From 2011 to 2020，the poverty alleviation work in the western Yunnan border area has achieved remarkable results. All 56 poverty-stricken counties （county-level cities and districts） were lifted out of poverty. Over the past ten years，The number of people living in poverty in rural areas has been significantly reduced year by year，the incidence of poverty continues to decline. Rural incomes have continued to grow steadily，the standard of living has been rising. Infrastructure and working and living conditions have been comprehensively improved. Social and public services have been significantly improved. Based on the measurement and analysis of the rural transformation degree index in the western Yunnan border area from 2011 to 2019，we can find that some progress has been made in rural transformation in the western Yunnan border area，and rural transformation index continues to increase year by year. However，the overall speed of transformation has been slow. In particular，the transformation of “Environment-Factor” is relatively fast，the transformation of “Human-Factor” is the slowest，and the transformation of “Industry-Factor” is in the middle. In the subsequent stage of rural revitalization strategy，some challenges still remain，such as the problem of industrial sustainable development is outstanding，the people’s endogenous development capacity is insufficient，infrastructure and social security is relatively weak and other challenges. The western Yunnan border area not only needs to further promote the institutional innovation of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization，but also needs to accelerate the improvement of infrastructure and enhance the capacity of social security services. Moreover，it is necessary to activate the resource elements to realize the sustainable development of rural industry，and promote the upgrading of the poor population from helping out of poverty to independent development. By doing these works，it is achievable to speed up the transformation of rural “human-factor” and “industry-factor” in the western Yunnan border area.