Objective To analyze feeding status of children under 2 years old in the poor rural areas of Gansu province in 2007-2009. Methods Feeding status of 672 infants to study were studied who were selected from the program of "Surveillance of health-related risk factor of children under 6 years old in poor rural areas" and "Study on appropriate technology of children under-nutrition improvement in poor rural areas".SPSS software was used for statistical analysis. Results The rate of almost exclusive breast-feeding of children under 6 months in poor rural areas of Gansu province in different years had statistical significance(χ²=9.068,P=0.011).It was 59.5% in 2008,and dropped to 45.0% in 2009.There were 75.8% of infants and young children without breast-feeding because of mother's milk was not enough.Approximately 19.0% of infants and young children were weaned under 6 months of age,13.4% of infants and young children were given complementary food in 6 months of age correctly. Conclusion The study demonstrated that it is unreasonable of feeding status of children under 2 years old in the poor rural areas of Gansu province,and we must carry out health education universally about knowledge of infant feeding.