The invention discloses a resource-saving low-carbon cement clinker and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of Portland cement clinker production. The cement clinker comprises the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 45-70% of high-calcium low-magnesium limestone, 10-40% of barren rock, 4-12% of shale or sandstone, 4-12% of slag, 1-3% of sulfate slag or iron slag, 1-3% of fly ash, 0-3% of coal cinder or coal gangue, 0.5-3% of phosphorus slag and phosphogypsum and 0.1-0.3% of an added activating agent. According to the resource-saving low-carbon cement clinker and the preparation method thereof of the invention, a large amount of solid waste is utilized, the adopted industrial waste residue is formed by high-temperature calcination, carbonate hardly exists, and CO2 hardly occurs after high-temperature calcination is performed again; the mixing amount of the industrial waste residues is high, the use amount of limestone is greatly reduced; the mineralization of trace elements in the industrial waste residues is utilized, and the activating agent is added, so that the burnability of the raw materials is improved, the sintering stability of the clinker is reduced, and the performance of the clinker is improved; the firing temperature of the low-carbon cement clinker is reduced by 100-150 DEG C compared with the firing temperature 1450 DEG C of traditional Portland cement clinker, and therefore, the coal consumption is obviously reduced, and the emission of CO2 is reduced.