Xi learns of bachelors' difficulties

Single men who cannot find wives are among the concerns of President Xi Jinping.

During a panel discussion with lawmakers from Hunan province, Guo Jianqun, a lawmaker from an ethnic minority group, told of the experience in fighting poverty in a village that Xi has visited.

After inquiring about the increase in the village's per capita income, Xi asked, "How many of the single men there got married last year? "Seven", Guo replied amid laughter from her fellow lawmakers.