Comrades:
The municipal government held this work conference on funeral reform in the whole city, mainly to implement the opinions of the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on party member cadres taking the lead in promoting funeral reform, and to study and deploy the work of the municipal party committee and municipal government on deepening funeral reform and accelerating the standardized construction of village-level public welfare cemeteries. In order to promote this work, 20 1 1 and 20 12 visited the standardized cemetery of Nanguan community in Mishui Street and the standardized cemetery of Zhaizhuang in Jinggou Town respectively. Before today's meeting, we visited the standardized cemetery in Xingfu Village, Mishui Street, the martyrs cemetery in the south of the city and the standardized cemetery in the town community, and listened to the briefing. After reading and listening, we are very inspired and encouraged. I hope everyone will study hard and learn from each other.
Accelerating the standardized construction of village-level public welfare cemeteries is an important measure to deepen funeral reform and promote the all-round development of social undertakings in our city in recent years. Since 20 10, the municipal party Committee and the municipal government have taken this work as an important part of deepening the funeral reform. In 20 1 1 year, the construction task was further clarified, and it was required to combine this work with new rural construction, village merger, village merger, land reclamation and concentrated residential area construction, and plan synchronously. In 20 12, the civil affairs department put forward nine basic requirements for promoting the standardized construction of village public welfare cemeteries, and carried out pilot projects in some villages. On July 20 13, the municipal government office issued the "Implementation Opinions on Strengthening the Standardization Construction of Village Public Welfare Cemetery". After the document was issued, the civil affairs department strengthened the dispatch execution. Up to now, standardized cemeteries have been built in Nanguan Village, Xingfu Village of Mishui Street, Zhaizhuang Village of Jinggou Town, Xiejiatun and Zhencun Community of Kanjia Town, and 38 villages have reported the construction plan of new standardized cemeteries. The main leaders of the municipal party Committee and the municipal government attach great importance to this work. In may last year, secretary fan of the municipal party Committee personally led the principal responsible persons of relevant departments to the east of the city for on-the-spot investigation, and put forward the guiding opinions on the construction of the cemetery in the east of the city, which was specially approved this year? People in party member suggest that rural cemeteries should be built? Letter, asked to pay close attention to this work, pay close attention to the results. In March this year 1, the mayor's office took the promotion of funeral reform as the first topic to study, which shows that the municipal party Committee and the municipal government attach importance to this work. We should improve our understanding of this work and take effective measures to make this work effective.
At present, the main tasks of the construction of village-level public welfare cemeteries in our city are: first, to solve the problem of collective cemeteries being buried and placed indiscriminately; The second is to solve the problem of scattered burial outside the collective cemetery; The third is to solve the problems of burying in coffins, exceeding the standard of graves and ultra-high tombstones; The fourth is to solve the problem that it is difficult to bury the ashes of the deceased in some villages where there are no cemeteries and cemeteries have been used up. Below, I will put forward some suggestions on the implementation of these tasks in the current cemetery construction:
First, we must grasp the basic principles and implement the policy provisions. In July last year, through the general survey of cemeteries in the city, the present situation of cemetery construction in the city was found out in detail. There are 1084 village-level cemeteries in our city, but? Planning type? The cemetery is only 14. Standardized type? There are only five cemeteries. In addition, there are 4 1 villages without cemeteries, and 26 villages have run out of cemeteries. In order to change the disorderly development of cemeteries, the municipal government has made clear the overall goal, five basic principles and nine basic requirements for strengthening the standardized construction of village-level cemeteries in our city. The five basic principles are as follows: ① Villages with collective cemeteries but messy layout should be planned and rebuilt on the spot according to the standard, and they should not be buried indiscriminately; (2) villages that have run out of cemeteries should expand, rebuild cemeteries or build columbariums according to standardized cemetery standards; (3) Villages without cemeteries should build standardized cemeteries or columbariums, and move scattered graves into new cemeteries or columbariums in a planned way; (4) Villages with existing columbariums but unable to meet the needs of the masses will no longer plan to develop and build new cemeteries and rebuild and expand columbariums; ⑤ Villages with newly-built standardized cemeteries can adopt self-built villages, multi-village joint construction, joint construction of villages under the jurisdiction of communities, and town-level public welfare cemeteries. In accordance with these five basic principles, the reconstruction, expansion or new cemetery must be carried out in accordance with the nine basic requirements stipulated by the municipal government and the standard requirements stipulated in the 20 14 responsibility book for standardized construction of public welfare cemeteries in urban blocks. Planning, hardening, greening, no grave, monument? . It is necessary to refer to the practice of lying tablet area in urban community cemetery and popularize the use of lying tablet. After the completion of the standardized cemetery, all the dead people are not allowed to be buried in the standardized cemetery. The original grave, which covers a large area and affects the planning, should be moved into the newly-built cemetery. The provisions and requirements of these documents must be carefully implemented.
