Abstract: 【Objective/Meaning】Fuzhou and Dingxi are the cooperative cities in poverty alleviation between the eastern and western regions in China. Focusing on the poverty in Dingxi, Fuzhou and Dingxi have explored an ecological poverty reduction pattern of “achieving the regional poverty reduction through afforestation”. The ecological poverty reduction pattern of forestry in the two places were studied and analyzed, in order to provide beneficial reference for the ecological poverty alleviation in the ecologically fragile areas such as Liupanshan area, etc.【Methods/Procedures】Based on the first-hand data acquired during the whole process of project investigation, planning and implementation in Dingxi, the poverty alleviation model, main effects and the enlightenment brought by the project implementation were analyzed, and the problems that were needed to be paid attention to and followed up in the follow-on work of the project were discussed.【Results/Conclusions】The implementation of the project has increased the income of the poverty-stricken households in Dingxi City, provided the ecological service and promoted the development of the society. Under the guidance of the strategy of targeted poverty alleviation coordinated by the eastern and western regions of China, the key factors for the successful implementation of the project and the achieved remarkable results were the multi-participation led by the government, the integrated application of afforestation technologies suitable for the gully area of Loess Plateau, the unified engineering management and the establishment of organic association with the poverty-stricken households.