A synthetic technology for 2-chloro-4,6-dinitroaniline is disclosed. The technology comprises (1) dispersing 2,4-dinitroaniline in hydrochloric acid and a catalyst and stirring to form a slurry, wherein the mass fraction of hydrochloric acid is 1-8%; (2) introducing chlorine into the slurry obtained in the step (1) for chlorination reaction; (3) adding a sodium chlorate solution into the reaction solution in the step (2) and continuing performing chlorination reaction, wherein the mass fraction of the sodium chlorate solution is 20%-40%; and (4) filtering the reaction solution obtained in the step (3), washing the filter cake until the pH value is 6.0-7.0, returning the mother liquid to the step (1) as hydrochloric acid and the catalyst for cyclic utilization utile the sodium chloride in the mother liquid is saturated, and discharging the mother liquid into a wastewater processing system, wherein the molar ratio of 2,4-dinitroaniline, chlorine and sodium chlorate is 1:(0.2-0.8):(0.06-0.3). The technology is high in yield, the purity of the obtained product is high, cost is low, the cycling times of the mother liquid are more, the wastewater discharging amount is less, and the benifit of energy saving and emission reduction is substantial.