On July 17, 2023, the PRC media outlet Caixin published an article titled "In the First Quarter of 2023, the Number of Cremated Remains in Zhejiang Province Increased by 72.7% Year-on-Year." These screenshots show that it was censored the following day.
- Original URL: https://www.caixin.com/2023-07-17/102076519.html
- Archive: https://archive.ph/6waq7
- After Censorship: https://archive.ph/mlxWK
An excerpt:
The Civil Affairs Department of Zhejiang Province recently disclosed relevant data on its official website.
The Provincial Department of Civil Affairs previously disclosed that in the first quarters of 2020, 2021, and 2022, the number of cremated remains in the province was 88,300, 93,000, and 99,000, respectively.
The Civil Affairs Department of Zhejiang Province recently disclosed various data for the first quarter of 2023 on its official website. Among them, the number of cremated remains recorded in the funeral service column was 171,000, a year-on-year increase of 72.7%.
Judging from the total number of cremated remains in the years 2019 to 2021, the number of cremated remains in Zhejiang Province was 326,800, 326,000, and 337,000 respectively, with no significant change. On February 10, 2023, the Zhejiang Civil Affairs Department website announced the province's data for the fourth quarter of 2022, but the data on cremated remains was vacant, so the total for 2022 cannot be counted.
The article was reprinted on, and censored from, other websites as well:
- Original URL: https://www.163.com/dy/article/I9U3G69S0553SSPA.html
- Archive: https://archive.ph/X083D
- After Censorship: https://archive.ph/IzG8c
- Original URL: http://k.sina.com.cn/article_5115326071_130e5ae7702001ycvb.html#/
- Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20230718040657/http://k.sina.com.cn/article_5115326071_130e5ae7702001ycvb.html#/
- After Censorship: https://archive.ph/W2tuh
2023年一季度浙江省火化遗体数同比增长72.7%
财新 向凯
2023年07月17日 16:16
浙江省民政厅近日在其官网披露了相关数据
资料图：浙江金华，兰溪公墓。该省民政厅此前披露，2020、2021和2022年一季度，全省火化遗体数分别为8.83万、9.3万和9.9万具。图：视觉中国
【财新网】浙江省民政厅近日在其官网披露2023年一季度各项数据。其中殡葬服务栏所载火化遗体数为17.1万具，同比增长72.7%。
该省民政厅此前披露，2020、2021和2022年一季度，全省火化遗体数分别为8.83万、9.3万和9.9万具。
从年度火化遗体数总计看，2019至2021年，浙江全省火化遗体数分别为32.68万、32.6万和33.7万具，未见明显变化。2023年2月10日，浙江民政厅网站公布2022年四季度全省数据，不过火化遗体数据空缺，故无法统计2022年度总数。
