The present invention discloses a mobile terminal picture projection display method, comprising the following steps of: establishing a communication connection between a mobile terminal and a cloud server-side, and establishing a communication connection between the cloud server-side and a display terminal. starting a mobile client of the mobile terminal, and selecting a to-be-sent picture; sending, by the mobile client, an display requesting instruction to the cloud server-side, and sending the picture; receiving, by the cloud server-side, the sent instruction and the sent picture; and after finishing reception of the picture, performing, by the cloud server-side, a projection operation, to display the picture on the display terminal. The to-be-sent picture is selected on the mobile client, and the mobile client obtains a local address of the picture according to the selected picture, and sends the picture to the cloud server-side in a stream manner according to the address; and the cloud server-side receives stream information sent by the mobile client, generates a picture file according to the stream information, and displays the picture file on the display terminal. The projection method of the present invention is easy and convenient in operation and has better user experience.