This two-volume set, LNCS 15352 and LNCS 15353, constitutes the proceedings of the 18th Chinese Conference on Biometric Recognition, CCBR 2024, held in Nanjing, China, during November 22–24, 2024. The 52 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. These papers have been categorized under the following topical sections in these two volumes: - Part I: Fingerprint, Palmprint and Vein Recognition; Face Detection, Recognition and Tracking. Part II: Face Detection, Recognition and Tracking; Affective Computing and Human-Computer Interface; Gait, Iris and Other Biometrics; Trustworthy, Privacy and Personal Data Security; Medical and Other Applications.