To study and carry out the construction of a clean government, we must first define the basic connotation of a clean government scientifically and accurately. From the perspective of text hermeneutics, "honesty" means incorruptibility, "politics" means state organs and their official activities, and incorruptibility means "incorruptible politics". However, due to the subjectivity and development of the criteria for judging honesty, and the fact that politics is a concept of the times that needs to be concretized, honesty presents multi-level meanings in different contexts and specific ranges. According to the characteristics and essence of clean government in modern society, some scholars in our country believe that clean government includes four elements: first, "honesty", that is, the government and its officials are clean and honest in the process of performing official duties and dealing with problems, and they are honest and honest, do not take bribes and do not bending the law; Second, "simplicity" means that the government and its officials take less from the people and use more for the people; Third, "honesty" means that the government and its officials are in this country.

Some scholars, starting from the content of clean government, believe that clean government has four basic meanings: first, as far as "political situation" is concerned, it is necessary to create a fair and clear political situation and political atmosphere; Second, as far as the "political system" is concerned, it is necessary to establish a clean and efficient political system and legal system; Third, as far as "policy" is concerned, it is necessary to formulate and strictly implement policies and measures to ensure political clarity in order to win the trust of the people; Fourth.

In short, the so-called "clean government" is the benign combination and dialectical unity of fair and honest political situation, political system, policy and morality. Contrary to corruption, a clean government must have at least three elements: the main body is state staff and other people appointed by the state to engage in state official duties, and there is no subjective motive for seeking personal gain, and objectively there is no abuse of power or taking advantage of his position to commit acts that violate recognized norms.

In recent years, the construction of a clean government has become one of the hot topics in applied writing of national civil servants, and it is also one of the important topics in applied writing research.