Abstract: With the penetration of the reform, urban poverty is becoming deep and extension in China since 90 years. Induced the contemporary characters of urban poverty, this paper points out the internal cause of urban poverty is the adjustment of economic structure and industry structure, the lad of social insurance system, and poverty people’s quality. Based on these aspects, the paper advances some effective measures on curing urban poverty.

Key words: Adjustment of industry structure and economic structure, National economic growth, Social insurance system, Urban poverty