To provide a sliding member having a sliding surface, the sliding surface being provided with a solid lubricating film which shows excellent lubrication characteristics as low as liquid lubrication but has a gumless surface.

The sliding surface is coated with the lubricating film composed of an ultraviolet curable resin including lubricant-containing polyolefin resin particles. At least part of the resin particles is exposed to the surface of the lubricating film. The lubricating film can be produced by applying a mixture including polyolefin resin particles mixed to an ultraviolet curable resin coating material onto the sliding surface; curing the film by ultraviolet irradiation after the lapse of a retention time as needed; applying a lubricant to a resulting cured film; and heating it to a temperature higher than the melting point of the polyolefin resin to dissolve the lubricant to the resin particles exposed to the film surface.