Abstract:  The performance salary management system in universities has been preliminarilyformed. However, there are still many problems in the performance salary management system. Thebasic reason for all kinds of problems in the current performance salary system is to confuse theconcepts of basic salary and performance salary, neglect the expected management function of performancesalary, and neglect the opportunity fairness and dynamic fairness of performance salary. Theexistence of other incentive systems with financial support further weakened the role of performance salary. In the future,the performance-based salary management system in colleges and universities shouldfollow the basic principles of designing the performance-based salary system, pay attention to theexpected management, design the salary system on the basis of the market, and reform the performance-based salary system on the basis of financial support should not affect the market signal.

Key words: performance, performance salary, reform of college salary system