China announces rewards for ‘matchmakers’ as bachelor crisis reaches tipping point

With gender imbalance becoming most glaring in China and number of unmarried men rising, local governments in several provinces have undertaken a unique approach to find solutions to the problem as they offer cash rewards and other incentives to matchmakers if they help in successfully getting unmarried men marry women in the country which is grappling with declining birth rate.

Local governments in some Chinese provinces like Shaanxi and Guangdong have announced offering rewards from 600 to 1,000 yuan (US$84 to US$140) to those who broker a marriage between woman and man aged between 30 and 45, The Paper, a Chinese news site said.