World's first robotic pet-sitter feeds, cleans, plays with pets, so busy owners don't worry about leaving pets home alone, are less likely to abandon them.
Why
Pet-owning follows new prosperity
Once banned as a bourgeois luxury during the Communist era, pets have recently become fashionable.
Hectic urban life
The busy middle class in China don’t have much time to keep their pets company.
Market
RMB 50 billion
Estimated China’s pet market size, the world’s third largest, growing 30% annually. About 15% of Chinese households own a pet; 70% of owners are aged 35 and younger.
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