Name: Liu

Gender: male

Age: 24

Occupation: programmer in IT industry

Hometown: Xiangyang, central China’s Hubei province

Annual salary: 70,000 yuan

Annual savings: 40,000 yuan

Most money spent on: home rental and food

Background: Liu came to Beijing after graduation in 2011; to save money; he rents a home in rural area of Beijing with a low price and doesn’t attend entertainment activities often; but for him, rental fee and food still cost nearly half of his income. He hopes to save more money and then buy a home in his hometown.