Since the founding of New China，the form of labor education has changed several times with the evolution of industrial structure. The two have been closely linked and developed simultaneously.During the period of national economic recovery and industrialization construction，with industry as the leading role and agriculture as the foundation，labor education focused on serving agricultural production and training students' basic work skills.In the period of reform and opening-up and socialist modernization，the dominant position of industry was consolidated and enhanced，the proportion of employed persons in the secondary industry increased significantly，and the focus of labor education served the industrial production.In the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics，modern service industry has become the leader of the national economy，and labor has shown unprecedented knowledge，creativity，and complexity. The mode of labor education with Chinese characteristics should incorporate labor education into the whole process of talent training，build a labor education system with characteristics of the times，carry out a variety of practical activities，and train qualified workers for an innovative society.