近十几年来,由于各级领导的重视和煤炭战线广大职工的长期努力,我国的采煤机械化有了长足的进步。从1974年至1989年,统配煤矿采煤机械化程度已从27.7%提高到60.94%,其中综采机械化程度由1975年的3.2%上升到1989年的33.31%,提高了10倍还多。从而为我国采煤机械化今后的发展奠定了坚实的基础,这个成绩是十分可喜的。然而同世界主要产煤国家相比,我国采煤机械化程度与世界水平的差距还是很大的。为了缩小这个差距,我们应当从我国的国情出发,根据我国煤层埋藏条件和特征发展多层次、多类型的采煤机械化技术,其中发展刨煤机采煤就是值得重视的一个途径, In the past decade or so, thanks to the attention of leaders at all levels and the long-term efforts of the vast numbers of workers on the coal front, great progress has been made in coal mechanization in our country. From 1974 to 1989, the mechanization of coal mining in the centralized coal mines increased from 27.7% to 60.94%. The mechanization of fully mechanized mining increased from 3.2% in 1975 to 33.31% in 1989, an increase of more than 10 times. Thus laying a solid foundation for the future development of China’s coal mining mechanization, this result is very gratifying. However, compared with the major coal-producing countries in the world, the gap between the degree of mechanization of coal mining in China and the world level is still huge. In order to narrow this gap, we should proceed from the national conditions in our country and develop multi-level and multi-type coal mining mechanization technologies according to the conditions and characteristics of coal seam burial in our country. Development of plow coal mining is a way worth paying attention to.