A method for producing a polycarbonate resin containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by Formula below, the method comprising a polymerization step for polymerizing the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by Formula, wherein a raw material substance, in which a concentration of a compound represented by Formula below as impurities, is 80 ppm or less relative to the total weight of the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by Formula and the compound represented by Formula, is used in the polymerization step: (in Formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, X represents an optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkynyl group, C1-C20 alkenyl group or C6-C30 aryl group, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and m and n each independently represent an integer of 0-2); (in Formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, X represents an optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkynyl group, C1-C20 alkenyl group or C6-C30 aryl group, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, a and b each independently represent an integer of 0-3 (provided that not both of a and b are 0), and m and n each independently represent an integer of 0-2, provided that the sum of (a + m) is an integer of 4 or less, and the sum of (b + n) is an integer of 4 or less), wherein the b* value in a 5 cm solution of a 7 mass% dichloromethane solution of the polycarbonate resin is 2.3 or less and wherein the b* value is measured in accordance with JIS K7136 as specified in the description. a polymerization step for polymerizing the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by Formula, wherein a raw material substance, in which a concentration of a compound represented by Formula below as impurities, is 80 ppm or less relative to the total weight of the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by Formula and the compound represented by Formula, is used in the polymerization step: (in Formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, X represents an optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkynyl group, C1-C20 alkenyl group or C6-C30 aryl group, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and m and n each independently represent an integer of 0-2); (in Formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted and optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-C30 aryl group, X represents an optionally branched C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkynyl group, C1-C20 alkenyl group or C6-C30 aryl group, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, a and b each independently represent an integer of 0-3 (provided that not both of a and b are 0), and m and n each independently represent an integer of 0-2, provided that the sum of (a + m) is an integer of 4 or less, and the sum of (b + n) is an integer of 4 or less), wherein the b* value in a 5 cm solution of a 7 mass% dichloromethane solution of the polycarbonate resin is 2.3 or less and wherein the b* value is measured in accordance with JIS K7136 as specified in the description.