[A research on poverty alleviation based on characteristic agriculture industry: review on Chinese medicine industry to alleviate poverty].

With the increasing recognition of Chinese herbal medicine products at both domestic and foreign markets, Chinese medicine industry has made great progress. Recently the relation between Chinese medicine industry and poverty alleviation becomes a research focus. This paper summarizes and concludes the research progress of Chinese medicine industry to alleviate poverty from industrial development, policy design, poverty alleviation effect and risk prevention perspectives based on review the background of Chinese medicine industry to alleviate poverty and its evolution course. The result shows that how to benefit the poor and get sustained ability to lift themselves out of poverty, Chinese medicine industry coordinated development and improve the basic medical and sanitation conditions are the major questions which can explore the Chinese medicine industry potential for alleviate poverty and carry out a further research of it.