煤炭是忻州地区的资源优势，也是产业优势，更是财源优势。开发忻州煤炭基地，对于实施加速发展战略，加快全区脱贫致富步伐具有十分重要的意义。“八五”期间，全区共有13对基建矿井竣工投产，累计新增原煤生产能力185万吨／年，占山西省地方煤矿同期新增原煤生产能力的16．02 Coal is the resource advantage of Zhangzhou region, it is also an industrial advantage, but also a source of financial resources. The development of the Yanzhou coal base is of great significance to implementing the strategy of accelerating development and accelerating the pace of poverty alleviation across the region. During the “Eighth Five-Year Plan” period, a total of 13 infrastructure mines were completed and put into operation in the region, with a cumulative increase of raw coal production capacity of 1.85 million tons/year, which accounted for 16.02 of local coal mines in Shanxi Province during the same period.