政府购买公共服务是指政府为提高公共服务水平和减少财政开支而通过市场行为实施的一种公共服务供给模式。本文首先归纳描述了政府购买公共服务的概念,其后简要介绍了英美两国政府购买公共服务情况;最后通过对近年来我国中央和地方政府出台的有关政策法规和公共文化服务财政投入情况的梳理,分析了我国政府购买公共服务特别是公共文化服务的现状,并对政府购买公共图书馆服务提出了若干思考。 Government purchases of public services refers to the government to promote the level of public services and reduce financial expenditures through the market behavior of a public service delivery model. This article first summarizes the concept of the government purchasing public services, and then briefly introduces the situation of the British and American governments purchasing public services. Finally, through combing the relevant policies and regulations and the financial input of public cultural services promulgated by the central and local governments in China in recent years, , Analyzes the status quo of the government purchasing public services, especially public cultural services, and puts forward some thoughts on the government purchasing public library services.