Second, we must do a good job in demonstration and guidance, and promote the construction of cemeteries from point to area. This year, the municipal government proposed? The number of new standardized cemeteries in urban blocks is not less than 5% of the number of villages, and there are not less than 3 urban blocks with fewer villages? Requirements, and strive to build 55 village-level standardized cemeteries this year. According to this goal, all towns and streets should promptly determine the villages to build standardized cemeteries, make good plans, and start construction as soon as possible in accordance with the requirements of standardized cemetery construction, so as to accelerate the construction of standardized cemeteries from point to area. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the work, the municipal government decided to implement the responsibility target assessment for the standardized construction of public welfare cemeteries. Just now, I signed a target responsibility letter on behalf of the municipal government and towns and streets, which should be completed to the letter in accordance with the requirements of the responsibility letter. After research and decision by the municipal government, starting from this year, the municipal finance will allocate 3 million yuan each year for the standardized cemeteries that have passed the acceptance, and each newly-built cemetery can be rewarded with a maximum of 6.5438+0.2 million yuan. Moreover, the city has specially formulated the "Implementation Opinions on the Standardization Construction of Public Welfare Cemetery by Substituting Awards", which clarified the standardization construction standards, funding basis and quota, methods and steps for inspection and acceptance, and so on. All towns and streets should start construction as soon as possible in accordance with the standards and actively strive for it.
Third, solve the problem of burying the ashes of people who died in villages without cemeteries and villages where cemeteries have been used up as soon as possible. Since 65438+February last year, 1, our city has implemented the policy of exempting people from funeral and burial, and defined four conditions for exempting basic funeral and burial service fees, namely, no burial in collective cemeteries, no burial in coffins, no burial in graves exceeding the standard, and no burial in small shelves. In violation of the provisions on funeral management, the basic funeral service fee shall not be reduced or exempted. One of these four conditions is:? Not buried in a mass grave? If it is not exempted, if there is no cemetery in the village, it will lead to indiscriminate burial, resulting in bereaved families not enjoying the exemption policy of Huimin funeral. In order to solve the problem of burial in villages without cemeteries and villages with exhausted cemeteries, last year, it was clearly proposed to solve the problem of burial difficulties before the implementation of the city's funeral policy for the benefit of the people, and the "Notice of Rectification within a Time Limit" was issued to relevant towns and streets. But up to now, there are still 67 villages without cemeteries or exhausted cemeteries, and these 67 villages must be built before June 30? Planned? Cemetery, new cemetery to meet the requirements of standardization, included in the assessment index. If there is still no collective cemetery to bury the ashes of the deceased after June 30, the basic funeral service fee that should be exempted shall be borne by the village where the town and street co-ordinate. In this regard, the relevant towns and streets should seriously study solutions with 67 villages. If it can be solved before Tomb-Sweeping Day, we should try our best to seize the favorable opportunity before Tomb-Sweeping Day to solve the problem of burial without a cemetery. What really can't be solved before Tomb-Sweeping Day can't be put off until June 30th. We must be highly responsible to the people and safeguard the rights and interests of the people to enjoy the funeral of Huimin.
Fourth, we should take the opportunity of implementing the funeral policy of benefiting the people to promote funeral management and standardized construction of cemeteries. Our city can waive the basic funeral service fee up to 1 180 yuan. In the process of policy implementation, the municipal government proposed? Four is not exempted? The purpose of the regulations is to combine the implementation of Huimin funeral policy with the promotion of funeral management, realize the effective docking of the implementation of inspection-free policy and institutional constraints, safeguard the seriousness of Huimin funds, and advocate the positive energy of civilized funeral. You can think about it. The municipal finance spends tens of millions of yuan to benefit the people every year. If there are still acts that violate funeral laws and policies at one's own expense in funeral activities, such as using coffins for burial, scattered burial outside collective cemeteries, large-scale activities, etc., the funeral-free policy will lose its meaning, which not only violates the original intention of funeral reform, but also violates the fundamental interests of the people. Therefore, we must unify our thinking and improve our understanding of the significance of this work. While carefully examining and approving, towns and streets should also put forward strict requirements for the villages under their jurisdiction. Four is not exempted? Keep a good pass and don't compare with others because of leniency and injustice, which will cause problems. It is necessary to explain the truth to village cadres, ask them to do a good job of supervision and publicity according to regulations, and guide the masses to consciously abide by the funeral management regulations.
