Leisure index becomes higher in China

时间：2007-02-25 01:35:29

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Chinanews, Beijing, Feb. 16 – In December, 2006, Xiao Kang (well-off life) magazine worked with some other Chinese organizations and experts to jointly1 conduct a survey on leisure situation in China. By analyzing2 information from related national departments and information from society at large, as well as assigning weights to the calculating results, they finally conclude that Chinese leisure index is 64.7, or 1.2 points higher than that of last year. As Chinese people know more about leisure and there are more leisure activities available in China, and also as Chinese people will have more leisure time and their income further increases, it is expected that the leisure index in China will further increase in years to come.

 

Statistics show that at present, Chinese people work for an average of 20.92 days, or 167.4 hours in a month, and their total number of working hours in a year reaches 2,008.8 hours. If compared with the United States, Britain or Japan, it can be seen that Chinese people’s leisure hours are relatively3 the same as people in those countries.

 

Over half of the people in the survey feel that their leisure time did not decrease last year. In spite of this, people’s leisure time vary greatly among different social strata4. For people working in IT sectors5, and people working in government organizations or foreign-funded enterprises, their leisure time is least among all social groups, with 80% of them complaining that work has encroached on their leisure time. In general, Chinese people’s leisure time has increased. However, the leisure time of manual workers has increased while that of intellectuals, or mental workers, has decreased.

 

69% of the respondents to the survey say their expenditure6 on leisure activities has increased as compared with last year. Among people who earn an annual salary of 30,000-50,000 yuan, 50,000-100,000 yuan, and 100,000-200,000 yuan, the leisure expenditure accounts for 11%, 20-30%, and 30-40% of their annual income, respectively. So it is obvious that as people’s annual income increases, their leisure expenditure also increases. However, people’s leisure expenditure varies greatly between townsfolk and countryfolk.

 

The survey also shows that 77% of the people spend their leisure time sleeping, shopping, surfing on the Internet or watching television. However, farmers’ leisure activities are rather boring. Apart from watching TV or chatting with friends, most farmers find their spare time hangs heavy on their hands.

 

An online investigation7 was also conducted about people's ideal cities for leisure activities. The result shows that the most popular cities for leisure activities are Chengdu, Lijiang, Guilin, Hangzhou, Kunming, Xiamen, Qingdao, Dalian, Suzhou and Nanjing.

 
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