The invention belongs to the technical field of synthesis of 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline, and particularly relates to a novel process for synthesizing 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline. The process comprises the following steps: S1, cleaning a first reaction container, drying and cooling the container to room temperature, adding parachloroaniline and 5-(methoxymethylene)-2, 2-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxo-4, 6-diketone into an ethanol solution with a certain concentration according to a molar ratio of (0.1-1):(0.1-1), performing slow stirring, and performing reacting for 4-6 hours until the reaction is finished; S2, carrying out suction filtration on the reaction product to obtain 80-95% A; S3, adding a certain amount of diphenyl ether-biphenyl eutectic into a second reaction container, heating the container to 240-260 DEG C, adding the product A, performing stirring,performing reacting for 5-10 minutes, and performing cooling to room temperature; and S4, carrying out suction filtration on a product obtained in the S3 in petroleum ether to obtain 80-90% 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline, and performing drying to obtain a 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline product. According to the method disclosed by the invention, spin-drying is changed into suction filtration, so that a solid product with very high purity can be obtained, and the time is also saved; and in addition, the diphenyl ether-biphenyl eutectic is used as the solvent, so that time, manpower and material resources can be saved.