鉴于煤炭在中国能源结构中已经发挥以及正在发挥的作用,\\\"煤老板\\\"一词必然会作为某种或褒义或贬义的存在而载入中国现代的能源发展史,甚至是经济发展史。作为影响力巨大、群体众多、能充分体现暴富奇迹、同时又极具争议的群体,煤老板们在短短二三十年的时间里经历了天堂与地狱之间的来回转变。上世纪八十年代,计划经济时代的中国煤炭资源短缺。为了保证能源供应,政府鼓励小煤矿生产,造成小煤矿 Given the role that coal has played and is playing in China\'s energy mix, the term \"coal bosses\" is bound to be included in modern Chinese history of energy development and even economic development as some sort of compliment or derogatory. As a group with great influence, numerous groups and full of miracles of riches, as well as a highly controversial group, coal bosses experienced a paradigm shift between paradise and hell in just two or three decades. In the 1980s, China\'s coal resources were scarce in the planned economy. In order to ensure energy supply, the government encourages the production of small coal mines, resulting in small coal mines