本文在分析和研究西方学术界有关寻租理论的四个经济流派的观点的基础上,探讨了寻租活动给社会造成的危害。根据道格拉斯·诺斯的观点,寻利导向的基本制度框架是抑制寻租的治本之策。考虑到相较于内在制度而言,政府制度(外在制度)具有的优越性,进而提出政府制度创新是减少和消除寻租活动中的治本之策。最后,在寻租理论的指导下,提出政府制度创新的若干准则以资制度设计者参考。 On the basis of analyzing and studying the views of the four economic schools concerning the theory of rent-seeking in the western academic circles, this article explores the harm to society caused by the rent-seeking activities. According to Douglas North, the basic institutional framework for seeking profits is a cure for rent-seeking. Considering the superiority of the government system (external system) compared with the internal system, it is proposed that the innovation of the government system is a policy to reduce and eliminate the root cause of rent-seeking activities. Finally, under the guidance of the rent-seeking theory, some guidelines for the innovation of the government system are put forward to reference the system designer.