The Research On China's Coal Industrial Organization

The energy resources are one of the key elements on which human being must depend. Modern civilization would have ceased to exist without energy. The coordinated development of economy, energy and environment is an important prerequisite for the modernization of a country. Based on the comparative study of energy systems, on the proof of position of coal in energy systems, and on the systematic evaluation of evolution of coal industry organization systems, the thesis adopts an empirical analysis approach to deeply probe the current market structure of coal industry, the cause of destructive competition of coal industry, the coal market conduct and market performance. The thesis also discusses the objective pattern and selection of means for the optimization of coal industry organization.Study shows that:1.Analyzed from the perspectives of deposits, verified state, mining conditions, current layout of production capacity, and practical operation of energy systems, coal plays a leading role in China's energy systems. This situation will remain unchanged in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the development of coal industry not only determines the development and security of the whole energy systems, but also decides the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of the national economy. The thesis also points out that the over-dependence on the township and private coalmines and over-dependence on the over-extraction in the large and medium-sized state-owned coalmines are detrimental to the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of the national economy.2.Based on rule standards, conduct standards and performance standards, by which the degree of transition of an industry to a market economy is measured, the degree of transition of coal industry to market is evaluated: in the transitional process, a competitive market environment has been formed characterized by supply greater than demand for coal market as a whole. Market has played its role in determining coal product price and regulating production behaviors (mainly production quantity) of coal enterprises, main bodies of different ownership has contributed a lot to the growth of coal industry; however the competitions between them are unfair due to resources conditions and institutional factors. There have been some changes in coal enterprises' behaviors, profits and their own long-term development capabilities have been paid attention to, however it is far from the behaviors of enterprises in a market economy. The structure of scale of the industry is inefficient, a major part of production quantity is supplied by coal mines that do not have a economy of scale. Generally, industry efficiency quota has improved markedly, but improvement of benefit is not evident.3.Total supply of, and total demand for coal in the market is analyzed based on economics theory and methodology. A basic conceptual framework of coal industry economics has been established.4.Analysis of the practical market structure of China's coal industry using empirical analysis methodology shows that the structure are typically disperse, coupled with serious excessive competition, and the cause of excessive competition is analyzed. On this basis, market conduct and market performances are systematically analyzed and evaluated. The scattered, excessive competitive and out-of-order market structure results in a deviation of conduct for coal enterprises. The enterprises adopt an extensive production and operation approach, the consequences are seriously wasted resources, deterioration of safety situations, extremely low efficiency, slow technological progress and bad industry-wide performances.5.In view of the importance of coal to China's energy systems and energy security, to the economic development and economy security, it is extremely important to run coal enterprises well and to improve their operating efficiencies. To this end, coal industry market structure must be improved and optimized, an objective pattern of market structure is formed characterized...