The invention provides a lateral SCR device with a high maintaining 
voltage. The device comprises a P-type substrate, an n-type well region, a p-type well region, an 
anode first N+ 
contact region, ananode first P+ 
contact region,, an N+ low trigger region, a 
cathode second P+ isolation region, a 
cathode second N+ 
contact region tangent to the 
cathode second P+ isolation region, a cathode first P+isolation region tangent to the cathode second N+ contact region, a cathode first N+ contact region tangent to a cathode first P+ isolation region, a second P+ contact region tangent to a cathode first N+ contact region, and a first cathode compensation 
resistor of which one end is connected with the cathode second N+ contact region, wherein surfaces of the 
anode first N+ contact region and the 
anode first P+ contact region are short-circuited by 
metal to form a device anode, and surfaces of the cathode first N+ contact region and the cathode second P+ contact region are short-circuited through 
metal and are connected with the other end of the first cathode compensation 
resistor to form a device cathode. The device is advantaged in that the maintaining 
voltage of the SCR device is improved, the latch-up resistance of the device is improved, 
current distribution of a device cathode region is improved, and robustness of the device is improved.