Responses of Northern Chinese Zalannoer lignite to flash hydropyrolysis (FHP) and flash pyrolysis (FP) in a small entrained reactor were explored in experiments at temperatures between 500 and 900-degrees-C at pressure up to 6.0 MPa. Compared to FP, FHP can produce more hydrocarbon liquids (HCL) and CH4. At the conditions of 800-degrees-C and 6.0 MPa (hydrogen pressure) the maximum yield of HCL (6.62, wt% C) was obtained.