The invention discloses a method for preparing a polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-base microporous membrane, which adopts a thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) technology and comprises the steps of: 1, preparing meltable acrylonitrile-base copolymer: adopting a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer and second monomer, which has the mixing molar ratio of 95:5-70:30, and preparing the meltable acrylonitrile-base copolymer through a polymerization technology; 2, preparing acrylonitrile-base casting film liquid: adding the copolymer and diluent into a reactor according to a weight ratio of 1:9-5:5wt%, heating to 140-230 DEG C, forming the uniform solution, then defoaming for 10-60 minutes, and producing PAN-base casting film liquid; and 3, preparing a microporous membrane: adopting a flat membrane preparation method which comprises of pouring the casting film liquid into a mould which is preheated to 150-230 DEG C, calendaring molding, cooling, solidifying, and extracting to obtain the product; adopting a hollow membrane preparation method which comprises of pouring the casting film liquid into a spinning machine, extruding at 150-230 DEG C, and extracting the diluent to obtain the product.