On September 17, 2009, Sultan Kösen overtook Bao Xishun as the tallest living man.

He later returned to Inner Mongolia to live with his mother and worked at the Chifeng City local hospital for several months.

In December 2006, Xishun Bao was asked by veterinarians to assist them in removing shards of plastic from the stomachs of two dolphins.

The dolphins had accidentally swallowed the shards, which had settled in their stomachs and caused a loss of appetite and depression.

[11] Bao appeared on the eleventh episode of The Amazing Race 16 as the "Pit Stop" greeter.