煤炭资源的开发在国民经济中起着十分重要的作用,它不仅是现代工业尤其是重工业赖以发展的基础,而且随之发展起许许多多的矿业城镇,成为一种独特类型的城镇居民点。

To study the law of emergence and growth of coal-mining cities, analysing their particular contradictions and problems and determining the orientation of their in-dustrial development, so as to adapt to local conditions, is quite essential in promo-ting comprehensive utilization of the natural resources, planned and proportionate development of regional economy and systematical distribution of the cities.