China: girl's boyfriend advert attracts thousands of suitors

Zhang Mengqian

When a Chinese college student posted a message announcing her desire to find a boyfriend she wasn't prepared for the overwhelming response.

After leaving the message, thousands of eager potential boyfriends swarmed to the dormitory building where Zhang Mengqian lives.

The mass gathering occurred after the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, declared March 7 and 8 as a girls' day for the female students.

The university, which has ratio of male and female students as 25:1, gave each female student a blank card, asking them to write their wish and post onto a special "wish wall".

In her message Miss Mengqian told potential suitors to come to her room on a certain day at a certain time and shout out her name.

When the day and time in question arrived thousands of potential suitors gathered. However, only a few were brave enough to shout out her name.