EXHIBIT 8.1

List of subsidiaries of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited



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|Name of Subsidiary                           |  | Country ofincorporation/ registrationandoperation |  | Issued and fully paid capital/registered capital |  | Proportion ofregistered capital/issued sharecapital held by theCompany |   |  | Proportionof votingpower held |   |  | Principal activities
|                                             |  |                                                   |  |                                                  |  | Directly                                                               |   |  | Indirectly                    |   |  |                      |   |  |                                                                                     
|Austar                                       |  | Australia                                         |  | AUD30,000,000                                    |  |                                                                       |   |  | 100                           | % |  | 100                  | % |  | Coal mining business                                                                
|Heze Nenghua (note)                          |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB600,000,000                                   |  | 95.67                                                                  | % |  |                              |   |  | 95.67                | % |  | Development of ancillary projects                                                   
|Yancoal                                      |  | Australia                                         |  | AUD30,000,000                                    |  | 100                                                                    | % |  |                              |   |  | 100                  | % |  | Investment holding                                                                  
|Yanmei Shipping (note)                       |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB5,500,000                                     |  | 92                                                                     | % |  |                              |   |  | 97                   | % |  | Transportation via rivers and lakes and the sales of coal and construction materials
|Yulin (note)                                 |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB800,000,000                                   |  | 97                                                                     | % |  |                              |   |  | 97                   | % |  | Development of 600,000 tonnes Methanol Project                                      
|Zhongyan Trade Co., Ltd. (Zhongyan) (note) |  | PRC                                               |  | RMB2,100,000                                     |  | 52.38                                                                  | % |  |                              |   |  | 52.38                | % |  | Trading and processing of mining machinery                                          

Note: Yanmei Shipping, Yulin, Zhongyan and Heze are established in the PRC as limited liability companies.