China National Coal Group Corp. (abbreviated as ChinaCoal or the Group), previously known as China National Coal Import and Export Corporation (CNCIEC) which was established in July 1982, is one of the key state-owned enterprises under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Now it has become one of the most distinctive conglomerates in the Chinese coal industry after several rounds of asset restructuring.
　　ChinaCoal’s core businesses comprise: coal production and trade, coal chemical, coal-bed methane exploration, pit-mouth power generation, coal mine construction, coal mining equipment manufacturing and relevant engineering technical services. ChinaCoal now has 21 subsidiaries of wholly-owned, holding or equally shared and 4 overseas offices, and partly owns 11 other companies.