The invention relates to non-aqueous electrolyte of a primary lithium battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a lithium salt, a high-flash-point and low-melting-point solvent and a low-viscosity solvent, wherein the high-flash-point and low-melting-point solvent comprises at least one of propylene carbonate, dimethyl methylphosphonate, diethyl methylphosphonite, diethyl ethanephosphonate, dimethyl ethylphosphonate and gamma-butyrolactone; the flash point of the high-flash-point and low-melting-point solvent is greater than 60 DEG C; the melting point is less than 40 DEG C; the low-viscosity solvent comprises at least one of glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, 1,3-dioxolame, tetrahydrofuran, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate and propyl propionate; and the viscosity of the low-viscosity solvent is less than 1mPa.s. The invention further relates to the primary lithium battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte of the primary lithium battery provided by the invention has the advantages of high safety performance, good high-temperature storage performance and low-temperature discharge performance.