［编者按］1997年元月13日，人民日报在第一版以《向亏损宣战──煤炭行业的转机是怎么来的？》为题报道了煤炭行业经过四年努力，不仅遏制住全行业严重亏损的势头，而且盈利企业逐渐增加，亏损面低于全国平均水平的情况。文章将煤炭行业扭亏的经验总结为：执行了“减人提效” [Editor’s note] January 13, 1997, People’s Daily in the first edition to “declare war on losses - the turning point of the coal industry is how come? ”Reported the report that after four years of hard work in the coal industry, it not only curbed the momentum of serious losses in the entire industry, but also the profit-making enterprises gradually increased and the losses were below the national average. The article summarizes the experience of the coal industry in turning losses into effect: the implementation of the “reduced efficiency”