Based on the basis of Yanzhou Coal's Shanghai energy technology R&D branch, the lab, costing an investment of 240 million yuan, focuses on basic technology of coal liquefaction and coal chemistry, and its pilot application to industries.

The lab is among the first batch of national key labs approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology,possessing 50 sets of experiment equipment, including device for coal liquefaction.

Meanwhile, Yanzhou Coal Mining makes efforts to promote industrialization of core technology in coal chemical industry, building in succession 0.2 million tons acetic acid gasification furnace for Guotai Chemistry Company, two million tons coke and 0.2 million tons methanol projects for International coking company.