New policy of national burial reform

In 222, the new national regulations on allowing burial are as follows:

1. Cremation should be carried out in areas with dense population, less cultivated land and convenient transportation;

2. Burial is allowed in areas that are not qualified for cremation temporarily;

3. The areas where cremation and burial are allowed shall be designated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the corresponding levels shall report to the civil affairs departments of the State Council for the record;

4. If the remains that should be cremated are buried in the ground, or the remains are buried in other places other than cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries to build graves, the civil affairs department shall order them to make corrections within a time limit.

Burial, one of the funeral methods after human death, is popular all over the world. Generally, people's remains are put in coffins first, and then the coffins are buried in the soil. Tombstones (epitaphs) are available or not, and in some places, only gravestones are erected without words. There may be a memorial platform in front of the grave for future generations to pay homage to. In China, burial has been gradually replaced by cremation. The state has designated the area as a cremation area, and burial is prohibited. At present, most economically underdeveloped areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou and Sichuan are still dominated by burial, and most urban areas have been banned from burial.

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Article 8 of the Regulations on Funeral Management

? The construction of funeral parlours and crematoriums shall be proposed by the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts, and submitted to the people's governments at the corresponding levels for examination and approval; The construction of funeral service stations and columbariums shall be examined and approved by the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts; The construction of cemeteries shall be submitted to the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts.

the use of foreign capital to build funeral facilities shall be submitted to the civil affairs department of the State Council for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.

the establishment of public welfare cemeteries for villagers in rural areas shall be reported to the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the people's government at the township level.

article 1? It is forbidden to build graves in the following areas: (1) cultivated land and forest land;

(2) urban parks, scenic spots and cultural relics protection areas;

(3) near reservoirs and river dams and water source protection areas;

(4) on both sides of the trunk lines of railways and highways.

the existing graves in the area specified in the preceding paragraph shall be moved or buried within a time limit without leaving graves, except for those cemeteries with historical, artistic and scientific value protected by the state.

article 11? Strictly limit the area and service life of cemetery graves. Where burial or burial of ashes is allowed according to the plan, the area and service life of the grave where the remains are buried or the ashes are buried shall be stipulated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in accordance with the principle of saving land and not occupying cultivated land.