The contradiction between economic interests and ecological interests, the conflict between current interests and long-term interests, and the contradiction between local interests and overall interests constitute the interests paradox in the construction of ecological civilization. It is necessary to give fall play to the role of local governments, and adjusting the competition pressure and behaviors of local governments through the orientation adjustment of performance examination is one of the effective ways to crack this paradox. Based on the panel data of 268 in China cities from 2005 to 2017, this paper studies the impact of local government competitive pressure, regulatory competitive pressure and comprehensive competitive pressure on differentiated interests and interests paradox, and tries to find the orientation adjustment of performance examination for breaking the interests paradox by changing the weight proportion of economic examination and ecological examination. The results show that （1） the pressure of economic competition among local governments is beneficial to economic interests but not to ecological interests; The negative impact of economic competition pressure on comprehensive interests can reach five years in the time range and the effect is deepening year by year. In spatial trend, the geographical distance of 1 350 km is the boundary and the effect first increases and then decreases, which indicates that the excessive competitive pressure of local governments can intensify the contradiction between economic interests and ecological interests, bring the difficulty in current interests and long-term interests and result in the destruction of local interests and overall interests.（2）The pressure of regulation competition among local governments is beneficial to the realization of economic and ecological interests; The effect of regulatory competition pressure on the promotion of comprehensive interests is only three years and tends to weaken in the time range, and gradually deepens with the increase of geographical distance in the spatial trend, which shows that the regulation competition pressure of local governments is conducive to the double-win of economic interests and ecological interests, brings current interests and long-term interests and supports local interests and overall interests. （3）The solution to the paradox of interests depends on the adjustment of the orientation of performance appraisal to the pressure of competition. When the ratio of economic appraisal to ecological appraisal is 4∶6, the contradiction between economic and ecological interests will be solved; When the ratio reaches 3∶7, the conflict between current and long-term interests will be solved, and the conflict between local and overall interests will be solved, which reveal that the ecologicalization adjustment of performance examination orientation (economic examination weight decreases but ecological examination weight increases) can break the interests paradox between the three groups. Therefore, we should adjust performance examination orientation, boost the double-win between economic interests and ecological interests, set up and perfect the mechanism of examination and responsibility-taking for ecological environment, co-plan current interests and long-term interests, overall coordinate the heterogeneous interests appeal and increase the compatibility between local interests and overall interests.