Summary of Response to Proposal No. 01497 (Gongjiao Postal and Telecommunications No. 220) of the Second Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

We have received your proposal on promoting the intelligent construction of coal mines in a coordinated manner. After research and consultation with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Administration of Mining Safety, the response is as follows:

Coal is the fundamental energy and important raw material in China. The intelligentization of coal mines meets the needs of industrial transformation and upgrading, and deeply integrates digital technology with the coal industry. It is of great significance for accelerating the development of new quality productivity, promoting the high-quality development of the coal industry, and ensuring stable energy supply. The state supports local governments and enterprises to accelerate the intelligent construction of coal mines according to local conditions, adheres to demonstration and guidance, strengthens coordination and guidance, improves policy supply and factor guarantees, and actively creates a good environment for the intelligent construction of coal mines.

1、 Regarding strengthening top-level design guidance

In February 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, and other departments issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Intelligent Development of Coal Mines" (NDRC Energy [2020] No. 283, hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"), deploying the target tasks for the intelligent development of coal mines. After the issuance of the Guiding Opinions, the National Energy Administration and the National Mine Safety Supervision Administration jointly established a coordination mechanism for the intelligent development of coal mines with relevant departments, to coordinate and promote the relevant work of intelligent development of coal mines. Under the promotion of the coordination mechanism, the progress of coal mine intelligent construction is regularly scheduled, and the operational effectiveness and weak links are summarized and analyzed. Multiple national coal mine intelligent construction site promotion meetings are organized to deepen technical experience exchange and reference, and promote the rapid development of coal mine intelligent construction into a new stage. In order to further enhance the level of intelligent construction, in 2024, the National Energy Administration issued a notice on accelerating the intelligent construction of coal mines and promoting high-quality development of coal based on relevant departments, adhering to problem oriented and goal oriented approaches, strengthening overall planning and phased implementation, and promoting the intelligent development of coal mines to a larger scale, deeper level, and higher quality. Next, the National Energy Administration will work with relevant departments to urge and guide local governments and enterprises to develop a timetable and roadmap for promoting the intelligent construction of coal mines. At the same time, it will further strengthen policy support and coordination guidance, conduct regular summary evaluations, and promote greater achievements in intelligent construction.

2、 Regarding the pilot demonstration and promotion of application

In order to promote the expansion and application of intelligent technology, the National Energy Administration and the National Mining Safety Supervision Administration, together with relevant departments, adhere to pilot exploration, typical guidance, and experience opening, and issue the "Compilation of Typical Cases of National Coal Mine Intelligent Construction (2023)", release a list of typical application scenarios for robots in the mining field, select 71 coal mines to carry out the first batch of national intelligent demonstration coal mine construction, and assist and guide provinces with poor coal resource reserves and complex mining conditions to carry out intelligent construction according to local conditions. Multiple measures are taken to accelerate the construction of national demonstration projects, and the demonstration mode is actively promoted to the provincial and central enterprise group levels. The successful implementation of pilot demonstrations has provided typical experience for accelerating the deployment of coal mine intelligence. Coal producing provinces and regions have actively responded by creatively developing implementation plans, increasing financial support, and building innovative platforms. As of the end of June 2024, a total of 2201 intelligent coal mining working faces and 2269 excavation working faces have been built nationwide, and the proportion of intelligent coal mine production capacity to total production capacity has reached 45.9%. The construction of intelligent coal mines has entered a new stage of accelerated development and deep promotion. Next, departments such as the National Energy Administration and the National Mining Safety Supervision Administration will vigorously promote the demonstration of intelligent typical application scenarios and the replacement of hazardous and heavy duty robots with other technological equipment, in order to fundamentally change the coal production environment.

3、 Regarding strengthening factor guarantees and policy support

The state encourages coal enterprises to carry out intelligent construction of coal mines in a scientific and reasonable manner based on actual conditions, and provides guarantees in terms of policies, funds, and talents. In terms of policy support, for newly built coal mining systems designed and produced to achieve intelligent mining, they will be managed according to advanced coal production capacity standards and enjoy differentiated policies in terms of capacity replacement, approved increase, capacity reserve, resumption of work and production. In terms of capital investment, the state provides key support for the intelligent construction of coal mines in special projects such as investment within the central budget for coal mine safety renovation, carbon emission reduction support tools, and medium - and long-term loans for manufacturing. It promotes the inclusion of coal mine intelligent equipment and robot applications in the scope of safety fees, and the inclusion of intelligent equipment in the scope of enterprise income tax incentives and equipment update support for safety production special equipment. In terms of talent team construction, a special investigation on the talent structure of coal enterprises will be carried out, and advanced training courses on intelligent development of coal mines will be held. Coal mining enterprises will be encouraged to jointly build intelligent education and training practice bases with universities, research institutions, and equipment manufacturing enterprises to cultivate intelligent and composite talents in coal mines. Next, relevant national departments will continue to promote the implementation of policies supporting the intelligent construction of coal mines, and research new institutional supply in combination with market demand.

4、 Regarding strengthening technological breakthroughs and promoting their application

The National Energy Administration, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other relevant departments encourage coal mining enterprises and social forces to leverage the advantages of innovation platforms such as technology innovation alliances to carry out scientific and technological research and promotion applications. Strengthen the planning and guidance of robot research and development in the coal mining field, issue the "14th Five Year Plan" for the development of the robot industry, the "Robot+" application action implementation plan, and the "Key R&D Catalogue of Coal Mine Robots", and promote the research and application of robot products and technologies in coal mining scenarios such as geological exploration, intelligent mining, hazardous operations, and underground rescue. Next, relevant national departments will continue to promote key enterprises to tackle key problems in coal mine intelligence technology, promote the integration and application of 5G, industrial Internet and other new generation information technologies in the coal mine field, and provide strong support for the construction of coal mine intelligence. Thank you for your concern and understanding of national energy work. We hope to receive more support and guidance from you in the future.

National Energy Administration