Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, formerly known as Yunnan Finance Cadre School, was founded in 195 1. 1979, set up specialized courses in finance and trade to recruit junior college students; Yunnan Institute of Finance and Trade 198 1 was established and started full-time undergraduate education; 1998 merged with Yunnan Economic Management Cadre College; 1995 was identified as a provincial key university by the Yunnan provincial government; In 2006, it was renamed Yunnan University of Finance and Economics.

20 13 became the authorized unit of doctoral degree, and 20 14 won the first postdoctoral mobile station. The school runs in Kunming, Yunnan Province, with Longquan Road Campus and Anning Campus, covering an area of 2 133 mu, with 33,022 full-time students. After more than 70 years of development, it has formed a multi-level talent training system, such as the organic connection of undergraduate, master's and doctoral education, the training of international students and continuing education, and has become a multidisciplinary university with economic management as the mainstay and the coordinated development of law, literature, science, engineering and art.

The school has 2 152 teaching staff, more than 400 full-time teachers 1400 and 687 senior titles, including 2 14 professors and 405 associate professors. Distinguished professor, a Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education, 4 experts in the National "100 Million Talents Project", 3 experts with outstanding contributions from the State, 20 experts with special allowances from the State Council, 2 selected for the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education, 1 National Teacher's Ethics Model, and 9 members of the National Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education.