Wives happy to live apart

GUANGZHOU: Despite living apart from their husbands, more than half the "left-behind" women in Guangdong say they have a happy marriage, a report has said.

Produced by the Guangdong Women's Federation, the Development Report of Women in Guangdong Province is the first of its kind, Liu Yupu, the vice-secretary of the Guangdong CPC committee, said.

The report, published on Tuesday, said there are currently 47 million married women in Guangdong, most aged 20 to 40, whose husbands work in other parts of the country.