OREANDA-NEWS. July 22, 2011. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, Datong Coal Mine Group focused on the goal of constructing a green coal mine and bringing benefit to folks who live there. In order to achieve this goal, following the thought of "coal mine inside of a park, living inside of a scenery, roads inside of a forest, people inside of green", Datong Coal Mine Group has pushed forward the greenery work. In five years, there has been newly green space which covers more than 3.5 million square metres. A green ecology pattern which is of Datong-Coal-Mine feature has been established under the guideline of "taking road afforesting as the network, taking the greenery of neighbourhood as the base, taking the construction of green space in industrial square, residential quarters and public space as the highlights ". During this period, the work on coal mine greenery and ecological environment governance has achieved a historic new height, reported the press-centre of Datong Group.

In five years, the ecological restoration of the housing demolition and relocation in "two districts" and the greenery of coal gangue pile have been put into effect orderly. The ecological restoration area has reached to 350,000 square metres. The reconstruction of the scenery spots in Pingwang Park has been finished. And a mining geological park in Jinhuagong Mine has been put into construction.

In five years, Datong Coal Mine Group has intensively publicized the benefits of forest planting. The construction of public green space and landscape have been steadily progress. Also, the greenery of main roads and slopes went smoothly. Afforestation on barren mountains and voluntary planting were effectively put into action. In 2008, Datong Coal Mine Group won the highest national awards - "Model of Greenery ".

To strongly push forward the greenery work, significantly improve the ecological environment of coal mine, and comprehensively promote the green construction, Datong Coal Mine Group has established a general working strategy during the 12th Five-Year plan, which is, under the guidance of sustainable development, to conscientiously implement the "three new" policy. At the same time, Datong Coal Mine Group would focus on an ambitious goal - "Making transitions to build a new Datong Coal Mine during the 12th Five-Year plan". To achieve this goal, a basic measure of "seven green" will be insisted. And the project of "afforestation on the hills, planting around districts" will be carried out through the "six spurs". Carbon sequestration forest and environmental bearing capacity would be gradually improved. Finally, the air quality and human habitat environment should be obviously improved, and a new atmosphere for the complete construction of a new Datong Coal Mine should be built.

The goals of the greenery work in 2011 are: always persisting the strategy of "vitalizing the group with good ecology"; solidly building the concept of "best greenery"; following the mode of "circular economy, low-carbon technology, green mining, harmonious developing"; improving the amount of carbon sequestration forest and green scenes; developing the ecological environment of the coal mine; creating a better human habitat environment; increasing the living quality of all workers; building a group who is of harmonious ecology; pushing the production to follow a clear and civilized way; achieving a sustainable development with recycling and low-carbon economy.