The invention relates to a strain for producing nitrile hydratase and a method for producing p-hydroxyphenylacetamide by using the strain and belongs to the technical field of biology. The classification name of the strain is bacillus aryabhattai Jn-102; the strain is preserved in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) on 26th, September, 2017; the preservation number is CGMCC No. 14668. The bacillus aryabhattai Jn-102 for producing the nitrile hydratase, provided by the invention, is high in genetic stability and low in culture cost; the produced nitrile hydratase ishigh in enzyme activity and wide in applicable substrate spectrum; the strain can be directly used for synthesizing the p-hydroxyphenylacetamide by directly converting p-hydroxybenzylcyanide; membranepermeating agents such as surfactants and organic solvents do not need to be added during catalytic synthesis, so that the introduction of exogenous impurities is avoided; the operations of extraction and separation are facilitated; the industrial application of the strain has advantages.