The technology of membrane-covered compost is a good choice to more efficiently, environmentally and cost-effectively solve the problem of agriculture wastes’ pollution. Researchers, company and government pay more attention to this new compost technology, while limited research can be only developed in composting plant. In order to develop membrane-covered compost test in laboratory, an lab-scale intelligent membrane-covered aerobic composting reactor test system was presented, including fermentation system, gas distribution system, membrane-covered system and control system. In accordance with the thermodynamics and relevant principles, the whole system and subsystem of the reactor were optimized. The reactor tank was cylindrical and volume of the tank was 90L. Aeration system can provide an accurate aeration with a frequency control fan, the maximum aeration rate was 20L/min and the aeration accuracy was 0.1L/min. A selected pervious membrane-covered system was designed which used PTFE as a core material compared with traditional aerobic composting reactor system. The membrane-covered system and fermentation system were connected by seats. A system of measurement and control was developed that can achieve temperature, oxygen concentration, pressure, aeration and gas real-time accurate monitoring and multivariate feedback control. The results of property test showed that the compost tests results were good according to main physical, chemical and biological indicators. In conclusion, various requests of compost tests can be satisfied by the lab-scale intelligent membrane-covered aerobic composting reactor system.