Guangzhou teachers uneasy about receiving festive gifts from parents

A survey has revealed that more than half of parents in Guangzhou present gifts to their children's teachers during Mid-Autumn Festival and Teachers' Day.

But 62 percent of teachers interviewed said they had mixed feeling about receiving gifts from parents.

The survey, conducted jointly last month by Southern Metropolis Daily and gd.qq.com, involved interviews with 1,247 parents and 189 teachers in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. A further 266 parents and teachers in Foshan, also in the province, were interviewed.