At least 6 public cemeteries to be build in Jinan in 2015
It is learnt from Jinan Funeral Association that six districts in Jinan are preparing to build public cemeteries, there will be at least one public cemetery in each county in Jinan by the end of 2015. These cemeteries will adopt decubital tombstones, implement government-guided prices. Besides, new-style environment friendly funeral forms are selected by this year's public projects, including parterre burial, tree burial and sea burial. Reservation of sea burial is to be started from next March.
Currently, there are 18 legal cemeteries in Jinan, operating cemeteries and public cemeteries. There is not any public cemetery in the urban areas. There will be at least 6 public cemeteries in the urban areas by the end of 2015, said Wang Zhiyu, deputy secretary general of Jinan Funeral Association.