The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council recently released the first catalogue of industrial cultural heritage sites in the mining sector of centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOE). Two of CHN Energy’s sites, namely Baijigou Coal Mine of Ningxia Coal Industry and the Heidaigou Open-Pit Coal Mine of China Energy Zhunneng Group, were successfully included.
To date, CHN Energy has 7 national industrial heritage sites, 6 industrial cultural heritage sites of central SOEs, 4 provincial-level industrial heritage sites and 11 group-level industrial heritage sites. These legacies embody the Group’s development history and carry forward the spirit of industry.
CHN Energy’s business spans the full industrial chain, including coal, power generation, transportation and chemicals. Many of its subsidiaries boast long histories, bearing witness to China’s industrial development and providing sustained energy support for national economic growth.
Baijigou Coal Mine is located deep in the Helan Mountains in Shizuishan, Ningxia. It was completed and put into operation in 1972. After more than half a century of development, the mine has preserved intact its early production and living facilities, equipment and archival records, clearly documenting the entire process from construction through reform and development.
The mine has received numerous national honors, including the Double Top Ten Coal Mine and Top Ten Coal Mine for Scientific and Technological Progress awards of the national coal industry, as well as the National May 1 Labor Award. In 2016, Baijigou Coal Mine was designated an industrial heritage site of Shizuishan.
Heidaigou Open-Pit Coal Mine is located in the central part of the Zhungeer Coalfield in Inner Mongolia and was a key project under China’s Eighth and Ninth Five-Year Plans. Construction began in 1990, trial production started in 1996, and full operation commenced in 1999. In 2011, it became the country’s first open-pit coal mine with an annual output of 30 million tonnes, and it currently has an approved annual capacity of 34 million tonnes.
As a representative of modern open-pit mining technology and equipment, the mine has set an industry benchmark in coordinating resource extraction with environmental protection and is acclaimed as China’s Most Beautiful Mine. To date, it has issued 12 corporate technical standards, won 7 provincial- or ministerial-level awards for scientific and technological achievements, and had 24 achievements certified by the China Enterprise Confederation as new records for Chinese enterprises and institutions.
