Abstract:Based on panel data of seven pilot carbon trading markets(ETS) in China from 2014 to 2015, This paper designed a series of evaluation indexes such as weighted carbon price, price stability, trading activity, degree of carbon quota tightness and market participation. Then we built a DEA model to evaluate the operation efficiency of pilot carbon markets and provided an improved scheme. The results show that Shenzhen, Hubei and Tianjin ETS are DEA efficiency; The efficiency value of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong and Chongqing ETS are decreasing and meanwhile in the stage of increasing scale; Shenzhen ETS"s carbon price level and its price stability are the highest, Guangdong and Hubei ETS are the fastest growing of trading activity; Pilot carbon markets are common facing "short board" such as total carbon quota surplus, low market participation of enterprises that under carbon emission controlled.