Link officials' higher salaries to performance

PROMOTION IS NO LONGER THE ONLY WAY up for civil servants. A recent official document shows that low-ranking officials who have worked for a certain time without being promoted - eight years for the lowest level - can enjoy salary of a higher level. Comments:

The new measure will enable civil servants who serve at the grassroots level for life to get higher salaries. But higher incomes for them mean a heavier burden for the State and more spending of taxpayers' money. Shouldn't the government have got the approval of the top legislature before issuing such a document?

hsw.cn, Feb 3