针对矿区土地复垦涉及学科多、面广,而我国矿区生态重建基础理论研究又十分薄弱,许多基本概念和问题尚未获得统一认识,呈现出零散、杂乱的现象。基于１０年矿区土地复垦科学研究的实践,分析了由矿区土地复垦到矿区生态重建的研究观念转变、矿区生态重建的基础理论,对矿区生态重建的概念、特点、范围、时间尺度进行了界定,探讨了矿区生态重建研究的认识（论）、方法（论）,并以平朔安太堡露天煤矿为例进行了验证。

Land reclamation in mining areas involves a wide range of disciplines and technologies. Studies on basic theories and methods of ecological rehabilitation in mining areas of China are very poor,and as a result, many primary concepts and problems have not been uniformly recognized but rather fragmental and unsystematic. Therefore, the study examines changes in research concepts from land reclamation to ecological rehabilitation and discusses the theortical basis of ecological rehabiltation in mining areas in the light of the actual scientific research practices carried out in the past ten years by the author. The concept, features, scale of range and time of ecological rehabilitation are defined and the espistemology and methodology concerning research on ecological rehabilitation in mining areas are discussed as well by taking Antaibao Opencut Coal Mine in Pingshuo as a case.