Opportunities and challenges for the intelligent transformation of the coal industry in the context of high-quality economic development

LIU Huibin; MA Junchang; CHEN Xiaoguang; WANG Qiang; PENG Chuang

Abstract：In ensuring energy security,coal is the"ballast"of China's energy security and stable supply,and still plays an irreplaceable role.Coal mine intelligence is a key measure to ensure the safe production and supply of coal,and is also the only way to achieve high-quality development of the industry.By the end of 2022,the supply side structural reform of the national coal industry has achieved the goal of reducing production capacity by 1 billion tons and releasing advantageous production capacity by 1.15 billion tons,resolving problems such as overcapacity in the coal industry,double increase in imported coal and inventory coal,imbalance in the coal supply and demand market,market chaos,and inability to guarantee enterprise efficiency.In the 7-8 years since 2015,the intelligent construction of coal mines in China has gone through two stages:exploration and deployment.As of now,the number of intelligent fully mechanized mining faces has increased from 3 to 4076,with nearly 60 national demonstration coal mines and more than 200 provincial(central enterprise level)demonstration coal mines,achieving a revolutionary transformation and upgrading from mechanization to intelligence.Through the analysis of factors such as supply side structural reform,intelligent construction,safety guarantee,intelligent mining technology improvement,and talent team building in the coal industry,great progress has been made.However,there are still many bottlenecks and difficulties,such as the completion of 13％of intelligent coal mine construction,a mortality rate of 4-6 times higher than that of Western countries per million tons,the need to improve safety guarantee,and a serious shortage of reserve and training of high-level talents.The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China requires the organic combination of implementing the strategy of expanding domestic demand with deepening the supply side structural reform.The coal industry has also ushered in new opportunities and challenges for transformation.Intelligence will be an important focus for the high-quality development of the coal industry and a good opportunity for transformation and upgrading.In the future,rapid development will be achieved in areas such as intelligent promotion,efficient resource development,intelligent manufacturing industry,safety guarantee,high-quality talent training,and clean and efficient transformation and utilization of coal.