Yuan — Terms of Use

Last updated: 17 May 2026 · Contact: [email protected]

Yuan is for adults at UK universities who want to meet other Chinese students respectfully — not for spam, harassment, scams, or recruiting people to other platforms.

The short version

Yuan is a small community project — a dating web app for the UK Chinese university crowd. Reading the whole page is a good idea, but if you only have 30 seconds:

• You need to be 18 or over.
• There are no background checks. Sign-up is an email and password, the profile is self-declared. Treat every match like the stranger they are.
• What happens between you and someone you match with is between the two of you. The app introduces people; it doesn’t chaperone what comes next.
• This is a beta. Bugs happen, things change, matches sometimes go nowhere.
• Yuan Plus is a voluntary supporter contribution — one-off, doesn’t auto-renew.

Using your account

One account per person. Keep your password to yourself. Photos should be of you, your age should be true, and please don’t impersonate anyone. You can delete the account any time in Settings → Danger zone — that triggers a 30-day soft delete you can undo, after which everything is wiped from active systems (old backups roll over within roughly two weeks).

Be decent

Don’t harass, threaten, stalk, or abuse anyone. Don’t send unwanted sexual content or pressure anyone sexually. Don’t post content attacking people for their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected ground. Don’t impersonate anyone, catfish, or create an account on someone else’s behalf. Don’t dox — sharing someone’s name, address, workplace, or other private information without their consent is off-limits. Don’t run scams, solicit money, advertise, or recruit people to other platforms. Don’t share another user’s photos or messages outside the app. Don’t scrape, automate, or try to break the site. Don’t file false reports or abuse the report system. If someone has asked you to stop, or blocked you, leave it there — don’t make a new account to get around it. These rules apply both on Yuan and to anything you do off the app that affects another user on it. Reports get reviewed; accounts that cross these lines get suspended or removed, and serious cases are reported to the police.

No background checks — this matters

To be clear: there are no criminal background checks, no sex-offender registry checks, and no identity checks. An email and password create an account; nothing else is verified. The app does not confirm that anyone is who they say they are, that photos are theirs, or that their age, university, or anything else on their profile is true.

That means assessing the person on the other end of a chat — and especially anyone you decide to meet in person — is on you. Use good judgement, share your plans with a friend, meet somewhere public. The in-app Report function exists for a reason. In an emergency, 999 (UK police) is always the right call.

What the app can and can’t do

Yuan suggests people based on a questionnaire and a matching algorithm — it’s a recommendation, not a verdict. It cannot vouch for them, vet them, supervise offline meetings, or guarantee that a match will become anything. The service is provided as-is — it’s a small beta and sometimes things break.

Profile content and messages are written by users, not by the team. Treat them as such.

Suspension and account closure

The project can suspend or close an account that breaks these rules, or to keep other users safe. Where possible you’ll get an explanation; in serious cases (threats, fraud, abuse, or where a minor is involved) the account just goes. Past supporter contributions aren’t returnable.

If something goes wrong

If the team is ever found responsible for a loss you suffer, the most Yuan would have to pay you is £100.

Yuan Plus (supporter perks)

Yuan Plus is the way to chip in if the project has been useful to you. Each contribution unlocks extended perks (more daily picks, etc.) for 30 days from when it’s confirmed. Each contribution is ¥38. Contributions are voluntary and one-off — they don’t auto-renew, and nothing will ever be charged on a schedule. If you want the perks to continue past 30 days, send another contribution. Contributions are non-returnable.

Your content

Photos, text, and anything else you upload stay yours. You give the project a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to host, store, display, resize, back up, and moderate that content, only as needed to run the service — nothing else. No training AI on it, no licensing it onwards, no using it for anything beyond Yuan. The permission ends when you delete the content or the account, except for whatever sits in backups for a short while or anything we’re required to keep on file by a court or the police. Please only upload stuff you actually have the rights to.

If you think something on the site infringes your copyright, email [email protected] with: (1) the work that’s being copied, (2) the link to the infringing content here, (3) your contact details, (4) a statement that you believe in good faith the use isn’t authorised, and (5) confirmation you’re the rights-holder or acting for them. We’ll review and remove where appropriate. Repeat infringers’ accounts will be closed.

Changes

The app is in beta and will change. If there’s a material change to these terms, you’ll get at least 14 days’ notice before it takes effect. Continuing to use the app after that means you’re ok with it.

If there’s a problem, email [email protected] first — most things can usually be sorted that way within 30 days.

If you’re in crisis

The app is not a crisis service. See the safety page for the full list. Quick numbers: 999 (police emergency) · 101 (non-emergency) · Samaritans 116 123 · NHS 111 · National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247.

Questions? [email protected]