The invention belongs to the field of metal testing analysis technology in a metallurgical industry, and particularly relates to a method for simultaneously measuring multiple metal elements in zinc smelting acid leaching residue through inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy, wherein measurement is performed according to the detecting principle of the inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. The method comprises the steps of determining an experiment condition, preparing single-element standard solution, preparing mixed standard solution, preparing series standard working solution A, preparing series standard working solution B, performing sample processing, drawing a working curve, checking coexisting element interference, checking an overlimit conditionand a precision condition, performing a recovery rate experiment and checking a stability condition. The method of the invention can simultaneously detect multiple elements in zinc smelting acid leaching residue and realizes high detecting result precision and high stability in an instrument detecting process. The method of the invention can effectively reduce pressure in enterprise detecting andresidue processing. Not only is an important meaning realized, but also high necessarity is obtained.