Poverty divisions and new features of poverty reduction

Regional poverty exists in China rural area. After analyzing the distribution features of poverty area and the factors, the present study divided the 592 poverty alleviation and development counties into 8 poverty region, namely, Karst Mountainous Region, loess plateau region, rangeland region in Xinjiang and Mongolia, alpine meadow region, mountain region in Qinling-Bashan, Valley and mountain region in Hengduan Mountains, mountain region in central China and plain region in central China. According to three successful cases from Karst Mountainous Region, loess plateau region and plain region in central China, the model of three stage poverty alleviation and development was put forward, which is scientific experiment, poverty alleviation pilot and contiguous stretches development. The study proposed 5 new characteristics of poverty alleviation industry: Firstly, poverty in rural area was a key to resolve the rural development issue. Secondly, demonstration experiments had to been carried out in a poverty region. Thirdly, combination of poverty alleviation with ecological restoration. Fourthly, development of agriculture and forestry and husbandry and fishery industry focused on land allocated to a farmer to cultivate for personal consumption and the grassland animal husbandry. Finally, farmer pattern the was base of new rural communities construction and county economy. Based on the new features of poverty alleviation industry, the countermeasures were put forward to alleviate the poverty in this paper.