During the “13th Five-Year Plan” period，Henan Province has achieved remarkable progress in the development of coal power，with continuous breakthroughs in supply guarantee，capacity adjustment，energy conservation and emission reduction，structural optimization，spatial layout，and market operations.Looking to the future，it is necessary to draw lessons from the energy transition and coal power development methods in advanced regions，based on coal power policies and technical development directions，it is also necessary to focus on the relationships of “increasing the utilization rate of coal power，ensuring safe and reliable power supply and increasing the proportion of renewable power generation”.The study puts forward that Henan Province should give full play to the functions and the related implementation suggestions of the “four platforms”，which are the electro-thermal foundation platform，flexible peak-regulating platform，energy saving and emission reduction platform，and coupled absorption platform，in order to promote the high-quality development of the coal power industry in the new era.