With waveform data of 613 earthquakes with ML ≥ 2. 5 in the middle section of the Xiaojiang fault and its adjacent area which occurred during January,1998 to September 2007,focal mechanisms were calculated by the direct wave amplitude ratio of S /P in the vertical component and their characteristics were analyzed. According to regional tectonic features of the middle section of the Xiaojiang fault and its adjacent area,the study region was partitioned into two zones with the Xiaojiang fault as the boundary,e. g. zone A and zone B (including the Xiaojiang fault). In order to research the faults stress in detail,the Xiaojiang fault zone was picked out for independent analysis. The study region was also partitioned into 1°× 1° cells with a 0. 5° step. The stress fields of zone A,B and the fault zone were inverted with the FMSI method (Gephart,1990). The results show that first, the faults are mainly of strike-slip in the middle section and its adjacent area,amounting to 81. 28%,69. 23% and 72. 97% in the A,B and fault zones,respectively. Secondly,the stress inversion also indicates that the directions of maximum principal stress σ1 in the A, B,and fault zones are approximately NNW,NWW and NWW,the stress action is mainly horizontal,and strike-slip faulting is dominant in the study area. On the other hand,the direction of the principal stress field in the central Yunnan block changed from NNW to NWW,however,in the region between the Yuanmou and Pudu River faults,the azimuth of the main compressive stress shows that the north-south slip is obvious. While the direction of the main compressive stress of the Xiaojiang fault zone is nearly NW; in the east of the Xiaojiang fault,the direction of principal compressive stress is NW to NNW in the eastern Yunnan block. With waveform data of 613 earthquakes with ML ≥ 2. 5 in the middle section of the Xiaojiang fault and its adjacent area which occurred during January, 1998 to September 2007, focal mechanisms were calculated by the direct wave amplitude ratio of S / P in the According to regional tectonic features of the middle section of the Xiaojiang fault and its adjacent area, the study region was partitioned into two zones with the Xiaojiang fault as the boundary, eg zone A and zone B (including the Xiaojiang fault). In order to research the faults stress in detail, the Xiaojiang fault zone was picked out for independent analysis. The study region was also partitioned into 1 ° × 1 ° cells with a 0. 5 ° step. The stress fields of zone A, B and the fault zones were inverted with the FMSI method (Gephart, 1990). The results show that first, the faults are mainly of strike-slip in the middle section and its adjacent area, amounting to 81. 28%, 6 9. 23% and 72. 97% in the A, B and fault zones, respectively. Secondly, the stress inversion also indicates that the directions of maximum principal stress σ1 in the A, B, and fault zones are approximately NNW, NWW and NWW, the stress action is primarily horizontal, and strike-slip faulting is dominant in the study area. On the other hand, the direction of the principal stress field in the central Yunnan block changed from NNW to NWW, however, in the region between the Yuanmou and Pudu River faults, the azimuth of the main compressive stress that that the north-south slip is obvious. While the direction of the main compressive stress of the Xiaojiang fault zone is nearly NW; in the east of the Xiaojiang fault, the direction of principal compressive stress is NW to NNW in the eastern Yunnan block.