Relevant regulations on rural burial graves

Legal analysis: 1. Article 5 of the Regulations on Funeral Management: In areas where cremation is practiced, the state advocates the disposal of ashes by storing them and other ways that do not occupy or occupy less land. The people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts shall formulate specific plans for cremation, and incorporate the new construction and transformation of funeral parlours, crematoriums and columbariums into urban and rural construction plans and capital construction plans. 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. Ninth without approval, no unit or individual may build funeral facilities. Rural public cemetery shall not provide grave land for people other than villagers. It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries. Fifteenth in areas where burial is allowed, it is forbidden to bury bodies or build graves anywhere except cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries. Article 3 of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Cemetery: Cemetery is a public facility for urban and rural residents to bury their ashes and remains. Cemetery is divided into public welfare cemetery and business cemetery. Public cemetery is a public cemetery that provides burial service for the remains or ashes of rural villagers. Operating cemeteries are public welfare cemeteries that provide paid services for urban residents to bury ashes or remains, and belong to the tertiary industry. Ninth the establishment of public cemetery, the villagers' committee shall apply and report to the civil affairs department at the county level for approval.

Legal basis: Article 5 of the Regulations on the Administration of Funeral and interment. In areas where cremation is practiced, the state advocates the disposal of ashes by storing ashes and other ways that do not occupy or occupy less land. The people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts shall formulate specific plans for cremation, and incorporate the new construction and transformation of funeral parlours, crematoriums and columbariums into urban and rural construction plans and capital construction plans. 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. Ninth without approval, no unit or individual may build funeral facilities. Rural public cemetery shall not provide grave land for people other than villagers. It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries. Fifteenth in areas where burial is allowed, it is forbidden to bury and build graves anywhere except cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries. Interim Measures for the Administration of Cemetery Article 3 A cemetery is a public facility for burying ashes and remains of urban and rural residents. Cemetery is divided into public welfare cemetery and business cemetery. Public cemetery is a public cemetery that provides burial service for the remains or ashes of rural villagers. Operating cemeteries are public welfare cemeteries that provide paid services for urban residents to bury ashes or remains, and belong to the tertiary industry. Ninth to establish a public cemetery, the villagers' committee shall apply and report to the civil affairs department at the county level for approval.