In order to solve the common problem of electric energy meter industry, which is a slow speed of manual meter reading and inventory, this project designs the handheld meter reading terminal based on UHF RFID. It has many characteristics such as once reading multiple tags, long distance identification, high transmission rate and high reliability. The handheld meter reading terminal has combined Android OS with UHF RFID, WIFI and 4G, and is applied to the intelligent meter reading system and meter warehouse management system. It effectively improves the reliability of the meter reading data and the convenience of maintenance management, minimizes the workload of staff. This paper elaborates the overall scheme design of the system, and introduces the important components of software and hardware. This RFID handheld terminal has already been applied in the project, and the system worked well, stably and efficiently.