Somewhere along the way, the term leftover woman was coined to refer to single, well-educated, older urban women who are under great pressure to find a mate  The average age at which Chinese women marry is indeed rising  In Shanghai, the number has increased from 29 in 2007 to 30 3 in 2013  Marriage rates drop sharply after women turn 30, but by the age of 35, more than 90 percent of Chinese women are married and there are not many leftover women
The phenomenon of leftover women in China is not as serious as it might seem
The value of women is not in a marriage, but in the contribution they make to society over the long term