Legal basis: Regulations on Funeral Management
Article 4 Cremation shall be carried out in areas with dense population, less cultivated land and convenient transportation; Where cremation conditions are not met, burial is allowed.
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.
Tenth prohibit the construction of graves in the following areas:
(1) Cultivated land and forest land;
(two) city parks, scenic spots and cultural relics protection areas;
(3) Near reservoirs, river dams and water source protection areas;
(four) on both sides of the railway and highway trunk lines.
Article 8 The construction of funeral parlours and crematoriums shall be planned by the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government 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 audited 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, and then 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.
The use of foreign capital to build funeral facilities shall be reported 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 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.
Fifteenth in areas where burial is allowed, it is forbidden to bury bodies and build graves anywhere except cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries.