China News Service, Nanjing, April 6 (Reporter Tang Juan Zhong Sheng) On the 6th, the Funeral Service Center (District Cemetery Office) of Jintan District, Changzhou City responded to the issue of the "cadre area" of the cemetery that caused concern.

According to the report, the "cadre area" has many old cadres buried here and is habitually called the "cadre area" by the locals.

The "cadre area" cemetery does not require purchasers in the sale, and there is no specialization.

  Recently, some media reported that a cemetery in Jintan District, Changzhou City was divided into areas such as "cadres area" and "overseas Chinese area", and signs were established to distinguish them.

Aroused heated discussion on the Internet.

  The Funeral Service Center responded that the cemetery was an operating cemetery under the District Civil Affairs Bureau and was established in 1984.

There are indeed cemeteries such as "cadre area" and "overseas Chinese area" inside.

  Regarding the origin of the "cadre area", the Funeral Service Center explained that at the beginning of the establishment of the cemetery, Jintan County (the predecessor of Jintan District) promoted cremation in an all-round way and advocated that the ashes of the people were concentrated in the cemetery for burial.

At that time, the old cadres of the county party committee and the county government took the lead in the practice of centralized ashes placement. Because many old cadres were buried here, they were habitually called the "cadre area" by the local people.

Ordinary people were buried in the cemetery.

  With the development of the cemetery into a park, the Jintan District Funeral Service Center has transformed the infrastructure of the cemetery, and the structure of the cemetery has undergone significant changes. Many families in the old cemetery have reported that they cannot find their ancestral graves.

In 2021, the district funeral service center has placed name signs for the old cemetery for the convenience of the masses to worship the ancestors.

In order to take care of the habits of the common people, signs of "cadre area" and "overseas Chinese area" have been set up.

  The funeral service center stated that the "cadre area" cemetery does not require purchasers on the sale, and there is no such thing as being open only to cadres.

There are a total of 120 tombs in the "Cadre District" and 58 in the "Overseas Chinese District", all of which were sold out at the end of the last century.

As there is no careful consideration, the funeral service center will rename the relevant cemetery.

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