Consumers shop at a pet-friendly mall in Beijing on Jan 21. According to Petdata.cn, a pet industry market observer, the number of pet cats in China reached 69.8 million last year, a 6.8 percent year-on-year increase, surpassing the number of pet dogs by 18.05 million. Zhang Haiqiang, secretary-general of the China Small Animal Protection Association, attributed the difference to the …
