Wang Sangui,professor and doctoral supervisor of college of Agriculture and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, dean of China Poverty Alleviation Research Institute, Renmin University of China, also member of Expert Advisory Committee of the Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development under the State Council, and consultant for several international organizations like the World Bank, UNDP, etc. He was responsible for several projects funded by National Social Science Foundation and National Natural Science Foundation of China. He published 10 academic monographs and over 160 academic papers, won the fourth China Rural Development Research Award and the first Youcheng Poverty Alleviation Research Achievement Award presented by the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council. The Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development under the State Council awarded him the title of National Outstanding Individual for Poverty Alleviation and Development.

CONTENTS
Chapter1 The Overview of China’s Poverty
Section1 The Measurement of the Standard of China‘s Poverty
Section2 China’s Current Poverty Situation and Regional Distribution
Section3 Main Causes of Poverty among the Poor in China
Chapter2 The Evolution of China‘s Poverty Alleviation Policy
Section1 Poverty Alleviation Policies to the Ensure Survival Stage（1949—1978）Section2 Poverty Alleviation Policies in the System Reform Stage 1979—1985）
Section3 Poverty Alleviation Policies in the Solution of Food and Clothing Phase（1986—2000）
Section4 Poverty Alleviation Policies in the Consolidation of Food and Clothing Phase（2001—2010）
Section5 Poverty Alleviation Policies in the Phase of the Moderate Prosperity in All Respects（2011—2020）
Chapter3 China’s Poverty Alleviation Model
Section1 Organizations of China‘s Poverty Alleviation
Section2 China’s Development-oriented Poverty Alleviation
Section3 The Social Security in China’s Rural Areas
Section4 China‘s Benefiting-farmer Policies
Chapter4 Achievements of China’s Poverty Alleviation
Section1 Large-scale Poverty Reduction in China
Section2 International Contributions of China‘s Poverty Reduction
Section3 Driving Factors of China’s Large-scale Poverty Alleviation
Chapter5 Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China
Section1 The Background of the Proposition of China‘s Targeted Poverty Reduction
Section2 Basic Meanings of China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation
Section3 Major Methods of Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China
Section4 The Prospect of Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China

Wang Sangui， With the development of China’s economy and society， China has been making efforts to carry out large-scale poverty alleviation. In the past decades， over 700 million rural poor people were lifted out of poverty， and China’s poverty alleviation and development programme helped the UN achieve its Millennium Development Goal halving the proportion of people living in poverty. Based on the overview of poverty situations， the book introduced the course of poverty alleviation and development in China， elaborated the poverty alleviation and development model with Chinese characteristics adhering to the principles — “government dominated， society involved， self-reliance， development oriented， and overall development.” It also made comprehensive summing-up of our great achievements， significant experience and major contributions to the world poverty alleviation cause， and briefly introduced the theories and practice of targeted poverty alleviation in the new era， in order to provide references for winning the fight against poverty in China and the world poverty alleviation cause.