China News Service, March 14th. According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the General Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "Notice on the 2020 Qingming Festival sacrifice work" on the 14th, proposing that the high-risk areas may temporarily suspend the sacrifice service of funeral services. The organization of collective activities such as centralized sacrifice, collective sacrifice, and ashes scatter on the sea, and appropriate restrictions on the time and number of relatives of deceased relatives who handle the funeral business.
The notice requires civil affairs departments at all levels to urge all funeral and interment service agencies, especially various cemetery and other burial service agencies, to strictly implement their main responsibilities, and according to the local epidemic prevention and control requirements, their own facilities, sites, and control conditions, etc., develop detailed and specific schemes and plans. The emergency measures and disposal procedures not only fully consider the needs of mass sacrifices, but also ensure that epidemic prevention and control measures are put in place, and that various risks that may occur can be effectively and timely resolved.
The notice pointed out that local civil affairs departments should implement the differentiated management requirements of different areas according to the situation of epidemic prevention and control, and guide the funeral and interment service agencies in the area to manage the Qingming Festival sacrificial service in an orderly manner. High-risk areas may temporarily suspend the sacrifice and scandal services of funeral and interment service agencies, suspend the organization of collective activities such as collective sacrifice, collective sacrifices, and ashes scatter, and take appropriate measures to limit the time and number of relatives of deceased who handle the burial business.
In the middle and low-risk areas, places with a high concentration of ashes burials (placement), relatively closed indoor ritual sweeping places, and service items that are likely to form a crowd of people may be closed first or later; for those with open conditions, provide On-site sacrifice and sweeping services, and do a good job of flow control, anti-gathering, strong protection, security, etc., scientifically and rationally set the carrying capacity of various funeral service agencies and sacrifice-sweep places, and take online appointments, SMS reminders and other means to do a good job of sacrifice-scanning personnel Pre-control of flow gates, strengthen the monitoring and early warning of sacrifice and scan flow; strengthen the guidance and management of the entrance and surroundings of funeral service sites that are prone to gather people; increase the number of personnel to strengthen the sacrifice and scan service guidance and inspection of institutional sites; strictly implement protective prevention and control measures to prevent Cross-infection; comprehensively carry out investigation and rectification of hidden dangers in key parts, points and places, eliminate various types of safety risks such as fire and stomping from the source, and prevent various types of safety accidents.
The notice requires local civil affairs departments to guide the funeral and interment service agencies in their jurisdictions to effectively and effectively guarantee basic funeral services such as the handling of remains, cremation, and ashes storage, and to expand the supply of funeral and interment services according to the situation. Funeral service agencies in high-risk areas may suspend the gathering of personnel such as guarding the soul, saying goodbye, and offering commemorations. Funeral and interment service agencies in medium and low-risk areas can provide other extended service items in addition to basic funeral services in a stable and orderly manner according to their own conditions.
The notice proposes that the process of funeral and interment services should be further optimized, each link should be implemented in detail, service staffing and protection of material protection should be strengthened, and safe and high-quality services should be ensured. It is necessary to standardize the management of the funeral, sacrifice supplies and funeral services. The government pricing and guidance price management must be strictly enforced, and prices cannot be arbitrarily increased. For those that fall into the scope of market regulation, cost audits must be strengthened and guidance should be within a reasonable range. Internal pricing; to take advantage of the opportunity to drive up prices and the funeral agency's personnel to illegally undertake funeral services, illegal buying and other illegal behaviors, we must work with relevant departments to crack down on the law. It is necessary to understand the impact of the epidemic situation on the operation of funeral and interment service agencies in a timely manner. For those who have suffered losses and have difficulty operating, they must submit suggestions and suggestions to the local party committee and government to help them overcome the difficulties.
The notice stated that localities should make full use of the online platform for funeral services, promote “Internet + funeral services”, actively develop and promote online service items such as online sacrifice scans, appointment sacrifice scans, remote farewells, etc., and open mobile client services for funeral service agencies, WeChat public accounts, etc. Service channels to provide more accessible funeral services. Encourage the reduction of the number of on-site sacrifice and sacrifice activities to gather infection through online sacrifice and scans, online space-time mailboxes, and small-scale family reflections.
The notice pointed out that regions and institutions that suspend sacrifice and scandal services or restrict the provision of related funeral and burial services must fully do a good job of publicity and interpretation of policies to local people, and provide remote video sacrifice scans if there is a need for on-site sacrifice for special reasons. And other services to meet reasonable needs. Areas and institutions that open on-site sacrifice services must vigorously promote green and low-carbon sacrifice scans, and resist superstition and vulgar sacrificial supplies. Those who apply for appointments to participate in land-saving ecological burial services such as sea burial and tree burial should carefully register and explain the follow-up arrangements, and respond to the public's concerns in a timely manner. For the relatively scattered rural non-profit cemeteries and historical burial sites, we must compact the responsibilities of towns (streets) and villages (communities), arrange special persons to be responsible for the safety management of the festival and sweeping activities during the Qingming Festival, and avoid mass gatherings for the festival and sweeping, and strictly prevent the use of open flames. Cause a fire accident.