Abstract: Affected by multiple factors, the overall planning of the coal mining area, review, modify, approval cycle is longer, based on the experience of the 8 master plan of Xinjiang Province, the Lack of depth of the geological summary report of the mining area, the planning principle is not clear, and other problems often encountered in other planning, From the perspective of project management and design, analysis and Discussion on several key problems in the coal mining area master plan compilation, to share the difficulties encountered in the actual case, put forward countermeasures and suggestions,for design reference.