Many couples are choosing to get married next year to coincide with the Beijing Olympic Games. Some five-star hotels in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province, have set the price of a wedding banquet at 2,008 yuan - double the standard cost of 1,000 yuan.

Despite the expense, the Games weddings are almost fully booked already, with some couples securing their tables as early as 2006.

According to Dalian local press, there will be 50thousand new couples to get married in Dalian in 2008.

(China Daily/Liaoning-gateway.com)