Wedding costs contribute to GDP growth

时间：2007-09-14 06:20:21

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Chinanews, Beijing, Sept 13 – The Ministry1 of Commerce and the China Wedding Industry Investigation2 and Research Center will soon release a report about the Chinese wedding market investigation for the year 2006-2007. The report shows that in 2006 and 2007, the wedding costs in China totalled 1.5 trillion yuan. Due to the rising housing price, the wedding cost for a newlywed couple might equal their four years' total income. At present, upwards3 of 80% of the newlyweds need to get financial support from their parents in organizing their wedding ceremonies.

 

The report shows that wedding cost contributes a great deal to the country's GDP growth. Im 2006, about 1.5 trillion yuan was spent in things directly related with wedding ceremonies and another 1.2 trillion yuan was spent in industrial sectors4 closely related with wedding. All in all, wedding costs contributed to 13.36% of the GDP in 2006.

 

By investigating the wedding costs of 60,000 newly married couples, the report finds that in 2006 and 2007, each new couple spent 141,500 yuan on average for their wedding. If the optional extra items were deducted5, the average costs for a new couple reached 126,600 yuan. Such costs did not include the spendings on house purchase (or house rental6 fees) and car purchase. For young couples in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing, their average wedding costs far exceeded this figure.

 

The report shows that in China, every newly married couple spent 162,900 yuan on average in the house purchase, which far exceeded their direct wedding costs (126,600 yuan ). At the same time, the report finds that for the 60,000 new couples included in the report, their average monthly income was only 6249.1 yuan. This means that their spending on housing was 26 times their monthly income and their direct spending on wedding was 20 times their average monthly income. The wedding cost of a new couple equaling their four years' total income is, of course, far beyond the young couple's affordability7.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 upwards lj5wR     
adv.向上，在更高处...以上
参考例句：
  • The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
  • The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
4 sectors 218ffb34fa5fb6bc1691e90cd45ad627     
n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形
参考例句：
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 deducted 0dc984071646e559dd56c3bd5451fd72     
v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
  • The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 rental cBezh     
n.租赁，出租，出租业
参考例句：
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
  • We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
7 affordability b765fd6126db9695d9d5b74d209e7527     
可购性
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  • Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？
  • There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

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