The newly revised Coal Mine Safety Regulations will come into effect on February 1, 2026. The new version of the Coal Mine Safety Regulations has a total of 777 articles, with 56 new articles added and 353 substantive revisions compared to the previous version. This was learned by the reporter at a press conference held by the National Mining Safety Supervision Bureau on the 13th. Huang Tiwei, Deputy Director of the Policy, Regulations and Technology Equipment Department of the National Mining Safety Supervision Bureau, introduced that with the maturity and improvement of coal mine safety monitoring technology and the continuous development of inspection robots, the new version of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" has significantly reduced the requirements for the number of underground tile inspectors and inspection frequency. The prevention and control of major disasters have always been the focus and difficulty in preventing coal mine accidents. Xin Guanglong, Director of the Safety Foundation Department of the National Mining Safety Supervision Bureau, introduced that the new version of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" includes the identification of coal mine disaster levels such as gas level, rockburst and coal seam spontaneous combustion tendency, coal dust explosiveness, and open-pit coal mine landslide danger in the scope of safety testing and inspection. At the same time, it requires identification institutions to have the qualification conditions stipulated by the state. In terms of water hazard area management, the new version of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" has added relevant provisions for the prevention and control of water in coal mines, clarifying how to carry out safety demonstration and effectiveness verification of bottom pressure water after ground advanced area management. With the development and application of automation and intelligent technology, the new version of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" has clarified the application direction and specific requirements of intelligent technology in multiple aspects such as geological exploration, underground operations, monitoring and open-pit mining. ”Huang Tiwei said. (New Society)