Funeral Platform Yiko Tackles Skyrocketing Cemetery Prices With 3D Printing

China’s burgeoning O2O industry is tackling some of the biggest challenges in urban life, and now it’s tackling the problem of urban death.

The price tag for a space in Beijing’s major graveyards has risen as high as 400,000 RMB, double price for the same size area in a high-end residential flat, but China’s funeral industry has remained relatively stagnant.

“The funeral industry has been declining for a long time, but it’s also a huge market space,” says Yiko founder Ma Lei said.

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