Abstract: Through the data released by the coal mine accident inquiry system of State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, the statistics are carried out that mine gas accidents occurring in China from 2001 to 2013. By analyzing the correlation between the information and coal mine gas accidents, the information includes gas accident type, occurrence region, occurrence time and so on, it is summarized that the frequent occurrence law of coal mine gas accidents. The influence of laws and regulations for Chinese coal mines and the policy of small coal mines are analyzed on coal mine gas accidents. The results show that gas accidents are the first major coal mine accidents, the gas explosion accident is the most pernicious, and township small coal mines are the heavy disaster area of gas accidents in China.