EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

As of May 31, 2009, we owned the following
subsidiaries:



|                   |  |                                                    |  |                                                 |  |                                                                         |   |  |                               |   |  |                      |   |  |                                                                                     
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|Name of Subsidiary |  | Country ofincorporation/
registrationand operation |  | Issued and fullypaid capital/registered capital |  | Proportion of registeredcapital/issued share capitalheld by the Company |   |  | Proportionof votingpower held |   |  | Principal activities
|                   |  |                                                    |  |                                                 |  | Directly                                                                |   |  | Indirectly                    |   |  |                      |   |  |                                                                                     
|Heze Nenghua       |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB600,000,000                                  |  | 96.67                                                                   | % |  |                              |   |  | 96.67                | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Yancoal Australia  |  | Australia                                          |  | AUD64,000,000                                   |  | 100                                                                     | % |  |                              |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Austar Company     |  | Australia                                          |  | AUD64,000,000                                   |  |                                                                        |   |  | 100                           | % |  | 100                  | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Yanmei Shipping    |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB5,500,000                                    |  | 92                                                                      | % |  |                              |   |  | 92                   | % |  | Transportation via rivers and lakes and the sales of coal and construction materials
|Yulin Nenghua      |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB1,400,000,000                                |  | 100                                                                     | % |  |                              |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Operation of 600,000 tonne methanol project                                         
|Zhongyan Trading   |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB2,100,000                                    |  | 52.38                                                                   | % |  |                              |   |  | 52.38                | % |  | Trading and processing of mining machinery                                          
|Shanxi Nenghua     |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB600,000,000                                  |  | 100                                                                     | % |  |                              |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Tianchi Energy     |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB90,000,000                                   |  |                                                                        |   |  | 81.31                         | % |  | 81.31                | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Tianhao Chemicals  |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB150,000,000                                  |  |                                                                        |   |  | 99.85                         | % |  | 99.85                | % |  | Operation of methanol project                                                       
|Hua Ju Energy      |  | PRC                                                |  | RMB288,589,774                                  |  | 74                                                                      | % |  |                              |   |  | 74                   | % |  | Power and heat supply