The invention discloses a copper-clad aluminum conductor production process comprising the following processing steps of: 1, deoiling the aluminum conductor by soaking the aluminum conductor in a chemical solvent; 2, cleaning; 3, pickling the aluminum conductor in a pickling solution for activating; 4, pre-nickeling the aluminum conductor in a solution containing 5-30 g/L of nickel chlorite, 50-150 g/L of nickel aminosulfonate, 20-100 g/L of boric acid and additives; 5, cleaning; 6, coppering the pre-nickeled aluminum conductor in a solution containing 30-50 g/L of copper nitrate, hydroxy ethylidene diphosphate and additives at 25-40 DEG C and with current density of 2-5 A/dm<2>; 7, cleaning the aluminum conductor through clear water at 30-40 DEG C; and 8, winding and packaging the aluminum conductor. The copper-clad aluminum conductor production process disclosed by the invention is reasonable in process, the aluminum conductor is nickeled and coppered by the environmentally-friendly and non-pollution plating solutions, the plating combination strength of produced copper-clad aluminum conductors with various diameters is high, and the subsequent drawing quality of the conductors is good.