Based on the analysis of the former management information systems, the author points out the deficiency of the former management information systems. The Shanxi coal resource management information system is developed based on Visual C++ 6.0, ADO, SQL Server 2000, MAPGIS and so on. The information system has many effective functions such as data management, information query and demonstration, map operation, Statistics output and so on. The information system provides the timely, dynamic, high-efficient and ordered resources data for the Shanxi coal resource management and provides the dynamic scientific basis for the coal industry and national economy's sustainable development macroscopic decision-making.