In order to develop an information acquisition system and apply to smart city, the information acquisition system using four-meter centralized reading is designed. At present, all provinces and municipalities in the country are vigorously promoting the construction of household electricity, water, gas and heat, and remote meter reading technology of electricity, water, gas and heat is also becoming more mature. In particular, the electricity information acquisition system pioneered by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has already realized the full coverage of the remote meter reading network of residents, and laid the foundation for the integrated acquisition of electricity, water, gas and heat by family. However, from the present point of view, the management of electricity, water, gas and heat is self-organized. Though there are many similarities in the problem of meter reading, due to the reasons of industry management, resource sharing cannot be formed. The basic structure of the current electric information acquisition system, the remote and local communication technology, and the benefit produced by the meter are introduced. A technical scheme for collecting four kinds of meter meters by using the existing power information collection network is put forward. The use of four-meter centralized reading shows that the technical plan about four-meter centralized reading is in line with the direction and requirements of sharing and building the resource-saving society. Compared with the other system, it is in the leading position. In conclusion, this new smart technology has achieved certain effect in the practical application and the application prospect is very wide.