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The hemagglutinin (HA) segments of Yunnan A\/H3N2 strains isolated during 2017\u20132018 harbored a high genetic diversity due to heterogeneous distribution across branches. The mutation regularity of the predominant antigenic epitopes of HA segments in Yunnan was inconsistent in different years. Some important functional mutations in gene segments associated with viral adaptation and drug tolerance were revealed. The rapid genomic evolution of Yunnan A\/H3N2 strains from 2017 to 2022 mainly concentrated on segments, i.e., matrix protein 2 (M2), non-structural protein 1 (NS1), neuraminidase (NA), NS2, and HA, with a high overall non-synonymous\/synonymous substitution ratio (dN\/dS). Our results highlighted a decline in vaccine efficacy against the A\/H3N2 circulating strains, particularly against the Yunnan 2021\u20132022 A\/H3N2 strains. 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