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Office romance prevalent in Beijing
(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-06 10:06


To hunt for marriage partners, single white collars in Beijing have begun
to change their focus from at a range of the whole city to smaller
units-their own work places.

"We work from morning to evening. We have no chance to meet other
boys/girls except our colleagues. We don't want to be single, but there
is no chance for us to change our situation," shrugged Li Yan, an office
worker at Beijing Fenglian Plaza.

It is learned that finding a boyfriend or girlfriend has become a
headache for many white collars.

Recently, Beijing Fenglian Plaza becomes a sea of lilies when a special
matchmaking activity is in full swing.

Holding lilies, single office workers all from the same office building
are organized together to seek their would-be boyfriend or girlfriend
here, most of them being from well-known companies, such as Coca-cola and
Dell. Although they work in the same building every day, they don't know
each other until now when the chance is presented for them. They also get
access to their internal websites or mobiles to get to know each other in
the same office building.

Meanwhile, similar office romances are also staged at several other
famous office buildings in Beijing, such as Shangdu International Center,
Jianwei Building, and Jing'an Center.

It is learned that sponsored by a biggest matchmaking website in China,
the activity will cover 50 thousand single white collars. It is the first
time in Beijing for educated single youths to look for their marriage
partners on a large scale among office employees in the same office
buildings sharing similar backgrounds and status.


















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