Abstract: during the third years of the 13th Five-Year plan, the capacity and adjustment structure of the coal industry were gradually deepening. This paper has combed the historical development of China's coal policy, focusing on the analysis of the policy text of the coal industry from 2010 to 2017, and mastered the main change trend of the coal industry policy in recent years: while maintaining the important position of safety production, the policy tendency is changed from production to production control, from heavy production to attention. Environmental protection, from production technology to the Internet, big data accession, policy changes also reflect the impact of the changing era on the industry. Finally, the future policy trends and industry development directions are analyzed.