According to an AFP report early this year, the number of dogs in mainland China has reached 150 million. Last year in Beijing, for example, that number surpassed 500,000 as owners spent over RMB500 million on their precious canines. It is predicted that the dog food and accessories market will reach RMB15 billion by 2008-nothing to sneeze at, by any means.
根據法新社今年初的報導，目前中國大陸的狗數已成長至 1 億 5 千萬隻，以北京市為例，去年即超過 50 萬隻，狗主人們一年花費在寶貝犬身上的錢超過 5 億人民幣，預計到 2008 年時，中國的狗食品與配件市場的規模將可達到 150 億人民幣，實不容小覷。