EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED



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|Name of Subsidiary                                |  | Country of incorporation/ registration and operation |  | Issued and fully paid capital/ registered capital |  | Proportion of registered capital/issued share capital held by the Company |   |  | Proportion of voting power held |   |  | Principal activities
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|Yanmei Heze Nenghua Co., Ltd.                     |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB600,000,000                                    |  | 95.67                                                                     | % |  |                                |   |  | 95.67                | % |  | Development of ancillary projects                                                   
|Yancoal Australia Pty Limited                     |  | Australia                                            |  | AUD64,000,000                                     |  | 100                                                                       | % |  |                                |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Austar Coal Mine Pty Limited                      |  | Australia                                            |  | AUD64,000,000                                     |  |                                                                          |   |  | 100                             | % |  | 100                  | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Shangdong Yanmei Shipping Co., Ltd.               |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB5,500,000                                      |  | 92                                                                        | % |  |                                |   |  | 92                   | % |  | Transportation via rivers and lakes and the sales of coal and construction materials
|Yanzhou Coal Yulin Nenghua Co., Ltd.              |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB800,000,000                                    |  | 97                                                                        | % |  |                                |   |  | 97                   | % |  | Development of 600,000 tonnes Methanol Project                                      
|Zhongyan Trading Co., Ltd. of Qingdao Bonded Area |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB2,100,000                                      |  | 52.38                                                                     | % |  |                                |   |  | 52.38                | % |  | Trading and processing of mining machinery                                          
|Yanzhou Coal Shanxi Nenghua Co., Ltd.             |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB600,000,000                                    |  | 100                                                                       | % |  |                                |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Shanxi Heshun Tianchi Energy Co., Ltd.            |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB90,000,000                                     |  |                                                                          |   |  | 81.31                           | % |  | 81.31                | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Shanxi Tianhao Chemicals Co., Ltd.                |  | PRC                                                  |  | RMB150,000,000                                    |  |                                                                          |   |  | 99.85                           | % |  | 99.85                | % |  | Development of methanol project