目前，全国已建成殡葬事业单位1718个，有干部、职工3万多人。随着事业的发展和人才的需求，各省市民政部门又选派不少干部、职工到当地院校进修学习。国家民政部举办了4期全国殡仪馆馆长业务培训班，还在济南、上海、长沙开办了中等专业殡仪技术军管理学校，以学习殡仪技术与? At present, 1,718 funeral and interment institutions have been established in the country with more than 30,000 cadres and workers. With the development of the cause and the demand for qualified personnel, civil affairs departments of various provinces and municipalities have also sent cadres and workers to study in local colleges and universities. The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China held four business training courses for directors of funeral parlors throughout the country, and also set up secondary specialized funeral technology military administration schools in Jinan, Shanghai and Changsha to learn the technology of funeral services.