Abstract: Aiming at the status of coal mine safety production in China, the current main problems of coal mine safety production are analyzed from some aspects, such as the quality of coal mine employees, the guarantee ability of safety production, the coal mine safety supervision and monitoring, the safety management mode and level. The countermeasures are proposed, for example,strengthening safety education and skills training, setting up the guarantee system of essential safety production, improving the ability of safety supervision and monitoring, transforming safety management mode and improving safety management level. The countermeasures provide the important guidance to improve the status of coal mine safety production.