Abstract: China’s poverty reduction focuses on “Contiguous Poor Areas with Special Difficulties”. These areas are under double pressure of poverty and ecological vulnerability, so they must adhere to the protective exploitation principle in the process of developing. The paper takes the three typical regions such as Appalachia region of America, Hokkaido of Japan as examples, summarizes the experience of protective development of poor areas. Then, the paper brings forward some countermeasures and suggestions to reduce poverty of Contiguous Poor Areas, such as increase support for major infrastructure projects, improve public services, strengthen ecological preservation, and so on.

摘要： 我国新一轮扶贫攻坚战聚焦14个“集中连片特殊困难地区”。这些地区贫困程度深，贫困面积广，致贫原因复杂，同时面临环境退化、生态脆弱等严峻问题，扶贫、减贫难度非常大。本文以美国阿巴拉契亚、日本北海道两个典型地区为案例，分析国外对集中连片落后地区进行保护性开发的措施和成效，总结可供我国集中连片特困地区借鉴的经验，并从构建合作框架、提升基础设施、完善公共服务、加大扶贫力度、导入绿色产业、重视生态建设等方面，提出促进我国集中连片特殊困难地区资源开发、生态保护和经济发展有机结合的对策建议。

关键词: 集中连片特困地区, 减贫, 经验借鉴, Contiguous Poor Areas with Special Difficulties, Poverty Reduction, Experience