EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

As of May 31, 2008, we own the following subsidiaries:



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|Name of Subsidiary                                |  | Country ofincorporation/registrationand operation |  | Issued and fullypaid capital/registered capital |             | Proportion of registeredcapital/issued sharecapital held by theCompany |       |   | Proportionof votingpowerheld |       |   | Principal activities
|                                                  |  |                                                   |  |                                                 |             | Directly                                                               |       |   | Indirectly                   |       |   |                      |       |   | 
|Yanmei Heze Nenghua Company Limited               |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 600,000,000 |                                                                        | 96.67 | % |                              |      |   |                      | 96.67 | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Yancoal Australia Pty Limited                     |  | Australia                                         |  | AUD                                             | 64,000,000  |                                                                        | 100   | % |                              |      |   |                      | 100   | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Austar Coal Mine Pty Limited                      |  | Australia                                         |  | AUD                                             | 64,000,000  |                                                                        |      |   |                              | 100   | % |                      | 100   | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Shandong Yanmei Shipping Co., Ltd.                |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 5,500,000   |                                                                        | 92    | % |                              |      |   |                      | 92    | % |  | Transportation via rivers and lakes and the sales of coal and construction materials
|Yanzhou Coal Yulin Nenghua Company Limited        |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 800,000,000 |                                                                        | 97    | % |                              |      |   |                      | 97    | % |  | Development of 600,000 tonne methanol project                                       
|Zhongyan Trading Co., Ltd. of Qingdao Bonded Area |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 2,100,000   |                                                                        | 52.38 | % |                              |      |   |                      | 52.38 | % |  | Trading and processing of mining machinery                                          
|Yanzhou Coal Shanxi Nenghua Company Limited       |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 600,000,000 |                                                                        | 100   | % |                              |      |   |                      | 100   | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Shanxi Heshun Tianchi Energy Company Limited      |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 90,000,000  |                                                                        |      |   |                              | 79.68 | % |                      | 78.09 | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Shanxi Tianhao Chemicals Company Limited          |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB                                             | 150,000,000 |                                                                        |      |   |                              | 97.85 | % |                      | 95.89 | % |  | Development of methanol project