Abstract:In recent years, a series of new policies have been implemented and some new regulations have been promulgated for environment protection in mines. Based on the new progress of environmental protection in mines in China, the defects occurred in legislation for environmental protection in mines are analyzed. It is suggested that the content of environment protection in mines should be clearly expressed in laws, and special administrative rules and regulations for protecting mine environment should be formulated, and the system of restoring the environment in mines should be perfected as well.