我国宪法规定实行“行政首长负责制”。如果行政首长的行政行为损害了公共利益,就应该负相应的责任。在我国政府管理的实践中,行政首长责任缺失现象比较严重,而针对行政首长责任缺失问题的研究尚处于起步阶段,且大多从法学角度进行研究。本文从行政学角度,对行政首长责任缺失的涵义、特点以及治理对策等进行系统研究。 China’s Constitution provides for the implementation of “chief executive responsibility system ”. If the executive head of the administrative act harms the public interest, it should bear the corresponding responsibility. In the practice of government administration in our country, the responsibility of chief executive is lack of responsibility, while the research on the lack of responsibility of chief executive is still in its infancy, and most of them are studied from the perspective of law. From the perspective of administration, this article systematically studies the meaning, characteristics and management countermeasures of the lack of responsibility of chief executive.