Fifth, we should speed up the planning and construction of public welfare cemeteries in the east of the city. Planning and building the East Cemetery is a realistic need to control the development of scattered cemeteries in urban areas and improve the living environment of surrounding residents. Secretary Fan of the Municipal Party Committee attaches great importance to this work, and the civil affairs department has held discussions with Chaoyang Street and Planning Land Department for many times. The mayor's office meeting held on March 1 day specially studied the construction of the cemetery in the east of the city as a topic. At present, according to the concept of standardized cemetery construction, the civil affairs department has designed the planning and construction scheme of standardized cemetery in the east of the city. After being reported to the municipal party committee and municipal government for approval, it is necessary to organize Chaoyang Street to start construction as soon as possible, and relevant departments should cooperate well, and strive to build a cemetery before this winter to create conditions for the relocation of scattered cemeteries in urban areas.
Sixth, we must further strengthen the management of grassroots funeral teams. At the grassroots level, urban and rural residents mostly rely on the organization of the White Affairs Committee. Most of these organizations are aging, slow to accept new things, loosely organized, and use old ideas and customs to hold funerals. Some even participate in intermediary activities for profit, misleading people to consume. Therefore, in 20 10, 960 undertakers and 1530 funeral managers were selected from 960 villages in the city according to the conditions and standards such as education level, ability, professional knowledge and love for funeral and interment, and they were given the responsibilities and obligations of funeral and interment management. After training one by one, letters of appointment and training certificates were issued respectively. As organizers and managers of funeral activities, undertakers and undertakers play an extremely important role. Whether the funeral activities are civilized or not depends on them. Whether the funeral customs of villagers are good or not depends on whether the funeral undertaker and funeral manager can exert positive energy. Doing a good job in the management of this grass-roots funeral team is to grasp the source and root of the bad habits of funeral management. Therefore, all towns and streets should attach importance to the selection and training of village funeral directors and funeral directors. The undertaker who obtained the letter of appointment and the undertaker who obtained the training certificate should be supervised to take the lead in publicizing the significance of strengthening the standardized construction of village-level public welfare cemeteries, dare to stop using coffin burial, indiscriminate burial and other funeral habits, strictly abide by the funeral management regulations, make the funeral management serious and civilized, and successfully hold the forefront of promoting the standardized construction of village-level public welfare cemeteries; For towns and streets that did not organize unified training for funeral undertakers and undertakers last year, it is necessary to organize training on funeral laws and policies and civilized funeral etiquette knowledge as soon as possible; Those who engage in mourning activities without training should be stopped; Those who have obtained training certificates but do not implement funeral management regulations and induce them to participate in funeral activities should withdraw their certificates, stop their activities, and choose civilized, upright and fair personnel to undertake them, thus truly playing an exemplary role in civilized funeral.
Seventh, we should strengthen leadership to ensure the completion of the task of standardized cemetery construction. All towns and streets should promptly set up working groups, formulate and improve implementation plans, clarify the division of responsibilities, and study promotion measures to ensure the successful completion of tasks. The relevant departments should intensify propaganda, publicize the implementation opinions of party member cadres leading the funeral reform and the public welfare funeral policy for the benefit of the people, and let party member cadres take the lead in promoting the funeral reform. Starting from today, every town and street should report the progress of standardized cemetery construction to the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government Supervision Bureau every half month. The Supervision Bureau of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the Civil Affairs Bureau should intensify supervision and report the situation once a month. Members of the leading group for funeral reform in the city should give full play to their functions, cooperate closely, and seriously help solve the problems existing in the construction of cemeteries. Through the joint efforts of all levels, departments and units in the city, we will effectively standardize and build public welfare cemeteries in our city and promote the in-depth development of funeral reform.