Poverty alleviation of “smart countryside”: an empirical study on mechanism, innovation model and guarantee systems

Abstract

Since twenty-first century, the third revolution of science and technology as the core of the internet information technology makes society become more and more “smart”. Under the guidance of the strategy of “smart planet”, the concept and practice of “smart countryside” emerged. Using of energy and information & communication technology access to rural society to build a new “Smart countryside” in the 3I situations (Instrumented, Interconnected, Intelligent), which helps rural and poor areas out of poverty with a new form of poverty alleviation under the background of the internet. The paper analyses the mechanism of “smart countryside” poverty alleviation from the four perspectives: sustainable development of energy, social capital and knowledge, bridging the digital divide and promoting the information rights. Then, the paper investigates and summarizes seven kinds of innovation model of “smart countryside” poverty alleviation. The conclusion shows that the innovation model is conducive to the “multi-level” ecological interaction of poverty alleviation, which is “government-led, social participation, industry development and the poor benefit”. It also brings environment, economy, service, the humanities, and the people’s livelihood performance for poverty alleviation. Finally, the paper puts forward policies supporting system for “smart countryside” poverty alleviation from the aspects of technology, space, capital and people.