The invention relates to a method for effectively recycling zinc from a copper-bearing acid leaching solution. The method comprises the steps that the copper-bearing acid leaching solution obtained from gold and silver concentrates through the roasting and acid leaching processes is subjected to multilevel oxidation, gold and silver carbon adsorption, extraction electrodeposition, zinc ion chelation and chelate decomposition. A very stable chelate is formed by using chelating agent 4-methylpyridine ethylenediamine and bivalent zinc ions, the zinc ions can be separated from raffinate which still contains a small amount of copper and iron ions, and thus the zinc ions can be effectively utilized. Compared with a traditional extraction-electrodeposition process, the method has the advantages that zinc is effectively recovered, the treatment cost of the acid leaching solution is reduced, and the impact on the surrounding environment is reduced.