政府理论是政治学的重要组成部分。在新中国政治学的发展史上 ,把政府作为相对独立的研究对象 ,并逐步形成政府理论或政府学 ,还只是近 2 0年来的事 ,目前尚未形成具有中国特色的政府理论体系。政府理论研究面临的问题很多 ,本文从政治学的政府或广义的政府与行政学的政府或狭义的政府相结合、统一的层面上 ,着力提出政府理论的中国化、政府的人民性、政府的能动性、政府的工作重心和政府的可持续发展等问题。认为处于世纪之交与历史性十字路口的中国 ,应当关注、研究、回答和解决这些问题 Government theory is an important part of politics. In the history of the development of political science in new China, the government as a relatively independent research object, and gradually formed the theory of government or government, is only a matter of nearly 20 years, has not yet formed a government theory system with Chinese characteristics. There are a lot of problems in the study of government theory. From the political science or generalized government and administrative science or narrowly defined government, this paper tries to put forward the theory of Chinese government, the government of the people, the government Initiative, the government’s focus of work and the government’s sustainable development and other issues. In the opinion of China, at the turn of the century and at a historic crossroads, we should pay attention to, study, answer and solve these problems