The present invention provides an array substrate comprising a transparent substrate and a polarizer attached on the transparent substrate, the polarizer comprises a first protective layer in contact with the transparent substrate, and a relational expression is satisfied between the first protective layer and the transparent substrate, 0≤|C|≤1.0×10−13, wherein C is defined by the equation C = C 100 ⁢ ρ 100 ⁢ d 100 ρ 100 ⁢ d 100 + ρ 200 ⁢ d 200 + C 200 ⁢ ρ 200 ⁢ d 200 ρ 100 ⁢ d 100 + ρ 200 ⁢ d 200 . When designing an array substrate provided by this invention, it is not required to consider the improvement of the material of the polarizer, and it may be ensured that the change of photoelastic birefringence of a finally formed array substrate is zero (or close to zero) in the case of being subjected to stress by only adjusting the thickness of a first protective layer or the material of the first protective layer, such that the phenomenon of light leakage of a finally formed liquid crystal display panel generated due to photoelastic birefringence may be eliminated or reduced. This invention further provides a display panel, a display apparatus, and a method for producing an array substrate.