“高薪养廉”一词把公务员工资水平与其廉洁水平变成了一个正相关的关系。有学者认为,高薪能够让公务员不必为“谋生”而去贪污受贿。显然,这是物资紧缺的计划经济时代人们对贪污腐败的一种直接理解,而在市场经济时代,就不能在这个层面上来理解高薪及廉洁的问题 The term “high salary” means that the level of civil servants’ salary has become a positive correlation with the level of their integrity. Some scholars believe that high salaries allow civil servants do not have to “make a living ” and go to corruption and bribery. Obviously, this is a direct understanding of corruption and corruption in the era of planned economy where there is a shortage of resources. In the era of market economy, we can not understand the issue of high-paid and clean government at this level