Chinese government is updating its Aid-the-Poor Program to develop a sound national poverty alleviation system, especially in mountain areas. And promoting economic growth and improving quality of life of residents are important components to ensure that poverty alleviation goals meet throughout the poverty alleviation chain. In this paper, Xiang-xi Prefecture, a typical mountain region, was taken as an example to analysis strategy of poverty alleviation in mountain area. This context highlights the internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as the external opportunities and threats. With the purpose of reducing poverty in Xiang-xi Prefecture, collective actions could be implemented including constructing modern transportation infrastructure, encouraging regional characteristic industries and setting up restraint-incentive scheme on ecological reserve and economic development.