Author(s)

Xue Min, Yingkai Sun

Corresponding Author

Xue Min

ABSTRACT

Clean government is a lofty political goal pursued by human society throughout the ages. In the process where Marx and Engels founded and developed the theory of proletarian liberation and conceived a beautiful and ideal society for mankind, Marx and Engels deeply discussed the problem of clean government and formed the basic thought of clean government. About clean government the foundation is the public system, the political guarantee is democratic politics, the manifestation is fairness and justice, the basic measure is to establish a cheap government, and the basic method is political openness. Marx and Engels’ thoughts of clean government has laid an ideological and theoretical foundation for the construction of clean government in Marxist political parties and socialist countries, and has important theoretical value and practical significance for the current construction of anti-corruption in China.

KEYWORDS

Marx and Engels, Honest thoughts, Political high purpose