Multi-level Cooperation and Complementary Advantage Poverty Alleviation Model in Poverty-Stricken Counties of Tibetan Areas: A Case Study of Songpan County in Sichuan Province

Songpan County is a poverty-stricken county in Tibetan areas of Sichuan Province, it belongs to a concentrated poverty-stricken area in China. Through summarizing the specific conditions of multi-level cooperation and complementary advantage poverty alleviation model in Songpan County, this paper analyzed the effect of this model. Through the analysis on the cooperative poverty alleviation model (eastern-western cooperation, provincial targeted assistance, county-wide “four-leading and four-assistance” inner-party assistance, social force “10 000 enterprises helping 10 000 villages”, and “visiting every household and keeping every person busy”), it summarized the implementation and actual results of each level. In addition, it summarized the problems encountered in the implementation process of multi-level cooperation and complementary advantage poverty alleviation model and came up with recommendations. With the aid of this successful multi-level cooperation and complementary advantage poverty alleviation model, Songpan County has achieved a decisive victory in the fight against poverty. At the end of April 2019, the poverty rate in the whole region fell to 0.45%, and it successfully took off the poverty hat. This paper analyzed and refined the specific practice, main achievements, successful experience, implications and reference significance of multi-level cooperation and complementary advantage poverty alleviation model, to provide necessary references for innovation of poverty alleviation model in poverty-stricken Tibetan areas, or even other similar provinces and regions.