The present disclosure discloses a method for producing low nickel matte by the smelting, reduction and sulfidation of nickel oxide ore. The method mainly comprises: drying and preheating nickel oxide ore to produce hot nickel oxide ore of a temperature of 600 to 900°C; continuously adding the dried and preheated nickel oxide ore and flux into a molten pool of a smelting furnace; spraying a reducing agent, a sulfidizing agent and oxygen-enriched air into a reaction zone of the molten pool in the smelting furnace, and controlling an oxygen excess coefficient α of the oxygen-enriched air to the reducing agent to be 0.3 to 0.4; and controlling the temperature in the furnace to be 1400 to 1550°C, so that the materials added in the furnace undergo a reduction and sulfidation reaction in a molten state to produce low nickel matte and slag. The described method is used for smelting nickel oxide ore, and has the characteristics of good environmental protection, a short process flow, strong adaptability of raw materials, low production costs, etc.