介绍了20世纪80年代中期以来对我国煤炭工业有重大影响的综采放顶煤开采技术的概况；论述了我国科技人员在该项技术进步中在顶煤可放性评价、岩（煤）运动规律及支架围岩关系、提高回收率的技术和工艺、安全控制、大功率成套设备研制等方面的创造性贡献；对综采放顶煤技术的发展趋势作出了评价。

This paper gives a brief introduction of the longwall top coal caving (LTCC) method which has had a strong impact on China´s coal mining industry since 1980 s.Great contribution to LTCC has been made by Chinese experts including cavability assessment, overlying geological variations on support loading, geotechnological characterization, technique and process for increasing recovery, safety monitering and control,and design and manufacture of high capacity equipments. The future of LTCC method is also predicted.