In a country with 10 million deaths per year , china still faces hurdles promoting environmentally-friendly types of funeral and interment like sea-burials and cremation , which was first encouraged in the 1950 's and currently accounts for nearly half of the interments nationwide .

中国每年死亡的人数为一千万，自上世纪五十年代起政府就大力推行有助于环境的海葬和火葬，但直到今天仍面临障碍，目前全国一半的丧葬仍选择土葬。