Abstract: To evaluate the contribution of coal combustion to PAHs to airborne particulate using CMB receptor model,a study of PAHs source profile for coal combustion is necessary.After sampling,13 PAHs in the samples of coal combustion were determined by GC/MS.The source fingerprints for civil and industrial coal combustion were obtained by averaging the ratios of individual PAHs concentration to the mass of the 13 PAHs measured in this study.The characteristics of the ratios of BaP/BghiP,BaP/COR,PYR/BaP,BeP/BaP,IND/BghiP were discussed.Furthermore,the influence of reactivity of PAHs on the ratios was discussed.