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The Asian Funeral and Cemetery Association (AFCA) is an authoritative regional industry cooperation organization based in Asia with a global reach. With the core foundation of integrating high-quality resources in Asia's funeral and cemetery industry and breaking down barriers to industry development, the Association focuses on three core tracks — industrial collaboration, cross-border cooperation, and industry upgrading — and is fully committed to building a professional, standardized, and international industry development platform, empowering the Asian funeral industry toward standardized, high-quality, and sustainable development. Leveraging its extensive industry resources and deep industrial accumulation, the Association has always upheld the principles of exchange and connectivity, inclusive coexistence, and innovative development. It actively promotes regional cross-border industrial exchange and cooperation, the implementation of industry standards, the popularization of green funerals, and multicultural integration, empowering industry enterprises and helping member companies break through geographical limitations, expand into international markets, and enhance their core competitiveness and industry influence.

Since its establishment, the Association has extensively gathered high-quality industry forces from across Asia, with members covering multiple countries and regions including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and more. It has brought together a host of outstanding enterprises, professional institutions, and seasoned industry professionals deeply engaged in the field, building a complete full-industry-chain ecosystem spanning funeral services, cemetery operations, stone processing, coffin manufacturing, ritual supplies, cremation equipment, environmental technology, digital memorials, and other areas, achieving resource connectivity, complementary advantages, and collaborative development across the upstream and downstream of the industry.

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Revenue growth in segmented areas of the funeral industry

The global funeral market is expected to reach approximately 142.216 billion US dollars by 2025 and is projected to reach 170.66 billion US dollars by 2035, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 1.84%. It is worth noting that different institutions have slight differences in their statistical approaches. According to Research and Markets data, the global market size for death care services is expected to reach $138.23 billion by 2025, and is projected to increase to $148.6 billion by 2026, with an annual growth rate of 7.5%. In terms of the Chinese market, the scale of China's funeral service industry is expected to reach approximately 386.2 billion yuan by 2025, and is projected to reach 521.2 billion yuan by 2030. The segmented market size of funeral services is about 109.84 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%

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  • cemetery products
  • Supporting services for cemete
  • funeral products
  • cemetery products

    As an important component of the funeral service system, cemeteries are undergoing a profound transformation from traditional to modern, from extensive to refined, and from profit to public welfare. With the implementation of the revised "Funeral Management Regulations" in 2026,

  • Supporting services for cemete

    Service Project Service Content Burial services involve burying the body, remains, or ashes in a tomb (tomb cleaning, sealing) Joint burial service, grave opening service, and coffin opening service Carving the inscription and coloring the font Image production: Creating portraits of the deceased on the tomb (porcelain statues and tone rafts) Burial Etiquette and Burial Ceremony Services

  • funeral products

    Funeral supplies: mainly used for farewell ceremonies, vigils, sacrifices and other activities, carrying emotional expression and ceremonial functions. Funeral clothes and burial attire (traditional funeral clothes, modern funeral attire), body hygiene and disinfection supplies, body cleaning tools

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Full-Scale Preparations Officially Underway for the 2026 Asian Funeral Forum

The preparations for the 2026 Asian Funeral Forum have been fully launched. This forum will be held from October 12th to October 13th, 2026 at the Seoul Convention Center in South Korea. It will be hosted by the Asian Funeral Association (Hong Kong), co o

2026-03-18