A woman in southwestern China has won 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) from a competition for abstaining from mobile phone use for eight hours while exhibiting no signs of anxiety.
The contest took place at a shopping centre in Chongqing municipality on November 29, as reported by Jimu News.
Ten contestants, selected from 100 applicants, were invited to the mall to participate in the competition, which required them to spend eight hours on a designated new bed.
Before the contest, they surrendered their mobile phones and were prohibited from using any other electronic devices, including iPads and laptops.
In emergency situations, participants could use older mobile phone models with only calling capabilities, provided by the competition organisers, to contact their families.
They were also required to adhere to a bed restriction rule, which allowed them to leave the bed for toilet breaks, but limited them to a maximum of five minutes each time.
