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Selling time pays off

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-02-20 07:40

"You can buy my one day for 100 yuan," writes an online ad in "Chen Xiao's spare time store". This is not a pornographic service, but a newly looming spare-time selling business. Cswb.csonline.com.cn has a report on it, and the following is an excerpt:

A new petty business has emerged in China recently. A few netizens have published online ads to sell their spare time to complete menial and miscellaneous tasks, such as buying tickets, receiving guests at stations, taking care of kids, and so forth.

Chen Xiao, a pioneer of the fledgling trade, has earned 3,000 yuan in two months.

Experts believe the new business is good for young people to make some earnings during economic hardships, so it should be tolerated. However, it needs also to be regulated in order to prevent potential moral and legal risks.

(China Daily 02/20/2009 page8)