近几年,我国乡镇煤矿发展很快。目前,已有各种形式的集体和个体煤矿六万多处,去年产煤达三亿吨,这对于缓和煤炭供应紧张状况,促进煤炭产地广大群众脱贫致富,起了重要作用。实践证明,兴办乡镇煤矿是发挥我国丰富的煤炭资源和农村富余劳动力两大优势,加快煤炭工业发展的重要形式, In recent years, China’s township coal mines developed rapidly. At present, there are more than 60,000 coal mines in various forms and collectively owned and over 300 million tons of coal produced last year. This has played an important role in alleviating the tight supply of coal and in promoting the prosperity of the vast masses of coal-producing areas. Practice has proved that setting up township coal mines is to play an important form of China’s two major advantages of coal resources and rural surplus labor to speed up the development of the coal industry,