Abstract:To reasonably allocate China"s provincial carbon emissions quotas plays a vital role in promoting high-quality development and striving to achieve "dual carbon" target. This article first establishes an assessment index system for provincial carbon emission allocation in China, consisting of four principles, such as fairness and efficiency, and ten indicators, such as population size and GDP. We then collect indicator’s data from 2010 to 2021. The knowledge and opinions (or called the decision-maker preferences, DMP) of experts on carbon emission are included in the constraint conditions, and a dynamic clustering projection pursuit (DCPP) model based on DMP is established to implement the provincial carbon emission allocation. Compared with the actual provincial carbon emissions from 2010 to 2021. Based on the reaching peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and lowering the carbon emissions intensity (CEI) by over 65% by 2030 from its 2005 levels. We thus estimate the GDP growth, the lower CEIs, and the actual carbon emissions in the provinces from 2021 to 2030. We then analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of the profit or loss emissions in the provinces from 2010-2020 and 2021-2030. The studied results indicate that: (1) the fairness principle has the most significant impact on the allocation of carbon emission; (2) Among the ten indicators, the population has the highest weight, followed by the historical accumulation of CO2 emissions; (3) Guangdong, Shandong, and Sichuan have the largest carbon emissions allocations, while Ningxia and Tianjin have the lowest. Sichuan and Yunnan have the highest CO2 emissions surplus, while Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Hebei have the largest CO2 emissions excess. (4) Guangdong, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Jiangsu have higher allocations and emissions, while the eight regions including Chongqing, Hainan, etc., have lower allocations and emissions. (5) Xinjiang and Ningxia are two particular provinces,and their CEIs are rising instead of falling during 2005-2020. (6) Although China can achieve the "dual carbon" target, it is challenge for 10 regions, such as Hebei, Shanxi, etc., to lower CEI by over 65% by 2030 from the 2005 level. Finally, we put forward the corresponding policies and suggestions to implement the “dual carbon” target for the provinces in excess emissions.