开滦煤矿是一座中外著名的百年老矿,然而,1976年的唐山大地震却使这座中国东部地区最重要的现代化煤炭基地遭到强烈破坏,6500多名矿工震亡,2000多人被砸成重伤,3万多台设备被砸被淹,355万平方米地面建筑变为废墟,供电、通风、提升、通信、排水等五大系统全部中断。地震以后,开滦煤矿供应各大钢厂、电厂以及出口的煤炭都中止了,那些远离震区没有直接受到地震破坏的外地企业也因此而使生产受到严重影响。 However, the Tangshan earthquake in 1976 caused the destruction of the most important modernized coal base in eastern China. More than 6,500 miners were killed and more than 2,000 were smashed A serious injury, more than 30,000 were smashed submerged equipment, 3.55 million square meters of ground construction into ruins, power supply, ventilation, upgrading, communications, drainage and other five major systems all interrupt. After the earthquake, the supply of major steel mills, power plants and coal for export in Kailuan Coal Mine were suspended. Foreign enterprises that were not directly damaged by the earthquake far away from the earthquake area also seriously affected their production.