Advances of scientific and technological innovation of China’s coal industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan and considerations for the 15th Five-Year Plan development
摘要
The period of the 14th Five-Year Plan is a crucial stage for China’s coal industry to fulfill its core mission of ensuring energy security and accelerate its transformation towards intelligence, greenization, and integration, achieving high-quality development. This article systematically summarizes the major progress made in scientific and technological innovation in China’s coal industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, analyzes the new situation and challenges faced by the current industry development, and in light of national strategic demands and the laws of industrial evolution, proposes thoughts on the direction of scientific and technological innovation in the 15th Five-Year Plan period. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the scientific and technological innovation system of the coal industry has been continuously improved, and a series of major breakthroughs and landmark achievements have been made in ten key areas including geological exploration, mine construction, green mining, disaster prevention and control, coal mining equipment, intelligent coal mines, clean and efficient utilization, ecological restoration, energy conservation and environmental protection, and occupational health. The industry as a whole has achieved a major transformation from tracking and imitating to being on par and even leading in some fields. Currently, the international energy landscape is undergoing profound changes, and the domestic energy structure is accelerating its adjustment. Facing the new requirements of building an energy power and a modern industrial system in the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the development goals of scientific and technological innovation in the coal industry in the 15th Five-Year Plan period are proposed in three aspects: national security, energy transformation, and industry development. These include supporting the construction of a new energy system through the development of clean and efficient coal utilization, ensuring national ene