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The article explores how cemetery system in the People's Republic of China is special, and reform also provides for physical cemeteries to be replaced by virtual rooms. Topics include search word cemetery in the Chinese search engine Baidu, or the name of a certain cemetery in Chinese; and the Chinese government announced a funeral reform that called for simple burials and the saving of resources such as farmland and wood with Beijing Babaoshan Natural Grave.

The article examines laws related to burial places in the U.S. Topics discussed include act of neglecting laws related to such places by practicing attorneys and legal scholars; the common law and state statutory law related to burial places; statutory definitions of cemeteries; and laws that made burial places sacred and protected.

The article reports on the changes in the U.S. cemetery planning in terms of regulatory requirements and public preference. It informs that several environment-oriented programs related to the cemetery development have been developed by the agencies. As per the state law, a cemetery can reclaim for the unoccupied graves of the old families after 50 to 70 years of inactivity. It suggests that the records of soil observation as well as physical location of test excavations should be maintained.

The article discusses changes to the rules and regulations for the cemeteries in the 21st century in the U.S. It states the importance of rules for cemeteries to preserve the memory of the dead. It presents a chart that depicts the rules and regulations for appropriate and inappropriate mediums for exterior monuments.