A Review of Coal Industry Development in Modern China

China has the thousands years history of coal exploitation and utilization.It is in the contemporary that China coal industry enters upon the highest stage of development.The coal industry is an important basic industry of national economic lifeline and energy security,and occupies an important position in the national economy.Since the founding of the PRC,coal has been the mainstay of the country energy,and important chemical raw materials,providing a stable,reliable energy support for the national economic development.From the 1990s,China's coal production and consumption have become the most highest in the world.A number of key coal producing technology and safety indicators have reached the advanced world level.In recent years,China coal industry has vigorously promoted the implementation of strategy of large base,large group,improving the coal industry modernization scale and level.Large modern coal mine construction has made remarkable achievements.The overall level of coal production has increased significantly,and an integrated developing pattern has formed the coalfired electricity,coal chemical industry and other upstream and downstream industry.