China's booming economic hub of Shanghai held its first exclusive "love boat" party aimed at hooking up the city's millionaire men with rich attractive women, organisers and participants said.
The Saturday night gathering was held on the "Captain One" cruise boat with 119 male and 289 female guests paying up to 28 000 yuan for the chance to find a dream partner, organisers said on their website.
"My aim is simple, just to find the right person, that's enough," an attractive woman in her 30s told AFP before stepping on the boat.
"It's better to find someone who has similar assets as you... It's like mountain climbing... If one is on top of the mountain while the other is at the foot, you can barely see each other, let alone shake hands."
The party was organised by a matchmaking website which required male participants to have assets worth at least two million yuan, while women needed to be "pretty and desirable".
Besides a buffet dinner and cruise along the Huangpu river, participants were treated to a talent show by the gathered guests and could retire to private quarters on the boat for more intimate conversation.
"Finding true love is as important as my career. As long as I can find the right person, I don't care how much I will pay for that," said a divorced man in his fifties.
"I don't have any particular criteria... If this event finally turns out a failure, I will keep searching for true love."
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