Legal basis: Regulations on Funeral Management
Article 10 It is forbidden to build 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. 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.
Eleventh strictly limit the cemetery grave area and service life. If burial or ashes are allowed according to the plan, the area and service life of the grave where the remains or 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.