Development direction of China coal science and technology during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”

Introduce the strategic position of coal in energy structure,analyse the restrictive factors of China coal industry development,meanwhile,introduce the problems and challenges of China coal science and technology development.Based on The National Science and Technology "Twelve Five-Year" Plan,investigate the development emphases in coal mining,coal bed gas extraction,coal processing and conversion,digital coal mine construction.The goal of the plan is to improve recovery of coal resources,utilization rate of coal bed gas,automatic control level of facilities and production,promote low-carbon utilization of coal resources.