A manufacturing method for a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin, the method comprising: a step of mixing a dialcohol compound represented by General Formula below and a catalyst to produce a catalyst composition, a step of transferring the produced catalyst composition to a prepolymer mixing tank via a transfer tube, within a transfer period of 3 hours or less, wherein the transfer tube has a length of 5 m to 20 m and an inner diameter of 1 mm to 10 mm, wherein the transfer tube has a surface in contact with the catalyst composition, and the surface has an iron content of 80 mass% or less, a step of mixing the transferred catalyst composition and an aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer in the prepolymer mixing tank to obtain a prepolymer mixture, and a high molecular weight achievement step of heat-treating the obtained prepolymer mixture under reduced pressure conditions to obtain a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin; wherein, R 1 to R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons, and Q represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent group comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfone group, a sulfoxide group, a carbonyl group, a dialkylsilyl group and a diarylsilyl group, and wherein the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin is 35,000 to 100,000 measured by gel permeation chromatography in terms of polystyrene, as indicated in the description. a step of mixing a dialcohol compound represented by General Formula below and a catalyst to produce a catalyst composition, a step of transferring the produced catalyst composition to a prepolymer mixing tank via a transfer tube, within a transfer period of 3 hours or less, wherein the transfer tube has a length of 5 m to 20 m and an inner diameter of 1 mm to 10 mm, wherein the transfer tube has a surface in contact with the catalyst composition, and the surface has an iron content of 80 mass% or less, a step of mixing the transferred catalyst composition and an aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer in the prepolymer mixing tank to obtain a prepolymer mixture, and a high molecular weight achievement step of heat-treating the obtained prepolymer mixture under reduced pressure conditions to obtain a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin; wherein, R 1 to R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons, and Q represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent group comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfone group, a sulfoxide group, a carbonyl group, a dialkylsilyl group and a diarylsilyl group, and wherein the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin is 35,000 to 100,000 measured by gel permeation chromatography in terms of polystyrene, as indicated in the description.