A conductive paste for lithium-ion battery positive electrodes, the conductive paste comprising a dispersion resin, conductive carbon, and a solvent, the solvent being N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether or methanol, the dispersion resin containing a resin, the resin containing, as one constituent component, a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A1-1) represented by the following formula: wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are identical or different, and each represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, and methylol, at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is hydroxyl, and X may or may not be present; when X is present, X is one or more atoms forming a linking chain, wherein the linking chain is selected from hydrocarbon groups which may be substituted with halogen, -O-, -(R-O) m -, - m -, -(R-O) m -R-, -C(=O)-, -R(-OH)-, -C(=O)-O-, -R-C(=O)-O-, -C(=O)-O-R-, -C(=O)-N(-R)-, -C(=O)-N(-R)-R-, -R-C(=O)-N(-R)- and -R-C(=O)-N(-R)-R-, wherein each R represents an arbitrary substituent and preferably hydrogen or alkyl, and m is an integer of 1 or greater, wherein the resin is obtained by copolymerization of the monomer (A1-1) and a fatty acid vinyl ester (A1-2) and the copolymerized resin is subjected to saponification so that fatty acid vinyl ester units are hydrolyzed to vinyl alcohol units with a saponification degree of at least 70 mol%, wherein the dispersion resin further contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin, and characterized in that the conductive paste contains moisture in an amount of less than 1.0 mass%, wherein the moisture content in the conductive paste is measured by Karl Fischer coulometric titration, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin has a saponification degree of 30 to 100 mol% and is obtainable by polymerization of vinyl acetate, followed by hydrolyzation, and wherein the resin and the polyvinyl alcohol resin are contained in the conductive paste at a ratio of 40/60 to 90/10, based on the resin solids mass. wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are identical or different, and each represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, and methylol, at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is hydroxyl, and X may or may not be present; when X is present, X is one or more atoms forming a linking chain, wherein the linking chain is selected from hydrocarbon groups which may be substituted with halogen, -O-, -(R-O) m -, - m -, -(R-O) m -R-, -C(=O)-, -R(-OH)-, -C(=O)-O-, -R-C(=O)-O-, -C(=O)-O-R-, -C(=O)-N(-R)-, -C(=O)-N(-R)-R-, -R-C(=O)-N(-R)- and -R-C(=O)-N(-R)-R-, wherein each R represents an arbitrary substituent and preferably hydrogen or alkyl, and m is an integer of 1 or greater, wherein the resin is obtained by copolymerization of the monomer (A1-1) and a fatty acid vinyl ester (A1-2) and the copolymerized resin is subjected to saponification so that fatty acid vinyl ester units are hydrolyzed to vinyl alcohol units with a saponification degree of at least 70 mol%, wherein the dispersion resin further contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin, and characterized in that the conductive paste contains moisture in an amount of less than 1.0 mass%, wherein the moisture content in the conductive paste is measured by Karl Fischer coulometric titration, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin has a saponification degree of 30 to 100 mol% and is obtainable by polymerization of vinyl acetate, followed by hydrolyzation, and wherein the resin and the polyvinyl alcohol resin are contained in the conductive paste at a ratio of 40/60 to 90/10, based on the resin solids mass.