On the Question of Understanding the Improvement in the Method of Bonus Distribution

Recently, we, the Party Committee and the People's Government of Anhui province, have decided to improve the system of economic responsibilities in the enterprises and to improve the ways that bonuses are distributed. The decision is made on the basis of investigations and studies down to the grass-roots units and the summation of the mass experience. The essential principle of this reform is to learn the experience of the production-responsibility system in agriculture and to apply it to state enterprises. In administering worker and staff bonuses, we should allow those who work harder to receive more rather than allow bonuses to be handed out in proportion to the standard wage scale. The purpose is to tie bonuses to economic efficiency and to overcome egalitarianism. Such a view on reform is well received by the vast masses of workers and staff. A few, however, are still skeptical and worried. This article studies, discusses, and presents views on several issues that concern many people.