Construction of teaching lab in higher colleges and universities is the important part of their teaching work. It is the main point for improving the experiment teaching system. Experiment teaching is the important part of the university teaching system. Laboratory is the key base of the experiment teaching.Strengthening the construction and management of the laboratory and enhancing the teaching level are the main challenges in the front of all colleges and universities.The importance and necessity of laboratory construction in higher colleges and universities, classification and use of the labs, school's and university's central lab construction are under discussion in this paper.These arguments are further analyzed and demonstrated in the instance of the central lab's construction and management of School of Life Science in SouthCentral University for Nationalities.