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Social scientists have painted a portrait of contemporary Chinese bachelor. He (or she) about 40 years, higher education and a monthly income of several thousand yuan, writes Visitchina.ru . These data led the company Shijijiayuan, engaged, according to «China Daily» matchmaking.
Analysts estimate of 56013 profiles of single men and women aged 28 to 39 years. It was found that 37% of them have a bachelor\’s degree, and 29% of the monthly income is more than 15 thousand yuan (2500 USD). In Chinese, for bachelors with a stable way of life has its own designation — they are called Sheng Nan (sheng nan). But in women, these figures are higher: 48% have advanced degrees, and 36% of them earn 15 thousand yuan a month.
When asked, «Why do not they get married /not married?» One said they would think about it after thirty years. But after 30 years, in practice, people are getting used to the independence and rarely agree on what to change their lifestyle for the sake of another person. Although pressure from older relatives on bachelors is not reduced even in modern China.
In the 90-ies of XX century, Chinese students have come up with a bachelor celebrate 11 November (four units — a symbolic figure for single people). By and large, this is the sale over the Internet: in this day of online stores offer their customers discounts of up to 70%. So, in 2012 in a single day on Taobao and Tmall.com platforms were sold goods worth about 3 million USD.