中文摘要：

本文从阐述我国西部地区农村贫困现状和四阶段扶贫开发历程入手，分析了西部农村贫困地区的参与式整村推进、特色产业开发、乡村旅游开发和移民开发等扶贫模式；总结了西部农村扶贫开发的绩效。研究发现：西部农村扶贫模式创新是西部农村扶贫取得良好绩效的保证。最后提出开展扶贫模式创新、打破农村扶贫制度性陷阱、消除农村制度性贫困等政策建议。

英文摘要：

This paper expatiates the poverty actuality and the four-stage course of poverty reduction in the western rural areas of China, analyses the patterns of rural poverty reduction innovated by the western areas people, such as push the village forward by participation, characteristic industry development, country tourism development and resettlement development, summarizes the achievement of poverty reduction in western areas. The study finds that the innovation of patterns of rural poverty reduction in the western areas is the guarantee to achieve a good performance of it. Finally, this paper provides many policy recommendations such as innovation of patterns of poverty relief, breaking through the institutional trap of rural poverty reduction, and eliminating the institutional poverty of western areas in China.