ACCORDING to Zhou Xiuhua, her wedding 10 years ago was a small family gathering with a simple meal. Now she has the chance to be a bride once more, and this time she’ll be escorted to the wedding venue on an electric bus worth over 2 million yuan (US$307,692).

A total of 20 electric buses of Shenzhen Eastern Bus Co. Ltd. were dispatched to pick up 10 pairs of newlyweds and 10 couples married for 10 years from downtown Longgang District to attend a group wedding at Window of the World in Nanshan District yesterday.

All of the 40 participants of the group wedding were employees working for the bus company. It was a company-ordained event to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 20 electric buses were decorated with various elements representing each couple’s love story, managing to attract the attention of Shenzhen residents as they crossed the city.

Zhou and her husband Jiang Xinjun met at the bus company and fell in love. The couple, with their 10-year-old son, renewed their romantic vows at yesterday’s event.

Jiang said he’d always wanted to make up for the low-key wedding 10 years ago to his wife by organizing another wedding. His employer has made his dream come true.

Zhang Haili is another staff member working at the bus company’s technology department. She had been with her classmate-now-husband for nine years since 2008. The two came to Shenzhen after graduating from university and enthusiastically participated in yesterday’s group wedding.

“We actually had two weddings in each of our home cities already, and today’s wedding is our third one, but we are still very excited,” said Zhang while she was waiting for her bus to pick her up. The couple is expecting their first child. (Zhang Qian)