Which department is responsible for illegal grave construction?

Legal analysis: Illegal graves are managed by government civil affairs departments, housing and construction departments, land and resources management departments and planning departments. The management of the cemetery belongs to the civil affairs department, generally the local civil affairs bureau. The responsibilities of the Civil Affairs Bureau include: formulating funeral management policies and service standards and organizing their implementation. It is illegal to build a grave without the consent of the civil affairs organ, and the parties concerned may report it to the local civil affairs organ.

Legal basis: Regulations on Funeral Management

Ninth without approval, no unit or individual may build funeral facilities. Rural public cemetery shall not provide graves for people other than villagers. It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries.

Article 10 It is forbidden to build graves in the following areas: (1) Cultivated land and forest land; City parks, scenic spots and cultural relics protection areas; (3) Near reservoirs, dams and water source protection areas; (four) on both sides of the railway and highway trunk lines. Existing graves in the areas specified in the preceding paragraph shall be moved or buried within a time limit, and no graves shall be left, except for cemeteries with historical, artistic and scientific value protected by the state.