In order to efficiently utilize the natural crystalline bischofite produced after potassium extraction from Qinghai Salt Lake,this paper proposes a new method for purifying bischofite and preparing light burned magnesium oxide.The high-purity bischofites were obtained by the dissolution-precipitation method to separating the impurities of potassium chloride and sodium chloride from magnesium chloride solution using the solubility differences of magnesium chloride,potassium chloride,and sodium chloride in anhy-drous ethanol in this study.And then,the high-purity light burned magnesium oxide was prepared by direct decomposition method using purified salt lake brine as raw material.The results showed that a purity of 99.82%bischofite(MgCl2·6H2O)could be obtained by separating the potassium chloride and sodium chlo-ride impurities from magnesium chloride solution of the salt lake through the dissolution-precipitation method,and the high-purity magnesium oxide with a purity of 99.50%was obtained by decomposing the bischofite.The research results are of great significance for the efficient resource utilization of the natural crystalline bischofite produced after potassium extraction from Qinghai Salt Lake.