Abstract: The science-and-technology-based poverty alleviation is to make use of the unique leading scientific and technological talents and technical means to make the poor households in the remote and backward areas through entrepreneurship, to improve their income, to get rid of poverty and to become rich. This article first analyzes the background of poverty alleviation in Hubei. Then analyze the poverty problem and its causes in Hubei minority areas. Combining with the characteristics of the ethnic minority areas in Hubei（such as Enshi）, this paper puts forward the poverty alleviation model and its adaptability. Finally, the paper puts forward the countermeasures and suggestions for establishing a long-term mechanism on the science-and-technology-based poverty alleviation, with a view to providing the reference for poverty alleviation and poverty-alleviation-paths in other impoverished regions.

Key words: science-and-technology-based poverty alleviation, poverty issues, poverty alleviation model, long-term mechanism