This book is the general report of the targeted poverty alleviation and elimination project of 100 villages, presenting the overall progress of poverty alleviation and development of all sample villages in the tide of poverty alleviation. From 2016 to 2018, the project selected 104 poor villages (including those out of poverty) across the country to carry out national research and recorded the great changes in more than 100 poor villages in recent years with steps, nib and lens. Based on questionnaire survey data and data from village research reports, the book describes the basic village situation, poverty situation, village-level poverty management and assistance measures, causes of poverty and assistance measures, progress and results of targeted poverty alleviation in 100 poor villages across China since 2016.

Li Peilin completed Ph.D. in sociology from the Sorbonne University in Paris and Director of The Division of Social Science and Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Social Development Committee of the NPC, Member of the Expert Committee of the 14th Five-Year Plan and Member of the Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council. The Other Invisible Hand: The Transformation of Social Structure, Social Transformation and The Chinese Experience, The End of Villages, Ten Lectures on harmonious Society, Social Reform and Social Governance, The Great Revolution: Migrant Workers and the Middle Class, etc. He is Chief Editor of the annual report Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Situation (Social Blue Book). In 2018, he was awarded the second Fei Xiaotong Academic Achievement Award. He was elected as Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2019.

Endogenous Development: The Perspective of Poverty Elimination in Poor Villages.- Poverty Situation in 100 Villages.- Poverty Governance and Village-level Assistance in 100 Villages.- Targeted Poverty Assistance in 100 Villages.- Targeted Poverty Alleviation in 100 Villages.- Poverty Alleviation and Endogenous Development in Poor Villages.- Experiences and Problems in Poverty Alleviation in 100 Villages.- Outlook and Policy Recommendations.- Village-level Poverty Relief and Alleviation: Results, Challenges and Recommendations.- Village Poverty Governance and Rural Governance.- Analysis of Income and Consumption of Households in Targeted Poverty Alleviation Villages.- Poverty Alleviation Through Employment and Social Security.- Current Situation of Education in Poor Villages, Effectiveness of and Suggestions on Poverty Alleviation through Education.- Status Quo, Problems, and Measures of Healthy Village Construction.- Poverty Alleviation by Developing the Eco-economy: A Win-Win Approachto Poverty Eradication and Ecological Conservation.