The invention provides a method for producing thin REH380LA steel based on an ESP thin slab continuous casting and rolling process. The method includes the steps that raw materials are selected, and the raw materials comprise, by mass, 0.04-0.10% of C, 0.15-0.50% of Si, 0.50-0.10% of Mn, 0.008-0.04% of Alt, 0.008-0.04% of Ti, 0.010-0.030% of Nb, 0.0010-0.0030% of S, 0.0080-0.0130% of P, no more than 0.0035% of N, and the balance Fe; the raw materials are sequentially smelted in a converter, an LF furnace and an RH furnace; molten steel obtained after refining in the RH furnace is manufactured into hot-rolled strip steel of different thicknesses through an ESP production line, wherein, in the ESP production line, the temperature of a rough rolling outlet is 920-980 DEG C, and the temperature of a fine rolling outlet is 800-870 DEG C; and the hot-rolled strip steel is cooled to 530-680 DEG C, and then the strip steel enters a winder to be wound and stored in a warehouse. By means of the method, the problems that subsequent cold rolling and annealing are required in the traditional production technology are solved.