The invention discloses a lining cloth structure for a papermaking machine. The lining cloth structure comprises a net body, warp yarns and weft yarns are wound around the net body, a breathable layer is arranged on the surface of the net body, and a protection layer is arranged on the outer surface of the breathable layer. The lining cloth structure has the advantages that the structure is simple, using is convenient and fast, the protection layer and a wearing layer are combined, the service life of lining cloth is prolonged, the quality of produced paper is improved, and as the breathable layer is additionally arranged, the breathable effect is good.