Objective To establish an electronic chip data and management system for automatic identification and automatic capture of laboratory monkeys in order to improve the laboratory animal management work． Methods To establish a computer-controlled management system based on the technology of electronic chip implantation and automatic identification to record the data of each monkey，including genetic lineage，physiological data and experimental record， non-touch automatic capture，data reading and writing，electronic record management and remote transmission of data． This working system will considerably reduce the disturbance to experimental monkeys by human factors and stress reaction． Results The application of this system demonstrated that it is practical and easy to use and considerably facilitate the monkey capture and identity recognition during experiment and breeding． Every monkey had the only serial number in its life． This system enabled the working staff to reduce personnel injuries，workload and disturbance to the experimental monkeys． Conclusions A computer-controlled system of automatic identity recognition and automatic capture for laboratory monkeys has been successfully developed． This system provides a scientific，fast and effective computer management mode to create electronic records and managing colony database of monkeys． It can also be adopted to manage large or feral beasts by changing its channels，and has a bright future of application． To our knowledge this is an unique management system and so far is not available elsewhere．