Abstract:The construction of the world's top scientist laboratory is a successful way for some developed countries to attract high-end scientific and technological talents, and also an active exploration for China to catch up with the goal of science and technology in the new situation. Based on the existing results and combined with the investigation, this paper forms a more comprehensive thinking and prospect for the construction of top scientist laboratories in China. Firstly, the background of laboratory construction is introduced, and the connotation of top scientist is defined. There are different development models of top scientist laboratories in the world, the successful experiences of Europe and America are analyzed and compared. Then, taking the laboratory construction of Jilin university as a typical case, the paper systematically analyzes its construction overview, introduction window period, organizational structure, operation mechanism and problems encountered in construction and development. Finally, the paper discusses and looks forward to the future research field.