From October 28th to 29th, the 2020 China Funeral Association Cemetery Work Exchange Meeting was held. With the theme of "ecological integration and cultural co-creation", this exchange meeting invited more than 20 experts and scholars from inside and outside the industry to exchange ideas, opinions and practical experience. Experts called for the funeral work to be committed to safeguarding the dignity of life and building a humanistic, green, ecological and harmonious funeral service system. Funerals are no longer just the material level of body disposal, but should move towards a more profound spiritual level and value level.
Li Jianhua, president of the China Funeral Association, pointed out in his opening speech that funerals are related to people's livelihood and are directly connected to people's hearts. The development of funerals and the realization of "safety after death" are an important part of improving basic social services in the new era, reflecting the progress of social civilization. As an extension of basic livelihood services such as "education for the young, education for learning, income for labor, medical care for the sick, care for the elderly, housing for housing, and support for the weak", funerals are the best way to reflect civil affairs work. An important part of inclusiveness, basicness, and bottom-line. To this end, he put forward three points of understanding: First, we must establish a sense of the overall situation. Second, to improve the service level. Third, to increase innovation. "We must continue to adhere to the service tenet of putting people first and life first, practice the work philosophy of civil affairs and caring for the people, provide solid services under the epidemic prevention and control work, improve the construction of systems and mechanisms, adhere to the direction of green development, safeguard the dignity of life, and coordinate the construction of humanities. , a green, ecological and harmonious funeral service system.”
In his keynote speech, Wang Jisheng, vice president of the China Funeral Association, took the national fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic as the background, and proposed that the essence of funerals is: through service, every deceased can leave with dignity, and then educate the society to achieve the realization of human dignity. common cognition. Wang Jisheng believes that colleagues in the industry need to really start from the perspective of funeral development and improve the level of funeral services, mobilize all social resources, promote social progress, industry development, improve respect for people, and truly regard people's yearning for a better life as the core of funeral services. Important work content to research, to design, to practice, to change.
Yihua, director of the Expert Committee of the China Funeral Association, said that this year's new crown epidemic has brought the Chinese people's concept of death and respect for life to the commanding heights and become a global topic. Under the new ecology of economic development, cultural prosperity, technological innovation, and diverse values, funerals are no longer just the material aspect of body disposal, but should move towards a more profound spiritual and value aspect. The vision of China's funeral industry should be placed outside the funeral, and in the development trend of social civilization, we should continue to explore new paths and expand the new frontier of life and cultural services.
In addition, Zhao Xiaohu, director of the Cemetery Working Committee of the China Funeral Association, announced the collection results of the China Funeral Association's "Innovative Ecological Burial Leading Green Development" series of collection activities at the exchange meeting. The event lasted for more than a year, and a total of 211 works were collected, focusing on a broader sense of ecological burial from four dimensions: ecological burial design, ecological burial examples, environmental protection materials for tomb construction, and ecological cemetery practice. According to the collection review regulations and online voting results, the "Top Ten Popular Cases", "Top Ten Innovative Design Cases of Ecological Burials", "Top Ten Innovative Examples of Ecological Burials", "Excellent Cases of Innovative Examples of Environmental Protection Materials for Building Tombs" and "Top Ten Cases of Ecological Burials" were selected. Excellent case of innovation in the park".
It is understood that the China Funeral Association Cemetery Work Exchange Conference is one of the most important communication platforms for industry members. Since the first national conference was held in 2007, more than 5,000 colleagues in the industry and more than 1,500 units have participated so far, and its influence has been expanding year by year. , enjoys a high reputation in the industry. The exchange meeting adheres to the tenet of "disseminating the latest ideas of enterprises, exchanging practical experience in development, and promoting the healthy development of the industry", adheres to the principle of "specialization, diversification, and innovation", and plays a role in continuously promoting China's funeral reform and the healthy development of the funeral industry.