Zou Yuwei, a 28-year-old woman working at a foreign bank's Beijing branch, paid 1,999 yuan to look for a husband at Zhenai.com, China's largest matchmaking website. It's also the world's largest matchmaking website by registered members.

Two weeks after she registered, she started dating her possible Mr. Right, a Beijing lawyer who earns about 30,000 yuan a month.

"During the economic meltdown, I felt very worried about my job since some staff at my office could be fired due to the company's business cutback plans," she said.