The present invention relates to provides one kind of RE perovskite type catalyst for catalytic oxidation of NO into NO2, and features that the catalyst includes the perovskite type active component A1-xA'xB1-yB'yO3, where, A represents RE metal element La, A' includes Zr, Ce, Sr, Ca, Ba and Pr, B and B' represent transition metal element Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Cu or Ti, x is 0-0.9, and y is 0-1.0. The catalyst of the present invention has simple preparation process, low cost, and NO oxidizing activity up to 80 % at 300 deg.c. It may be used to replace noble metal catalyst for oxidizing NO in lean combustion tail gas into NO2 to raise the NOx eliminating rate.