现代政府的本质是什么?本质在于对其自身角色的基本设定,即按照公众的意愿和偏好.提供公共物品和服务.回应公众的要求。公众满意.是现代政府的根本目标。现代政府是法治政府,有限政府。效率、公正、责任、规范、透明.合法等是现代政府的特征。打造公众满意的现代政府.是依法治国,依法行政的具体实践.是新一届领导集体的核心价值取向。两会期间.新一轮政府机构改革方案出台.最大亮点是突出政府职能转变,“职能转变”重于“机构改革”。更深一层,我们应看到,职能转变的前提是政府对自身角色的再定位、本质是政府权力边界的再定义.难点与突破口 What is the essence of a modern government? Essentially lies in the provision of public goods and services to its own basic role in accordance with the wishes and preferences of the public. Public satisfaction is the fundamental goal of the modern government. Modern government is the rule of law government, limited government. Efficiency, fairness, responsibility, norms, transparency, legitimacy, etc. are characteristics of modern government. Building a modern government that satisfies the public is the concrete practice of administering the country according to law and according to law and is the core value orientation of the new leadership group. During the two sessions, a new round of government agencies reform program promulgated the biggest bright spot is to highlight the transformation of government functions, “function change ” is more important “institutional reform ”. A deeper level, we should see that the premise of functional change is the government’s re-positioning of their role, the essence is the redefinition of government power boundaries.