legal ground
Article 160 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Legacy that is not inherited or bequeathed shall be owned by the state and used for public welfare undertakings; If the deceased was a member of a collective ownership organization before his death, it belongs to the collective ownership organization to which he belongs.
Article 150
After the beginning of inheritance, the heir who knows the death of the decedent shall promptly notify other heirs and the executor. If the heir does not know the decedent's death or knows the decedent's death and can't notify him, the residents' committee or villagers' committee of the unit where the decedent worked before his death shall be responsible for notifying him.