“凭政绩用干部”是邓小平从干部制度改革的实践中提炼出来的使用干部的重要原则。但“凭政绩用干部”也带来了重形式、轻内涵 ,重本位、轻全局 ,重指标、轻潜质等负面效应。应从教育干部树立正确的政绩观、建立科学考核责任机制和完善干部政绩奖惩激励措施等方面克服其负面效应。 “Using cadres with political achievements” is an important principle of Deng Xiaoping’s use of cadres extracted from the practice of the cadre system reform. However, “cadres with political achievements” also brought negative effects such as heavy form, light connotation, heavy standard, light overall situation, heavy targets and light potential. We should overcome the negative effects of educating cadres in establishing a correct view of political achievements, establishing a scientific assessment responsibility system and perfecting incentive and incentive measures for cadre performance.