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BEIJING (AP) - A matchmaking love boat cruise open only to male millionaires and "good-looking and desirable" women is slated to set sail later this month, a state-run Chinese newspaper said Tuesday.

Men on the cruise scheduled to go along Shanghai's Huangpu River must be worth at least US$250,000, the China Daily quoted organizer Xu Tianli as saying. Xu said more than 20 men had signed up for the Nov. 25 cruise and that half of those registered to take part were worth more than US$25 million.


Fewer than 30 of the 1,000 woman who applied were accepted, Xu said.


"Only those who were attractive in every category can take part in this event," Xu said, without giving the specific criteria interested female applicants had to meet.


"Rich men are normally very busy, and most of the women they meet are there for work or business, which these men consider to be unsuitable for relationships," Xu said.


One of the men who signed up for the cruise, identified only by his surname Sun, said "appearance is most important to me."