On Value Orientation of Performance Evaluation in Chinese Local Government

The government performance evaluation plays a critical role in improving administration efficiency and saving administrative management cost of local government. The value orientation, the soul of government performance evaluation, is the judgment and identification of valuation and interest choice of government ultimate goal, which has great impact on guidance and adjustment of the performance evaluation action of local governments. Seeking proper value orientation is the premise to establish and perfect government performance evaluation. Therefore, when establishing the index of the performance evaluation of local governments, we should grasp correctly the direction of changes to realize the due value and the purpose of the performance evaluation of our local government.