Anti-monopoly efforts/ China

China should reform 'dead' business

China should allow market forces to reform the country's funeral industry, in order to break the industry monopoly by removing barriers for private entities to enter the market, a government official has said.

Li Bosen, head of the 101 institute of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a government think tank that specializes on research into funeral affairs, said in a news conference on Wednesday that authorities should allow more capital to take part in the reform of public funeral homes.