Abstract: By the methods of literature review and logical analysis, this paper analyzes the necessity, challenge and path of integrating physical education and labor education in the new era. The integration of physical education and labor education is an inevitable requirement in implementing the education policy of the party and the state in the new era, inheriting and improving Chinese physical education system and deepening the complementarity of physical education and labor education to promote the overall development of students' physical and mental health. However, the integration of physical education and labor education still faces such challenges as the need for in-depth academic research, the interests of different subjects to be coordinated, the support of policies and regulations, and the urgent need to train teachers with mixed physical education and labor education abilities. Suggestions: uphold the value concept of overall training to promote the integration of physical education and labor education to form a consensus on the integration of physical education and labor education; promote the integration of physical education and labor education through the cooperation of on-campus and off-campus education; improve the guidance of policies, laws and regulations to provide institutional guarantees for the integration of physical education and labor education; promote the perfection of pre-service education, on-the-job training and teacher recruitment, and strengthen the cultivation of teachers with mixed physical education and labor education abilities.

Key words: physical education, labor education, overall training, integration