Abstract: As the end of the five-year transition period for consolidating poverty alleviation achievements and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization approaches, establishing a regularized assistance system for rural low-income populations has become an urgent priority. Motivating internal drives while maintaining poverty alleviation achievements not only aligns with the goal of sustainable and systematic assistance, but also forms the foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization. Theoretically, advancing internal-drive-oriented regularized assistance integrates three fundamental principles: baseline task, efficiency promotion of poverty alleviation and development orientation. In the need of optimizing category method and enhancing effectiveness of regularized assistance, three key strategies emerge. (1) Clarifying policy adjustment pathways by coordinating four core relationships: income-development balance, short-term and long-term coordination, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and passive support versus self-reliance. (2) Innovating identification criteria through income stratification and internal drive. The low-income populations can be categorized into four groups: Development-Oriented (high motivation and strong capacity), Empowerment-Oriented (high motivation and weak capacity), Activation-Oriented (low motivation and strong capacity) and Safety Net-Oriented (low motivation and weak capacity). (3) Implementing differentiated strategies tailored to each group's characteristics. For each group, suggestions are strengthening interconnected assistance through industrial development and employment promotion, coordinating capacity-building with social security, and preventing welfare dependency caused by reverse incentives.