CCTV News: According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, April 6 is the last day of the Qingming Festival holiday, and the number of people paying homage continued to decline compared with yesterday. According to statistics from the Qingming Festival Memorial Service Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, today 65,500 funeral service agencies nationwide provide on-site memorial services, and a total of 307,000 staff participated in the service and guarantee work; a total of 7.6712 million people were received on-site memorial services and 1.5598 million vehicles were guided, a decrease of 43.8% and 52.2% respectively from yesterday; among them, 6.0396 million people chose green and low-carbon memorial services, accounting for 78.7% of the total number of people on-site memorial services; 1,576 online memorial platforms were opened nationwide, serving 117,100 online memorial services; a total of 6,030 ashes were buried in funeral service agencies nationwide, of which 648 were used for ecological burial methods such as sea burials and tree burials, accounting for 10.7% of the total number of burials on the same day. Civil affairs departments and funeral service agencies in various places strictly implement various safety management measures, carry out convenient and beneficial services in a solid manner, continuously optimize service processes, continuously promote the change of customs and customs, and advocate green and civilized worship. Up to now, no emergency safety incidents have occurred in funeral service agencies across the country, and the public's memorial activities are safe, stable and orderly.
With the end of the Qingming Festival holiday, the concentrated souvenir activities of the masses are coming to an end, but some people will still conduct souvenirs for a period of time in the future. The Ministry of Civil Affairs’ Qingming Festival Memorial Service Office reminds the general public to pay attention to safety, green travel, civilized and low-carbon memorial service, and continues to guide local civil affairs departments and funeral service agencies to strengthen their safety awareness, strictly implement safety management requirements, do a good job in service guarantee work, meet the people’s memorial needs, and ensure that the memorial activities are green, civilized, safe and orderly.
