Abstract: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of “Coal Mine in Safety” magazine, the author reviewed the reform and development of mine rescue system in China over the past 50 years, and displayed the achievements of legal system construction, team construction and technical equipment construction of mine rescue system. Facing the current opportunities and challenges, this paper puts forward the direction of strengthening the construction of mine rescue from six aspects: implementing the responsibility of all parties, strengthening the construction of legal system, paying attention to the management of pre-plan, strengthening the construction of team, setting up the concept of emergency response and solving the technical and equipment problems.