Abstract: Green mining is an important choice for mining development in the new era. It has experienced a period of ideological sprouting, initial development and deepening development in China. Green mining and green mines have both connotative connections and conceptual differences. Green mining can be divided into green exploration, green production, green reclamation, green mining area, green financing and green tourism, and is accompanied by a large number of regional practice exploration. At present, the development of green mining faces problems such as imperfect policies and regulations, uncoordinated development patterns, and weak corporate dynamics. It is necessary to strengthen the policy guidance and system guarantee, optimize the structure of mining development, set up the concept of green development, promote the innovation of green production techniques and management methods of mining enterprises, give play to the service and coordination of mining associations to form a pattern to promote the orderly development of green mining industry.