The Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Strengthening the Performance Evaluation of Tertiary Public Hospitals issued in 2019 clearly pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the guidance of performance evaluation， promote more scientific and fair income distribution through the performance evaluation， achieve efficiency and quality improvement， and promote the implementation and effectiveness of comprehensive reform policies of public hospitals. To effectively improve the performance evaluation ability of public hospitals can comprehensively optimize the hospital manpower allocation， improve the hospital medical quality， fully motivatethe enthusiasm， creativity and initiative of medical personnel， and promote the hospital reform and development. This paper will discuss the following five issues which are closely related to the performance evaluation of clinicians: defining the performance of clinicians， guiding theservice delivery behavior of clinicians， motivating the enthusiasm of clinicians， promoting the continuous improvement of medical quality， and balancing public welfare and economic income. Suggestions will be put forward in order to provide reference and theoretical basis for the further improvement of clinician performance evaluation system in public hospitals in China.