Abstract: The method for preparing aromatic polyesters consists in the interaction between bis-phenols and dihalogenanhydrides of aromatic dicarboxylic acids taken at a molar ratio from 0.9 to 1.1, at a temperature from -10 to +30.degree.C, in the presence of alkali taken in the quantity of 2 - 2.5 moles per mole of bis-phenols, in a system water-organic liquid, at their volume ratio from 0.2 to 5; said organic liquid is capable of dissolving dihalogenanhydrides of dicarboxylic acids, is chamically inactive towards the starting components, and is miscible with water in the quantity of not less than 25 per cent. The process is carried out in the presence of water-soluble salts of metals standing in the first and the second groups of the Periodic System, taken either separately or in combination, in the quantity from 5 to 45 per cent by weight with respect to the weight of water taken for the reaction. The reaction mixture which is formed, is emulsion containing the end product. The emulsion is ready for direct use.