A method for producing a photoconductive switching element for switching a functional element to be driven by an AC field or a DC field, in which the photoconductive switching element comprises an electrode layer, a lower charge generation layer, a charge transport layer and an upper charge generation layer laminated in that order on a substrate, which comprises
- forming at least one layer to be laminated above the electrode layer by the use of a solvent system that comprises a solvent capable of swelling or dissolving the layer just below the layer to be laminated.