A Chinese city sets rule for burial

BEIJING - A city in China has set burial rules that restrict the space for every tomb in public burial places to no more than one square metre.

According to the rule adopted by Wuhan city government Monday, more non-profit and government-financed burial spaces are planned.

China Daily reported Tuesday that since the city’s existing public graveyards are all commercial, locals are facing pressure from increase in prices as well as scarcity of public burial areas.

In order to check tomb prices in commercial graveyards, the new rules mention the construction of low-price ash walls and restrict the single space for every tomb in public burial places to no more than one square metre.

The city government also said that low-income residents will get subsidy in basic funeral services such as cremation.