China sperm bank runs contest for ‘high quality’ university student samples

A doctor extracting semen specimen at a laboratory in the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, which specialises in fertility treatments. - Reuters

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): While some young people in China have taken to “lying flat” and dropping out of the rat race and cut-throat environment in the country, one tournament has reignited the competitive spirits of some university students – a sperm quality competition.

To encourage more sperm donations, the free-for-entry competition will be receiving samples over 50 days and also be compensating donors up to 6,100 yuan (S$1,150) each for their efforts, the Henan Province Human Sperm Bank said on Sunday.