中国的宠物拥有量和消费正在加速增长。
中国城市的宠物主人们今年有望在宠物上花费2020亿元人民币（约286亿美元），比2018年增加19%。
随着中国生育率的下降，越来越多人开始饲养宠物。
中国现在拥有的宠物猫狗数量位居全球第一，在2018年首次超过美国，而这一年也是婴儿出生率急剧下降的一年。
预计到2024年，中国将拥有2.48亿只宠物猫狗，远超过美国的1.72亿，这凸显了中国宠物市场对全球宠物用品制造商的吸引力。
数据显示，中国城市的宠物猫狗主人中，几乎有一半是90后，其中88%是女性。
中国主要城市的宠物主人中，大约有一半是单身。
其中90%的人说，他们认为宠物与孩子或家庭成员一样。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 宠物 | chǒng wù | house pet |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 加速 | jiā sù | to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite |
| 增长 | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 主人 | zhǔ rén | master / host / owner |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 有望 | yǒu wàng | hopeful / promising |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 花费 | huā fèi | to spend (time or money) |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 人民币 | rén mín bì | Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (RMB or CNY) |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with / in the wake of / following |
| 生育 | shēng yù | fertility |
| 率 | lǜ | (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 饲养 | sì yǎng | to raise / to rear |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 猫 | māo | cat / (loanword) (coll.) modem |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 位居 | wèi jū | to be located at |
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 首 | shǒu | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 婴儿 | yīng ér | infant / baby |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 急剧 | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 预计 | yù jì | to forecast / to predict / to estimate |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 远 | yuǎn | (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) |
| 凸显 | tū xiǎn | to stand out clearly; to make prominent |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 市场 | shì chǎng | (economics) market |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 用品 | yòng pǐn | articles for use / products / goods |
| 制造商 | zhì zào shāng | manufacturing company |
| 吸引力 | xī yǐn lì | attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness |
| 数据 | shù jù | data |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 几乎 | jī hū | almost; nearly; practically |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 后 | hòu | behind / later / post- |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman / the female sex |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 单身 | dān shēn | unmarried; single / alone |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 或 | huò | or |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 成员 | chéng yuán | member |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |