A method for improving carbon potential of a low-carbon hard alloy is characterized in that gas carbonizing treatment is carried out on the low-carbon hard alloy, wherein gas carbonizing treatment comprises the following steps that firstly, the low-carbon hard alloy is arranged in a sintering furnace, the room temperature is raised to 1,340 DEG C to 1,400 DEG C, then, the temperature is kept for 30-180 min, during the temperature keeping time, mixed gas of H2 and CH4 is introduced into the sintering furnace in a pulse manner, low pressure is adopted after high pressure is adopted, the high pressure ranges from 200 mbar to 800 mbar, and the lower pressure ranges from 10 mbar to 50 mbar; moreover, the pulse period ranges from 5 min to 10 min, the time ratio of the high-pressure stage to the low-pressure stage ranges from 2: 1 to 4: 1; secondly, the low-carbon hard alloy is cooled to 1,270 DEG C to 1,330 DEG C, then, the temperature is kept for 30 min to 180 min, and during the temperature keeping time, inert gas with the pressure ranging from 1,000 mbar to 2,000 mbar is introduced into the sintering furnace; and thirdly, the low-carbon hard alloy is cooled to the room temperature, and the product is taken out of the furnace.