Abstract: The important significance of construction of standards for mine Internet of things(MIoT) was discussed. A general debate about the construction of MIoT, whether it was standard first or application first, was analyzed. The current status and developing tendency of construction of standards for MIoT in China were given. A brief interpretation about the plan of standard system in top-down design of MIoT was presented. Some examples were shown about which standards were covering wide range and which standards were used in specific application. It was pointed out that in the standard project establishing of MIoT, which should be first considered flexibly, standard or application. It was illustrated that the standards of MIoT should have adaptability and extensibility taking the time synchronization standard in network layer as an example.