Meining, a popular blog host based in Guangdong, posted a notice looking for a boyfriend, listing 11 rigid requirements, one of which is assets amounting to five million yuan (US$ 630,000), according to her blog on hexun.com on August 26.

Meining, a popular blog host based in Guangdong, posted a notice looking for a boyfriend, listing 11 rigid requirements, one of which is assets amounting to five million yuan (US$ 630,000).

Meining, a 31-year-old lecturer in Guangzhou, first wrote on the internet to look for her Mr. Right a year ago, and has drawn a total of 6,870 responses to her new husband-hunting notice.

Most of the response posts were doubtful of Meining's sincerity, believing she was using the post to get fame for herself. Some even wrote posts trying to humiliate her.

Among Meining's requirements, her boyfriend ought to be handsome, have good sexual performance, be more than 32 years old; know the methods to make money, need to have "big intelligence", do not have fixed girlfriends or fianc¨¦e, and can tell the difference of a wife and a house-keeper.

Some netizens wrote that Meining's love notice is meant for Ding Lei, CEO of 163.com, which is listed at the Nasdaq stock market in New York. Meining has previously made her adoration for Ding public.

But Meining denies these accusations, saying that she became famous for her articles among netizens long ago. She said in one of her blogs that her five million yuan requirement is a test of men's bravery, but if she finds a good man without the assets, she would choose him anyway.

"Though most of my friends don't understand me, I will keep on searching my right man," Meining told reporters.

Nowadays, it is a fashion in China that a growing number of people who have tried to seek fame by promoting themselves on the Web. Muzimei, who exposed her sex life with different men, also posted a notice looking for a husband. Director and actress Xu Jinglei has taken advantage of her love affairs to raise the number of hits on her blog in the popular Sina.com portal.

Sun Yuanming, Chongqing Social Science Academy psychological research center director told the Chongqing Commercial Daily on Monday that most people who post notices on the web looking for lovers are really only trying to promote themselves. He questioned people like Meining's sincerity, and doubted their efforts will eventually bear results.

Sun suggested people should pay attention to real life and that only more and deeper contacts in the real world will lead to true love.