What are the new rules for cemetery management?

Legal analysis: the ownership of the land in the cemetery area belongs to the state or the collective according to law, and the owner may not transfer it or buy or sell it on his own; Cemetery should adjust measures to local conditions, rational planning and greening; Without approval, public cemetery shall not engage in funeral business; It is forbidden to build families, clans, killing the game and engage in feudal superstitious activities in cemeteries.

Legal basis: Interim Measures for the Administration of Cemetery

Thirteenth cemetery land ownership belongs to the state or collective according to law, and the bereaved may not be transferred or traded.

Fourteenth cemetery units shall, according to the size of the cemetery area, set up a cemetery management institution or hire full-time management personnel to be responsible for the construction, management and maintenance of the cemetery. The cemetery should be kept clean and solemn.

Fifteenth cemetery epitaphs should be small and diverse, and cemetery areas should be rationally planned, adapted to local conditions, green and beautified, and gradually landscaped.

Sixteenth without approval, public cemetery shall not engage in funeral business. Tomb management fees for operating cemeteries shall not be collected at one time for more than twenty years. Grave land should be saved.

Seventeenth in the business cemetery burial ashes or remains, the mourner shall pay the tomb rental fees, building materials fees, burial fees and tomb protection and management fees.

Eighteenth it is forbidden to build families, clans, killing the game and engage in feudal superstitious activities in the cemetery.

Nineteenth it is strictly forbidden to engage in the business of burying the remains of the deceased in the cremation area in the burial reform area.

Twentieth after the implementation of these measures, anyone who violates the relevant provisions of these measures shall be punished by the competent department of cemetery, or his illegal income shall be confiscated or fined. Specific punishment measures shall be formulated by the civil affairs departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.