A process for producing a polycarbonate resin using a carbonic diester and at least one dihydroxy compound as starting-material monomers and a catalyst, by condensation-polymerizing the starting-material monomers by means of a transesterification reaction using a plurality of reactors in multiple stages, wherein the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by the following general formula as part of the structure thereof, at least one of the reactors from which the monohydroxy compound generated as a by-product of the transesterification reaction is distilled off in an amount at least 20% of a theoretical distillation removal amount is a reactor which has a capacity of 20 L or more and which is equipped with a heating means for heating the reactor by means of a heating medium and further equipped with a reflux condenser, the difference between the temperature of the heating medium and the temperature of the liquid reaction mixture present in the reactor being 5°C or more, the total amount of the monomers which are distilled off in all reaction stages is up to 10% by weight of the sum of the starting-material monomers, and the reaction in the first stage is conducted at a temperature of 140 to 230°C in terms of the maximum internal temperature of the polymerization reactor, and a pressure of 110 to 1 kPa for 0.1 to 10 hours while the monohydroxy compound which generates is being removed from the reaction system by distillation, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more compounds containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of a lithium compound and/or a Group-2 metal compound, and wherein the polycarbonate resin has a total content of sodium, potassium, and cesium of 1.0 weight ppm or less in terms of metal amount, wherein the case where the portion represented by general formula is part of -CH 2 -O-H is excluded. the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by the following general formula as part of the structure thereof, at least one of the reactors from which the monohydroxy compound generated as a by-product of the transesterification reaction is distilled off in an amount at least 20% of a theoretical distillation removal amount is a reactor which has a capacity of 20 L or more and which is equipped with a heating means for heating the reactor by means of a heating medium and further equipped with a reflux condenser, the difference between the temperature of the heating medium and the temperature of the liquid reaction mixture present in the reactor being 5°C or more, the total amount of the monomers which are distilled off in all reaction stages is up to 10% by weight of the sum of the starting-material monomers, and the reaction in the first stage is conducted at a temperature of 140 to 230°C in terms of the maximum internal temperature of the polymerization reactor, and a pressure of 110 to 1 kPa for 0.1 to 10 hours while the monohydroxy compound which generates is being removed from the reaction system by distillation, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more compounds containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of a lithium compound and/or a Group-2 metal compound, and wherein the polycarbonate resin has a total content of sodium, potassium, and cesium of 1.0 weight ppm or less in terms of metal amount, wherein the case where the portion represented by general formula is part of -CH 2 -O-H is excluded. <EOS>