The article firstly shows that the anti\|poverty industry had made few contributions to the dramatic reduction of poverty during the period from the early 1980s to the early 1990s in China through examining the statistical figures concerned. The article secondly argues that the strategic shift of the anti\|poverty policy from “reducing massive poverty" to targeting the poorest of poor is to normalize poor population management. The policy will induce rather than reduce more poverty. The article lastly explores an alternative of “development" through strengthening the grassroots communities and helping them to reconstruct their life world.