改革开放三十年以来,山西经济取得了飞速发展,煤炭是山西经济发展的巨大动力。但是,煤炭资源具有不可再生的特性,煤炭资源在若干年后枯竭,必然导致煤炭产业消亡,同时,没有形成替代产业来弥补山西煤炭产业所带来的经济效应和社会效应,会使山西经济发展萎缩下降。因此,笔者在此提出产业空洞化的定义即山西煤炭资源枯竭,煤炭产业在未来若干年处于衰退阶段 Since the reform and opening up for three decades, Shanxi’s economy has achieved rapid development. Coal is a huge driving force for the economic development of Shanxi. However, the non-renewable nature of coal resources, depletion of coal resources in a number of years, will inevitably lead to the demise of the coal industry at the same time, there is no alternative industry to make up for the economic and social effects brought by the coal industry in Shanxi will make Shanxi’s economic development Shrink and decline. Therefore, I hereby put forward the definition of industrial emptiness that the depletion of coal resources in Shanxi Province, the coal industry in the next few years in recession