Abstract:Through the construction of index system of regional self-development ability, and by using the entropy method ,the paper evaluated self-development capacity comprehensive index of China"s 30 provinces from 1997 to 2012 , the result showed that region self-development capacity index of the eastern region was the highest, the central region second, the western region was the lowest. Then, the paper calculated carbon productivity of each province, it found that the eastern region had the highest carbon productivity, followed by the central region; the western region was the lowest. Finally, the paper empirically studied the impact of carbon productivity on regional self- development capacity, it found that: carbon productivity had a significant impact on region self-development capacity, and the way was different on how carbon productivity influence self-development capacity in the eastern , central and western parts of China, for the eastern and central regions, carbon productivity and region self-development ability had the "U" relationship, while for the western region , self-development capacity and carbon productivity had a positive linear relationship. So, it can enhance the regional self development ability by improving carbon productivity.