Civil servants in Jiangmen of South China's Guangdong province will be granted bonuses for performing honest duties in an incentive program to be launched by the local government on July 1, the Nanfang Daily reported Monday.

The voluntary program works by the government and employee depositing fixed sums of money in an account every month. If civil servants perform their duties honestly over five-year phases, they can then withdraw up to 70 percent of the fund. The remaining 30 percent can be claimed after retirement.

If employees break the rules in the period, the fund will be cut by 50 percent to 100 percent, with the deduction handed to the state treasury.

In accordance with the rules of the program, the government will pay 20 million yuan per year in deposits.