Geographical indications poverty alleviation have gradually become one of focus of poverty alleviation because they integrate various poverty alleviation strategies such as industrial poverty alleviation, employment poverty alleviation, and improvement of the development capacity of poor areas. It discusses the paths of industrial poverty alleviation based on geographical indication resources in the context of the rural revitalization strategy, clarifies the comprehensive value of geographical indications poverty alleviation, analyzes the characteristics of geographical indication resources and the mechanism of their contribution to poverty alleviation, and summarizes the successful experience of poverty alleviation with Ruyang sweet potato as a typical case.. Therefore, the smooth implementation of geographical indications poverty alleviation requires efforts to promote the mining and protection of geographical indication resources, stabilize the six systems of geographical indications poverty alleviation, and expand the comprehensive value of geographical indications poverty alleviation.