Résumé dans la langue de publication Aromatic polycarbonate having a reduced discoloration and improved heat stability, hue, etc. is provided by keeping a pressure in a raw material melting vessel and the linear velocity of a gas in a transporting piping in a specific range, keeping the concentration of a nitrogen-containing basic compound in a specific range, recycling a byproduct containing specific amounts of impurities, suppressing the amounts of a nitrogen-containing basic compound, metallic elements and a silicic acid derivative in the carbonic acid diester at specific values or less, prescribing the material quality of the reaction facilities, and/or forming an oxide layer at the inner wall surfaces of the reaction facilities.