In order to deal with the environmental crisis and ease international pressure on carbon reduction, construction industry should use carbon emissions assessment tool to detect "hot spots" and take actions to reduce carbon emissions. However, the lacking for standards and databases of carbon footprint evaluation hindered the implementation of carbon reduction in China’s construction industry. In October 2014, the Low Carbon Building Alliance (LCBA) of Taiwan province, China, created the first carbon footprint building certification system. By learning the experience of Taiwan province, this study presents the carbon reduction strategies for China’s construction industry, listed as follows: establishing the operational phase of residential buildings detailed assessment system in priority and focusing on reducing the carbon emissions of the residential building’s operational phase; dealing with some phases of high carbon emissions and little economic contribution in priority to ensure economic growth; establishing the carbon footprint assessment standards and related databases adapting to the situation of the mainland of China; balancing operability and accuracy of assessment system to promote efficient assessment of early implementation.