Abstract: With the development of the “collaborative mining” concept， many synergistic mining methods have been invented by Chinese scholars， without any systematical summarization or collation yet. Based on the understanding of the “collaborative mining” concept， the mining method with cooperative, coordinated and synchronous attributes in stope structure or stope mining is defined as the collaborative mining method. The collaborative mining methods in China in the past 10 years （2009-2018） were reviewed according to the sorting time of the mining methods or patents application. Combined with the previous classification and revision research of mining methods， the classification of 19 typical collaborative mining methods was discussed， and a classification standard for collaborative mining methods was formulated. The research results can help scholars develop more collaborative mining methods， and promote the application of "collaborative mining" concept in China's mining industry.

Key words: Collaborative mining methods, Development, Classification, Definition, Category