China’s Communist Youth League sets up dating service
Unit set up in Zhejiang province as group says young people are finding it increasingly difficult to find a partner amid the pressures of work and modern life
A branch of the Communist Youth League in eastern China has established a unit to help young people find romance, state media reported.
The service has been set up in the Zhejiang province branch of the national organisation, which has formerly been a starting ground for many government cadres and even top national leaders.
The league was criticised, however, by the Communist Party’s anti-corruption agency last year for its self-serving attitude, with some connected to the group deemed to think of themselves as “political aristocrats”. The barbs prompted a massive overhaul of the organisation.
The league’s Zhejiang branch held a huge dating party on Sunday in Hangzhou, with about 5,000 people attending, the China News Service reported.
The event was also organised by a dating website and young people attending included single people working in the information technology, e-commerce and finance sectors.
Among the events at the party was a speed dating event where people taking part had eight minutes to chat to a date before moving on to the next.