Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the coupling relationship between the coal mining and the service functions of ecosystem in Huaibei City, China. It also reveals the changing pattern of the coupling between the coal mining and the service functions of ecosystem in Huaibei City from 1990 to 2016, using the correlation degree model and the coupling degree model. The results show that the correlation between coal mining and ecosystem services in Huaibei City is between 0.4475 and 0.5534. Among them, the stress of coal mining on ecosystem services is mainly through the destruction of water resources, while the constraint of ecosystem services on coal mining mainly comes from regulatory services. In addition, the degree of coupling between coal mining and ecosystem services in Huaibei City declined gradually from 1990 to 1999, and then it increased steadily from 2000 to 2008. After that, the degree of coupling experienced a downward trend which indicates that the contradiction between the coal mining and regional ecosystem was alleviated, thereby presenting a prosperous development which is comprehensive and coordinated. The research shows that coal mining and ecosystem services in Huaibei City have a moderate coupling situation overall from 1990 to 2016, the temporal variation of coupling degree between coal mining and ecosystem services is characterized by 'inverted N'. It is necessary to continue to promote the transformation of resource-based cities and the construction of ecological governance in order to maintain a coordinated and development.