Objective To investigate the existing problems about the feeding of 6 to 24-month infants in the urban and rural areas of Kunming,and provide a basis for improvement of the feeding behaviors and measures to improve the infant and young child complementary feeding. Method A cross-sectional survey was used to investigate breastfeeding and complementary feeding data within 1 201 6 to 24-month infants in the urban and rural area of Kunming. Results Significant difference in early time feeding was found between urban and rural area.1) The rates of almost exclusive breast-feeding were low,42.1% in urban and 57% in rural respectively.2) The rates of early initiation of breast feeding were very low,44.2% in urban and 57% in rural of the infants get the breast feeding over 24 hours after they were born.3)The rates of the first bite of the breast milk were very low,22.5% in urban and 10.9% in rural respectively.4) For most urban and rural area infants,the first bite of food after they were born is not the breast milk,but the formula milk for urban (43.8%) and sweet water for rural (49%).5)It is very common that add the complementary food earlier than 4 months,both in urban and rural area. Conclusions The early feeding problems should not be ignored in Kunming city,especially in rural area.Timely,accurate and comprehensive implement nutrition health education must be enforced.