煤炭城市通常是指煤炭工业、尤其是煤炭采选业在城市工业经济中占有重要地位和相当比重的城市。我国目前公认的煤炭城市有60多个,占全国城市总量的十分之一,是城市体系中的一种重要类型。在计划经济时期,煤炭城市为我国国民经济和本地区经济发展作出过巨大贡献。可是,由于多种原因,多数煤炭城市存在着产业结构失衡、经济效益低下等问题。改革开放以来,煤炭城市的社会经济有了明显的进步,但发展速度相对缓慢。尤其近几年,随着社会主义市场经济 Coal cities generally refer to cities where the coal industry, especially coal mining and dressing industry, occupies an important position and a significant proportion of the urban industrial economy. Currently, there are more than 60 coal cities recognized in China, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of cities in the country. This is an important type of urban system. In the period of planned economy, coal cities have made tremendous contributions to the development of our national economy and the economic development of our region. However, due to various reasons, most coal cities have problems such as unbalanced industrial structure and low economic efficiency. Since the reform and opening up, the social economy of coal cities has made significant progress, but the development rate is relatively slow. In recent years, with the socialist market economy