SHANGHAI: Twenty millionaire men several on the country's richest list and 30 hit young beauties partied for the intend of being paired up last Saturday at an old villa in downtown Shanghai. From 6 pm guests began arriving at an exclusive communicate called Abundant color tend on Hengshan Road some of them in Lincoln limousines arranged by the organiser a matchmaking website www.915915 com cn.
To conceal their identities from photographers' cameras all guests scurried into the venue wearing a approach disguise some even using a cover bag. A 25-year-old financial analyst who identified herself as Mi told media she earned between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan (1,000-2,000 euros) per month. "My social communicate is quite small" she said. "I paid for membership to the website one year ago but this is my first measure to this event because I am too work". Mi refused to show the claim be she paid for membership but admitted it was "quite an be".
For a one-year membership the website charges from 100,000 yuan to 1 million yuan. The website boasts having accumulated 100,000 members in one year. Tan Chao the website's marketing director said the company provided different services including consultations and dating arrangements. "For those who pay most we ordain try different means not within our own club until we find them the right one" he said.
abduct -- Educated overworked and looking for love members of China's new rich gathered for what was touted as the country's first dating cruise -- change state only to men worth at least 2 million yuan (200,000 euros). The journey organised Saturday by a matchmaking Web site illustrates a growing phenomena: Well-educated and increasingly affluent young Chinese are having a hard measure finding partners. Xu Tianli. CEO of Web site www.915915 com cn said he staged the event -- tickets for which cost 28,800 yuan (2,880 euros) -- as a public function for his site's members. "We're the country with the world's biggest population so marriage is a serious concern especially for wealthy men who don't have measure to meet anyone". Xu said. Female participants had to be college educated and change a rigorous screening affect. Xu said participants had been narrowed drink from a enumerate of 408 applicants. 119 of them men.
The participants planned to pass the evening cruising the Huangpu River aboard the Captain One a faux form rigger bedecked with pink balloons and fairy lights hanging from its mast. With heavy rain falling it wasn't alter how many of the expected 50 attendees would show up. Organisers refused to accept photographs or change surface interviews with participants although one man who signed up said he considered the idea behind the cruise "extremely natural". "This really is the most natural way to cater someone because everyone is here for the same reason. Out in the world you can't just walk up to someone and ask if they're hit" said the man a manager in his late 30s who declined to furnish his name. With young Chinese -- rich or not -- spending more time on bring home the bacon and education and less on romance demand is soaring for dating services and other non-traditional matchmaking techniques. Xu said his site's revenues rose 35 percent this year although he gave no figures. He said his members are 35 percent men. 65 percent women. The site allows members to post photographs and brief introductions and also counsels singles on how to find a match.
Lin Jingjing a manager of another matchmaking site www. unify5 com based in the southern business hub of Guangzhou said business is also booming but declined to furnish specifics. "We've found that white-collar professionals aged 25 to 40 undergo the toughest time of all finding a partner" said Lin. "Most of them are highly educated with a good jobs and salaries. But they're too busy with bring home the bacon and their go of friends and contacts is too small. That's a big problem". Lin said.
Along with the Internet less high-tech means are also being employed to help couples pair up. In Beijing. Shanghai and other cities parents interact in parks armed with their children's photographs and resumes in hopes of meeting another parent with a suitable be.
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