National People's Congress representative Zhang Qiang: Suggests that rural dowries should not exceed 20,000 yuan.

Expensive bride price and grand ceremonies used to be a heavy burden for many rural families. Zhang Qiang, a National People's Congress representative and a Level 6 employee of State Grid Taixing City Power Supply Company, used his own rural hometown as an example to tell a story of a marriage almost ruined by a bride price of 188,000 yuan. To solve this problem, local village cadres and villagers discussed together and formulated village rules and regulations. The bride price should not exceed 20,000 yuan, the standard for wedding banquets should not exceed 600 yuan, and the price for cigarettes and alcohol should not exceed 20 yuan and 50 yuan respectively. As a result, the village saved about 5 million yuan in wedding expenses in one year, effectively reducing the economic pressure on the villagers.