◎Our industrial and mining enterprise: Kailuan Gro...
The Kailuan Group (previously known as Kailuan Mineral Board), was founded in 1878. It got its name because the mines were located in Kaiping Town and Luanzhou. With a history of 130 years, it is the first large-scale machine-mined coal mine in China, and the first joint-stock enterprise in modern China. The earliest railway with a standard gauge in China, Tangxu Railway, was paved to get there; the earliest steam locomotive in China, the Dragon Locomotive, was driven out from there; the earliest shipping fleet operated by a Chinese enterprise “sailed out” from there...(https://www.daowen.com)
The coal fields in the Kailuan mining area are rich and vast, with a total area of 890 square kilometers, and proven reserves of about 7.1 billion tons. The coal is excellent and is the preferred coal for smelting, chemical industry and power. From the founding of the People's Republic of China to 2008, the Kailuan Group had produced 1.007 billion tons of high-quality coal and 253 million tons of clean coal, and paid 10.63 billion yuan in profits and taxes, making an important contribution to national economic development. Under the new situation of reform and opening up, the group has made remarkable progress. In 2008, it ranked the 291st among the top 500 companies in the country, making important contributions to the rise and development of this city.