Abstract: Coal seam spontaneous combustion is one of the most serious disasters threatening safety coal mining. Coal spontaneous combustion tendentiousness test methods were classified briefly. Progress in the study of coal spontaneous combustion tendentiousness test methods was reviewed. Experimental technologies of coal spontaneous combustion tendentiousness test methods were summarized. Test methods of spontaneous combustion tendentiousness were discussed. Existing problems of coal spontaneous combustion tendentiousness test methods were pointed out, and prospects for the fundamental study were addressed.