Coal is the main fossil resources and energy, but meanwhile it is also a main pollution source in China. Because of its pollution from fuel utilization, the document position of coal as energy sources is forcing more and more challenges of petroleum, natural gas and new energy sources. Reasonable, effective and clean non-fuel utilization technology of coal should be an important direction of coal chemical engineering. Basing on the problems and prospect of coal fuel utilization , we emphasized that non - fuel utilization of coal should be an important subject of clean coal technology . Some reasonable ways of coal non - fuel utilization are also proposed.