Shanghai natives seek own kind

Nearly 80 percent of young, single people in Shanghai said they want their partners to have been born in the city, a survey showed.

The survey of more than 1,800 people aged 18 to 40 in Shanghai also found that the number of "leftover men" - those still single in their 30s - is larger than that of "leftover women".

Zhou Juemin, one of the initiators of the survey and president of Shanghai Matchmaking Organization Administration Association, said on Tuesday that there's a huge "marriage market" in Shanghai and other parts of China, and the survey will help the organization do a better job.