enterprises, institutions or local governments for the benefit of their own regions and their own units. Although the starting point for such bribery is for the public interests or economic development of the region and its own units, what it infringes upon is state-owned assets, which corrupt national public officials and pollutes social norms,