Regulations of Heilongjiang Province on Funeral Management (revised on 20 18)

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen funeral management, promote funeral reform, standardize funeral activities and promote the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Funeral in the State Council and in light of the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to funeral activities and funeral management within the administrative area of this province. Article 3 People's governments at all levels should strengthen their leadership over funeral work, incorporate funeral work into the national economic and social development plan, rationally arrange land and funds for funeral facilities, and ensure the needs of funeral reform and the development of funeral undertakings. Fourth civil affairs departments at all levels are the competent departments in charge of funeral management, and are responsible for funeral management within their respective administrative areas.

Funeral management institutions (including funeral management offices and institutes) are responsible for the daily work of funeral management under the leadership of civil affairs departments at the same level. Fifth levels of public security, industry and commerce, land, health and family planning, prices, construction, ethnic and religious departments shall, according to their respective responsibilities, do a good job in funeral management. Article 6 Funeral management should adhere to the policy of actively and gradually promoting cremation, reform burial, save land for funeral, get rid of funeral customs and advocate civilized and thrifty funeral management. Seventh funeral management personnel should hold relevant certificates and handle affairs impartially. No unit or individual may hinder funeral management personnel from performing their duties according to law. Chapter II Management of Funeral Facilities Article 8 The Provincial Civil Affairs Department shall, according to the funeral work planning and funeral needs of its administrative area, formulate the quantity and layout planning of funeral facilities such as funeral parlours, columbariums, funeral service stations and cemeteries in the whole province, which shall be submitted to the provincial people's government for approval after being audited by the provincial development and reform department.

All new funeral facilities should be included in the layout planning of funeral facilities in the province. Article 9 The municipal people's government (administrative office) and the county (city) people's government shall incorporate the new construction, expansion and reconstruction of funeral facilities such as funeral parlours, columbariums, funeral service stations and cemeteries into urban and rural construction plans and capital construction plans. Tenth the establishment of funeral facilities shall be submitted for approval in accordance with the following procedures:

(a) the establishment of the funeral home by the city (administrative office), county (city) civil affairs departments put forward a plan, submitted to the people's government at the same level (administrative office) for examination and approval, and submitted to the provincial civil affairs department for the record;

(two) the establishment of the columbarium and funeral service station shall be examined and approved by the civil affairs departments of the city (administrative office) and county (city), and shall be reported to the civil affairs department at the next higher level for the record;

(three) the establishment of operating cemeteries, approved by the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs;

(4) The rural public welfare columbarium set up in a township (town) which is far away from the funeral parlour and has inconvenient transportation shall be proposed by the township (town) people's government, approved by the county (city) civil affairs department and reported to the municipal (administrative office) civil affairs department for the record.

The establishment of public cemetery by rural villagers shall be approved by the people's government at the township level and reported to the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level for examination and approval.

After applying for funeral facilities, you should go through the relevant formalities in the departments of development and reform, construction, land and price. Eleventh funeral homes and cemeteries are managed by the funeral management institutions of the civil affairs departments at or above the county (city).

No unit or individual may build funeral facilities without approval and performance of relevant procedures.

It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries. Twelfth rural public columbarium (cemetery) shall not provide land for graves for others other than villagers. Article 13 The establishment of cemeteries shall make use of barren hills and wasteland, and shall not occupy cultivated land or forest land.

It is forbidden to build graves in cultivated land, forest land, city parks, cultural relics protection areas, nature reserves, scenic spots, both sides of railways and highways, water source protection areas, reservoirs, river dams and special areas of urban planning.

Existing graves in the areas specified in the preceding paragraph shall be moved or buried within a time limit, except for cemeteries with historical, artistic and scientific value protected by the state, and no graves shall be left. Fourteenth cremation areas prohibit the establishment of ashes graves. Article 15 Ethnic minorities who believe in Islam shall be buried in cemeteries designated by the local government. Voluntary cremation should be encouraged and supported, and no one can interfere. Article 16 The area of graves for burying ashes in cemeteries shall not exceed 65,438 square meters. Seventeenth it is forbidden to build superstitious facilities and engage in feudal superstitious activities in cemeteries; Prohibit the use of graves and ashes storage spaces for pyramid schemes, pre-sale, speculation and other improper marketing activities. Eighteenth graves and Taling ashes storage cell use cycle of up to 20 years. If it needs to be used for more than 20 years, it shall go through the formalities again. Chapter III Funeral Management Article 19 Funeral service units shall strengthen the management of funeral service facilities, update and transform obsolete cremation equipment, and prevent environmental pollution.

Funeral service personnel shall abide by the operating rules and professional ethics, implement standardized and civilized services, and shall not take advantage of their work to obtain property. Twentieth the remains of the deceased in the cremation area, except for the ethnic minorities stipulated in Article 15, shall be cremated, and burial is strictly prohibited.

When transporting the remains, necessary technical treatment must be carried out to ensure hygiene and prevent environmental pollution. Twenty-first normal cremation of the remains of the deceased, should hold a death certificate issued by a medical institution stipulated by the state health and family planning administrative department.

The cremation of bodies that died abnormally shall be carried out by the death certificate issued by the public security organ at or above the county level.