THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS - A Chinese province is seeking to encourage students to stay local after graduating by offering to help them find a spouse. Anhui's "marriage assistance project" will include speed-dating events for university-leavers designed to "increase the successful rate of marriage matching", according to an announcement by the province. The province also plans to publish magazines on love, marriage and family, run a digital dating platform on WeChat and form a network of volunteers according to local media.
by Jing Lu
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Mark Brooks: Marriage rates and birth rates are falling. I think we'll see more instances of Government interventions to spur on dating and matchmaking initiatives in the future. For example, Singapore have taken an active interesting in encouraging matchmaking businesses in the past. Iran has Hamdam, a state approved dating app. (See July 2021 news).
