Building an accountable government has been a major part of government change in the past 30 years since the reform and opening-up. It is clear that China government has become more responsive. However, there is a contradiction in implementing responsibilities for government. On one hand, the governments’ responsibilities tend to be over economized. On the other hand, the operational mechanism tends to be over politicized. This contradiction has resulted in many negative effects which weaken the government to reform itself. In order to solve it, the government should become more democratized and rationalized and change from a responsive government to an accountable government. KEYWORDS Responsibilities, Accountable government, Over-economized, Over-politicized Reform and opening-upBuilding an accountable government has been a major part of government change in the past 30 years since the reform and opening-up. It is clear that China government has become more responsive. However, there is a contradiction in implementing responsibilities for government. On one hand, the governments’ responsibilities tend to be over economized. On the other hand, the operational mechanism tends to be over politicized. This contradiction has resulted in many negative effects which weaken the government to reform itself. In order to solve it, the government should become more democratized and rationalized and change from a responsive government to an accountable government. KEYWORDS Responsibilities, Accountable government, Over-economized, Over-politicized Reform and opening-up RESUMO A construção de um governo accountable, que preste conta de suas ações, tem sido a principal mudança nos últimos 30 anos, desde que se iniciou a reforma e a abertura na China. É visível que o governo chinês tem se tornado mais responsivo. Entretanto, há uma contradição na implementação de processos de responsabilização. Por um lado, as responsabilidades dos governos tendem a ser excessivamente economicistas e, por outro, os mecanismos operacionais tendem a ser excessivamente politizados. Esta contradição resultou em muitos efeitos negativos, que reduzem a capacidade que o governo tem de se auto-reformar. Para resolver isso, o governo deveria se tornar mais democrático e racionalizado, e caminhar no sentido de uma tranformação de um governo responsivo para um governo accountable, que presta contas de suas ações. PALAVRAS-CHAVE Responsabilidades, accountability, economicista, politizado, reforma e abertura democrática.