Abstract: The mining of coal resource have provided energy security guarantee for economic and social development of our country but many subsidence areas have been formed, which seriously threaten the ecological environment and people"s safety of production and life. This study collected relevant laws and policies, industry data and researches, and systematically sorted out the basic situation, progress and governance model in coal mining subsidence area by using the method of literature induction. This study analyzed the problems existing problems in the comprehensive governance of subsidence areas, including imperfect governance policy, lack of supervision, serious lack of governance fund, difficulties in industrial transformation and so on. Combined with the actual situation, the study put forward countermeasures and suggestions such as improving the system and mechanism, exploring innovative governance mode, and carrying out demonstration area promotion, so as to provide reference for promoting the comprehensive governance of coal mining subsidence area.