1973 | Started publication, under the name of Coal Mine Automation as a quarterly internal publication; Editor-in-chief: BAI Zhongxian; Sponsor: Tangshan Branch Institute of China Coal Research Institute |
1978 | Started public distribution, quarterly; Editor-in-chief: BAI Zhongxian; Sponsor: Tangshan Branch Institute of China Coal Research Institute |
1982 | Quarterly; Editor-in-chief: TANG Yun; Sponsor: Changzhou Automation Research Institute of China Coal Research Institute |
1987 | Due to the shortage of funds of the sponsor, the publication was suspended for one year |
1988 | Quarterly; Editor-in-chief: TANG Yun, QIAO Shangming; Sponsor: Changzhou Automation Research Institute of China Coal Research Institute, Changzhou Development & Manufacture Center Co., Ltd of China Coal Research Institute |
1994 | Quarterly; Editor-in-chief: LI Huang, LIU Fupei |
1998 | Quarterly; Editor-in-chief: LI Huang, XU Xikang; Deputy editor in chief: XU Ying Sponsor: Changzhou Automation Research Institute of China Coal Research Institute, Changzhou Development & Manufacture Center Co., Ltd of Yanzhou Coal Mine Group |
1999 | Publishing cycle changed to bimonthly, 48 pages per issue |
2002 | Renamed as Industry and Mine Automation, bimonthly, 48 pages per issue; Sponsor: Changzhou Automation Research Institute of China Coal Research Institute |
2005 | Bimonthly, 64 pages per issue |
2006 | Bimonthly, 80 pages per issue |
2007 | Bimonthly, 112 pages per issue; Sponsor: Changzhou Automation Research Institute of China Coal Research Institute |
2009 January | Publishing cycle changed to monthly, 96 pages per issue, subscription price for each issue increased from 8 CNY to 10 CNY |
2009 June | Full pages updated from 96 to 136 |
2009 August | Supervisor: State Administration of Coal Mine Safety |
2015 January | Supervisor: China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp Sponsor: CCTEG Changzhou Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
2016 September | Deputy editor-in-chief: WANG Hui |
2022 January | Editor-in-chief: LIU Zhiguo; The number of pages per issue changed to 136; subscription price for each issue changed to 30 CNY. |
2023 November | Editor-in-chief: TIAN Hua |
2024 January | Subscription price for each issue changed to 40 CNY. |