Shanxi province, a major coal-producing province, stopped collecting energy funds in March last year and instead collected funds for the sustainable development of coal industry production. In the past, Shanxi coal transportation and marketing system, as the main body of energy fund collection, collected the coal sustainable development fund called "provincial fee" through more than 300 toll stations and business stations. Taking Jincheng anthracite as an example, the charge per ton of lump coal is as high as 106- 133 yuan, and the final coal is also 106- 123 yuan. The intermediate link increases the price for profit, and the coal production enterprises complain bitterly. (2 1 Century Business Herald, September 3)

At present, the mining cost of Shanxi coal enterprises is only 197 yuan/ton, but after the intermediate price increase, it has doubled by the final sales settlement. Taking Jiaozuo, Henan Province, which is 0/00km away from Jincheng/kloc-0, for example, the pit price of lump coal has changed from1100 yuan to the settlement price of 1323 yuan, and the final coal has also changed from 650 yuan to 846 yuan. Among them, the "saving fee" collected accounts for more than half of the mining cost. This high "cost saving" has led to a sharp increase in the production cost of coal enterprises and raised the sales price of coal terminals.

According to the "Pilot Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of the System of Paid Use of Coal Resources" approved and promulgated by the State Council, eight major coal-producing provinces (regions) such as Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Guizhou and Shaanxi were taken as pilots, and paid use fees for coal resources were collected from June 5, 2006 to 10, 2006, and it was clearly stipulated that the central and local finances should press 2. 8 proportional share. Prior to this, in July 2005, Shanxi Province had issued the Opinions on Promoting the Integrated and Paid Use of Coal Enterprise Resources. The "Opinions" stipulate that within six years, the coal resources in the province that are being used will be charged, and all the newly approved coal resources will be used with compensation. This paid use fee of coal resources can be used as a fund for sustainable development of coal. After collecting the paid use fee of coal resources, you can't find an excuse to collect other fees, otherwise there will be no legal basis.