“…Specifically, China sought to classify poverty‐stricken households based on their environments and the reasons for their poverty so that the assistance could be based on need (Cheng et al, 2021). There were six main reasons identified for China's poverty: illness (Zheng & Peng, 2021), disability (Braithwaite & Mont, 2009), poor education (Ladd, 2012), lack of labor (Bandiera et al, 2017), lack of technology (Gollakota et al, 2012), and lack of funds (Tshitangoni et al, 2010). Therefore, to fully examine China's diverse poverty governance, this study explored the poverty reduction effects and precision of the TPA policy on these six poverty‐stricken household groups, which have not been paid attention to in previous studies.…”