funds earmarked by the central government for local governments to help the poor. China real estate and people's livelihood security poverty alleviation funds are special funds provided by the central government to local governments for poverty alleviation. National poverty alleviation funds refer to funds specially arranged by the central government to solve the problem of food and clothing for the rural poor and support the social and economic development in poverty-stricken areas, including: funds for supporting the development of economically underdeveloped areas, special subsidies for agricultural construction in the "Three West", new financial poverty alleviation funds, work-for-work relief funds and special poverty alleviation loans.