整村推进
进入21世纪，中国农村贫困人口分布呈现新的特征，由原来的以区域、县为单位集中分布，变为以村为单位集中分布。这就要求扶贫开发工作必须重心下移，工作到村，瞄准到户。只有这样，才能把扶贫开发的各项措施真正落到实处，尽快解决最贫困人口的温饱问题。为适应新的变化和要求，各地在实践中逐步摸索出整村推进扶贫开发的方式。
整村推进扶贫开发的内涵是以贫困村为基本单元，以贫困人口为对象，以村级扶贫规划为依据，以村级经济、社会、文化协调发展为目标，以改善基础条件、促进产业发展、加强能力建设、规范民主管理、树立文明新风、整治村容村貌、稳定解决温饱为主要内容的扶贫开发工作措施。
Village-Based Poverty Alleviation
As China entered the 21st century, its impoverished rural population showed newly featured distribution. Previously poor people were generally scattered across large regions or counties; now the scope had shrunk to villages. This required poverty alleviation work to focus on individual villages and households, so as to ensure that relevant policies be carried out in earnest to satisfy those most in need. Village-based development-oriented poverty alleviation was thus shaped and has proved effective across the country.
Poor villages now have their own poverty alleviation plans to encourage economic and cultural progress, improve infrastructure and the living environment, boost business development, provide greater skills, regulate democratic management, foster sound morals and values, and ensure that villagers have adequate food and clothing.