There are about 426 mining cites in which the total population is more than 3 billions in china.Nowadays the most of these cities develop slowly and are in recession.It is a focal subject to study the standing,transformation and renovation of these mining cities.This paper introduces ecological landscape planning into the whole development plan system of the mining cities.Based on special investigation,the data analysis,with reference to the conclusions of foreign relevant projects,the origin,pinnacle and recession of different mining cities are analyzed,the contents,scheme and design process of ecological landscape planning of mining cities are put forwards.On the basis of these,taking Xuzhou city as an exemple,the theoretical base of sustainable development,the mode of ecological landscape planning and the trend of future development for Chinese mining cities are explored.