The Contiguous Destitute Areas are the main battleground of poverty alleviation in China in the past decade. 680 poverty-stricken counties have been successfully removed from the poor county list，accounting for 82% of the 832 poor counties in China，making a key contribution to winning the battle against poverty on time，building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and creating the Chinese miracle in the history of poverty alleviation in the world. In the past ten years，the poor counties were all removed from the poor county list，the number of the poor and poverty rate fell sharply，and the economic growth rates were higher and the tendency is upward in the 14 Contiguous Destitute Areas，and there were also a steady rise and continuous optimization of rural residents’ income and consumption，besides，the infrastructure and public services of the villages and rural residents’ quality of life were improved obviously. At the same time，the countermeasures like Targeted Poverty Alleviation accelerated the speed of rural reconstruction and transformation，and laid a good foundation for rural revitalization from three aspects of elements integration，structural optimization and function expansion. Applying the rural transformation measure index system，this report measured and compared the rural transformation degrees of the Contiguous Destitute Areas and found that，since 2014，the rural transformed rapidly with the annualised average speed of 3.68% comprehensively，while，on the sub-dimensions，rural “land” with the lowest transformation degree but had the fastest transformation speed，rural “people” with the highest transformation degree but had the slowest transformation speed. However，the overall transformation degree of the rural area in the Contiguous Destitute Areas was still low，and the variations among the different areas on each dimension were significant. For example，the rural transformation degrees of Luoxiao Mountain，Yanshan-Taihang Mountain，southern foot of The Great Hinggan Mountains and Dabie Mountain were high，while the rural transformation degrees of Liupan Mountain，Wuling Mountain，Wumeng Mountain and Yunnan，Guangxi and Guizhou rocky desertification area were low，and the highest value was nearly three times of the lowest value. Due to the obvious disadvantages of factors，slow structural upgrading and non-excellent functional system，the Contiguous Destitute Areas would still be a difficult area for national rural revitalization. So，we should consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and make rural revitalization from the five aspects of talent，industry，organization，culture and ecology. Laying a good foundation for the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization is the focal point of the work of each district during the 14th Five-year Plan period.