Abstract: Chemical reaction kinetics has been considered as an effective method for assessing the process and characteristics of hydrocarbons generation from coal.At present,theoretic researches on the kinetic model of hydrocarbons generation from coal and its calibration have gradually been deepened.Meanwhile,it has a great progress in understanding the regularity of hydrocarbons generation from coal source rocks,and a preliminary effect on the evaluation of coal source rocks using reaction kinetics.However,reports on the quantified and dynamic assessments for coal source rocks through kinetics of hydrocarbons generation under pressurized conditions are still lack.In addition,researches on the kinetics of individual hydrocarbons generation just are being in exploration.These studies represent the future developing tendency of kinetic field of hydrocarbons generation from coal.