Chinese people always in a rush

Chinanews, Beijing, July 4 – Many years ago, a native of Beijing, who spent much of his time in Shanghai, once cited Beijing and Shanghai as an example to describe the difference between the two cities. As he said, Beijing people liked to live a leisure life. They normally walked with a slow pace. If they saw their bus coming, they wouldn’t run to catch it. Instead, they would rather wait for the next bus to come. By contrast, Shanghai people seemed always to be running. If one happened to stop by a bus stop for a while in Shanghai, one would notice that many people rushed to catch the bus as if they feared there would be no more buses, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Things have changed now. Today, some Beijingers, who once saw the film Those Sunny Days, might still remember the hero of the film, Ma Xiaojun, who was always seen riding a bike with his heels in a pair of cloth shoes strolling idly among the Hutong alleys in Beijing. These people might sigh that such typical life of Beijingers, as described by the film, has gone forever.

Nowadays, people pursue efficiency. Everything is done with a fast speed. Last week, the China Youth Daily Social Investigation Center and Sina website’s Information Center carried out a survey among 1,707 people. The result shows that 84.0% of the respondents aGREe that they live in a “rush” society. Only 8.3% of them object to the assertation.

While 71.6% of the respondents think that they are now at the “busiest” period in their life, 86.1% of them say they felt very busy when they got their first job.

Most people feel that they live under high work pressure and 71.1% of the people attribute it to their doing everything in a hurry. When asked what makes them feel that they live in a “rush” society, 60.2% of the people say people’s life tempo has become quicker. 54.7% of the people say they can’t calm down. 53.4% of them say they have become more and more “impatient.”

50.4% of the respondents say today, nobody wants to be left behind by society and this makes people do everything they can in order to catch up with others.

44.3% of the people say they feel life is not interesting and their life quality is deteriorating.

When asked what makes people always in a hurry, 85.8% of the respondents give an unanimous answer –that\'s "society".