华南理工大学法学院教授夏正林撰文指出,虽然关于政绩考核中存在的问题也经常见诸报端,然而,仅仅看到政绩考核过程中存在的问题是不够的,由政绩考核本身引发的社会问题更应该得到重视,并且,我们应当反思政绩考核这个做法的本质。目前地方政府官员政绩考核的做法就其本质而言,充其量只能说是政府层级的考核,或者说是政府层级管理的一个措施,而不能说是政绩考核。真正的政绩,说到底是人民对政府的评价,而不是由政府自身 Xia Zhenglin, a professor at South China University of Technology Law School, points out that while the problems in performance appraisal are often reported, however, it is not enough to just see the problems existing in the performance appraisal process. Social problems caused by the performance appraisal itself should be more Be valued, and we should reflect on the nature of this practice of performance appraisal. At present, the performance evaluation of local government officials practices by its very nature, at best, can only be said that the assessment of the government level, or that a measure of government-level management, but can not be said that performance evaluation. The real performance, in the final analysis is the people’s evaluation of the government, not by the government itself