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It’s Nov 11 again. The “double 11” day has been celebrated as guang gun jie (Singles Day) in China since it started on campuses in the 1990s. In recent years, business-savvy Chinese e-retailers have successfully turned Singles Day into the world's biggest online shopping spree. But behind the astronomical profits of e-commerce giants, there is another number that should not be ignored. There are 249 million single people in our country - accounting for one-fifth of the total population, passively waiting or desperately looking for love. | ||||
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Prizes?for Newly-weds | |
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Dating sites challenged |
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Dating site spots face Face-recognition was introduced by a dating website in China for love-seekers searching for their perfect match. Jiayuan.com has launched 3 applications - "couple look," "the right face match" and "dream lover". | |
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| Single men and women view information about participants on a wall at a large matchmaking fair held in Xuchang, Central China's Henan province, Nov 10. | Prison officers help 20 inmates set up a meet-and-greet with their family or lovers, in Chongqing, Nov 6. | People join a jogging competition to welcome the coming of Singles Day in Beijing Olympic Park, Nov 9, 2013. | ||
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| Four 5-meter sticks were placed in front of a store to mark the upcoming Singles Day, which is Nov 11, in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, Nov 6. | Sixty-six couples from all over China and overseas get married in a traditional wedding in Leishan county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, Nov 9. | A celebration that included contestants smashing ice sculptures and winning a prize was held by merchants ahead of Singles Day, which is Nov 11, in Wuhan,? Nov 6, 2013. | ||
| Chinese consumers will spend on average 1,800 yuan ($295) per person during Double Eleven Shopping Festival, according to AdMaster, an independent third-party digital marketing data analysis and management solution provider. >> | |
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Video: Online retailers ready for 'Singles Day' |
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| More than 10 films plus one TV series will be released in November to mark Singles Day on Nov 11, cnr.cn reported. >> | ||||
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Love Speaks |
Sweetheart Chocolate |
We Get Married | ||
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Total number |
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Widest gender gap |
| About 249 million people are of marriageable age - at least 20 for women, and 22 for men - in China, accounting for one-fifth of the total population, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China. |
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A survey from Baihe.com, one of the country’s largest online matchmaking websites, showed that up to 11% of single people in China now are in Guangdong province. | Yunnan province leads the nation in gender disparity in the registered matchmaking market, Chuncheng Evening News reported. Single men accounted for 70% of those registered on matchmaking sites in the province, with single women making up 30 %. |
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| A survey from Baihe.com, showed that up to 11 percent of single people in China now are in Guangdong province, but those single people said they are too busy and face a lot of pressure at work. The survey jokingly referred to the dining habits down south: "Cantonese eat five meals a day, which deprives them of time to date." Beijing has the highest proportion of single women in the country, because their toughness frightens men away, the survey said. | |
| List of the top 10: No.1 Guangdong No.2 Beijing No.3 Jiangsu No.4 Shandong No.5 Henan No. 6 Sichuan No. 7 Yunnan No. 8 Hebei No.9 Hubei No. 10 Shanghai |
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Ranking according to survey results from Baihe.com. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] | |
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