Climatic characteristics of foreign low latitude plateau regions are firstly introduced. Then, experience and lessons of major foreign low latitude plateau countries in developing modern agriculture are analyzed, including Indian three agricultural revolutions and agricultural informationization development, application of agricultural biotechnology in Brazil, trade liberalization and economic de-agriculture of Mexico, and Argentina, Saudi Arabia and South Africa attaching great importance to developing modern agriculture relying on science and technology and paying close attention to resource conservation and environmental protection. Combining natural and social resource characteristics of Yunnan plateau agriculture, pertinent implications and recommendations for modern agricultural development in Yunnan are put forward. Specifically, these include strengthening agricultural sci-tech research and development, and extension and application; transforming agricultural development model; enhancing agricultural resource conservation and environmental protection; accelerating developing mountain organic ecological agricultural and autumn agriculture; reinforcing urban and rural integration to develop plateau characteristic agriculture on the basis of local actual conditions.