The invention provides a method and a system used for producing dichloroethane EDC from low purity chlorine gas. The method comprises following steps: S1, chlorine gas drying, wherein a chlorine gas drying tower is adopted for drying of low purity chlorine gas; S2, chlorine gas purification, wherein the dried chlorine gas is subjected to liquefaction, gas liquid separation, liquid chlorine gasification, and pressurization for purification so as to obtain refined chlorine gas; and S3, chlorine gas reaction, wherein the refined chlorine gas and ethene are introduced into a chlorination reactor for reaction so as to obtain crude EDC, the crude EDC is delivered through an EDC high boiling tower to remove high boiling products so as to obtain refined EDC. According to the method, low purity chlorine gas is converted into dichloroethane EDC high in added value, chlorine gas utilization rate is increased, and using of sodium hydroxide is reduced. According to the method, low purity chlorine gas is subjected to drying and purifying so as to reduce corrosion of chlorine gas on equipment and pipelines in EDC production process, so that the quality of produced EDC is increased, production process safety and reliability are increased, and the application prospect is promising.