The Beijing Olympic torch was successfully delivered in Yunnan. The province also hosted the seventh National Games for the Disabled, the ninth Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities and the seventh Farmers' Games.

Yunnan won three gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the 11th National Games. It has won gold medals in the men's speedwalking race for five straight years and achieved good results in swimming, cycling and men's long-distance running.

In addition, it got two silver medals in the first World Mind Sports Games and three bronze ones in the first Youth Olympic Games. In the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games, Yunnan got two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. It also hosted the 12th and 13th provincial games and the sixth municipal games.

The sports industry had a total output value of 12.41 billion yuan during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, up 5.77 billion yuan and involving 190,000 workers. Its plateau training base has received more than 200,000 athletes from home and abroad in the same period. Sports lotteries raked in 10.66 billion yuan and helped collect 3.02 billion yuan for public welfare.

The province also has 16 projects to help the poor, 8 to boost resident welfare, 23 to improve people's health and almost 2,000 to make farmers exercise.