House, car and money are a must, while previous marriages, looks and degrees don't matter. More good-looking female university graduates in Xiamen are more interested in looking for a husband than looking for jobs.
Most of the students going to matchmaking agents are from other cities who study in Xiamen. They told the reporter frankly, "The pressure to look for a job is too much. Never mind that it takes several months to find a job -- the low salary of 1,000 yuan every month would keep us from going to work. We would prefer to have a successful man take care of us."
"I don't want to go back to my hometown. Marrying a rich man would bypass 20 years of hard work."
Girls with bachelor degrees have a high possibility to realize their dream since successful men prefer better halves with higher education.
(CRI November 24, 2006)
