2011年10月,《武陵山片区区域发展和扶贫攻坚规划》出台,正式将包括湖南、湖北、贵州、重庆四省市11个地(市、州)的71个县(市、区)在内的地区整合为一个区域整体。该片区是我国第二级阶梯向第三级阶梯过度的地带,集革命老区、民族地区、贫困地区于一体,是跨省交界面积大、少数民族聚集多、贫困人口分布的连片特困地区。 In October 2011, “Wuling Mountain Area Development and Poverty Alleviation Planning” was promulgated, and 71 counties (cities and districts) including 11 prefectures (cities and prefectures) in Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and Chongqing were formally included The area is integrated into one area as a whole. The area is an area where the second-level ladder to the third-level ladder is excessive in China. It combines the revolutionary old areas, ethnic areas and poor areas. It is a contiguous impoverished area with large inter-provincial boundaries, small ethnic groups and poor population.