Yunnan semi-fine wool sheep has the characteristics of strong constitution,plump wool,enhanced adaptability to various environments,excellent wool and meat production performance,and is the dominant breed spreading in the inland subalpine and southern high altitude,cold areas of China.Based on the current status of the breeding and industrial development of Yunnan se-mi-fine wool sheep,this review primarily analyzed the effectiveness of breeding and the application and promotion of Yunnan se-mi-fine wool sheep,in terms of the breeding process,the general situation of breed resources,breeding techniques,feeding manage-ment,production performance evaluation,research achievement transformation and industrial demonstration,in order to provide reference for breeding,resource conservation and utilization of this sheep breed.