This communication describes the direct polycondensation of carbon dioxide with p- and m-xylylene glycols using the system trisubstituted phosphine/carbon tetrahalide/base as a condensing agent. The polymerization reaction of carbon dioxide with p-xylylene glycol was carried out in the presence of the condensing agent in N,N-dimethylformamide. The yield was at most 81.0% obtained by using the condensing agent tributylphosphine/carbon tetrabromide/N-cyclohexyl-N',N',N ",N "-tetramethylguanidine (CyTMG). The structure of the product was determined by means of H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, and IR spectroscopy to be that of a polycarbonate. The molecular weight was estimated to be ca. 1000-2000 by H-1 NMR analyses.