2015年CRI Beijing Home to Most Wealthy Singles

 

According to the survey done by Zhenai.com, the capital city of Beijing came top for the number of singles earning more than 50,000 Yuan, or 8,000 US dollars a month, followed by Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Most wealthy single men work in the manufacturing, internet and financial industries while wealthy single women work in finance and education. 

Occupations vary for those earning more than 50,000 Yuan per month according to age - most post-60s singles work in manufacturing, post-70s in service, post-80s in finance and post-90s are freelancers¹.

The survey also found that wealthy singles in second-tier cities like to accumulate money in their bank accounts. Chengdu topped the number of singles with at least 500,000 Yuan in savings², followed by Chongqing and Nanjing.

As for the reasons why do they remain single, more than half of the surveyed say that they are "waiting for true love", while 22.9 per cent say that they are too busy and do not have the time for dating. 

Wang Pei is the PR manager of the dating website, Zhenai.com: 

"It seems that the new generation of the middle class, urban-dwelling singletons holds more respects towards their own feelings and the marriage. Chinese singles are taking matters into their own hands as for when or whether to get married."

Chen Fang³, a 32-year-old client relations manager for a financial company in Beijing, embraces her single lifestyle. She enjoys a relatively⁴ high income of 20,000 RMB a month and often goes out with friends to dinners, movies and concerts. 

"It's 21 century now, we don't need to get married for the sake of marriage. The pressure to get married mainly comes from my parents, who are pretty anxious that their daughter is still single at 30s. But ultimately my parents want me to be happy: they don't want to see me rushing into a marriage and get divorced later. "

This young man surnamed Wang at his 30-something also doesn't want to change his status quo: 

"Our generation is more open. We don't think we single people should feel bad or miserable⁵ about ourselves. I'm pretty happy with what I am now: I'm now focused on my work and I have my circles of friends who often hang out together. I don't want to be braced⁶ up to the duties and obligations of marriage too early."

Although nearly 72 percent female respondents think man should have a house before getting into a marriage, it looks as though the vast majority of the surveyed paid more attention to their partners' moral qualities than their appearance and material wealth.

1 freelancers   

n.自由作家，自由记者( freelancer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A lot of proof-reading is put out to freelancers. 校对工作有很多是请外人做的。 来自辞典例句
• Its benefits plan for freelancers is highly competitive in the industry. 在本行业内它的福利方案是很有竞争力的。 来自互联网

2 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

3 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

5 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

6 braced   

adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》