【Hastherecenteconomicdownturnaffectedyourlife?FormanyyoungChineseithasdriventhemtoembraceafarmorefrugal(economical)lifestyle.WangHao24isaBeijingofficeworker.HemadearesolutioninJunelastyeartolimit】

　　Hastherecenteconomicdownturnaffectedyourlife?FormanyyoungChineseithasdriventhemtoembraceafarmorefrugal(economical)lifestyle.

　　WangHao24isaBeijingofficeworker.HemadearesolutioninJunelastyeartolimithisweeklylivingexpensesto100yuan.That'sthecostofeightBigMacsinChina.

　　“ThefinancialcrisishastaughtaspendinglessontoyoungpeopleinChinaincludingme”saidWangwhopostedhisresolutiononhisblogwhichhasdrawnover200000hits.

　　Asthefinancialcrisisaffectstheeconomywhite-collarworkersspeakofreducingsalaries.Someareunemployed.AnduniversitystudentsarefacingtheworstjobprospectssinceChina'seconomicreformbegan30yearsago.

　　Tosavemoneypeoplehavestartedtosharedinnershousestaxisandotheractivitieswithstrangerstheymeetonline.Webusersposttheiractivitiesonsitessuchaswww.Pinkewang.comandinviteotherstojointhem.LinXiongbothefounderofPinkewangsaidhiswebsitesawa100percentincreaseofvisitorslastNovemberaftertheglobalfinancialcrisisbrokeout.

　　PeoplearealsousingwebsiteslikeLin'stoshareotheractivityideassuchastrainingprogramssportsandentertainments.

　　“Sharingactivitieswithotherscansavealotofmoneywithoutloweringone'squalityoflife”said27-year-oldXuLi.He'samanageratapublicrelationsfirmandalong-timeuserofwebsiteslikePinkewang.

　　ItwasontheInternetthatXurecentlyfoundanotherpersontotakepartinanEnglishtrainingprogramwithhim.Byjoiningtheprogramwithanotherpersonheandhispartnerreceiveda10percentdiscountforthecoursesavingthemmorethan1000yuan.

　　YoungChineseborninthe80susedtobeaccusedofbeingmaterialistic.Theyfavoreddesignerclothesandthelatestelectronicproductsandmanyofthemspenttheirmonthlysalariesratherthansavingthem.Theybecameknownasthe"Yueguanggroup".

　　Howeversincetheeconomysloweddownthislifestylehaslostmuchofitscharm.NowmoreandmoreyoungChineseconsidersavingmoneytobemorefashionablethanspending.

　　ThefrugallifestylestheseyoungChineseareembracingseemtobeacceptedbytheauthoritiestoo.InacommentarypublishedinthePeople'sDailyrecentlythewritersaidf