Research on the Development and Prospect of Companion Economy: Based on the Latest Population Data of China

Yuan Sun

doi:10.54097/ijeh.v2i3.373

Authors

Yuan Sun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v2i3.373

Keywords:

Companion economy, Psychological needs, China's population data.

Abstract

Loneliness and anxiety are common emotional types of human beings. The companion economy around these two emotions includes many industries, and has formed a preliminary scale and classification in China at present. Based on the latest population survey results and related economic and industrial information in China, this paper studies the development course and future trend of companion economy, focusing on its characteristics and causes. companion economy has the characteristics of inevitability, sustainability and pluralism; Its consumers are mainly concentrated in young people, old people and single people. In the future, it will continue to tilt towards the service industry, showing an intelligent, personalized and industrialized development trend. Grasping the development opportunity of the companion economy can effectively establish a new market mechanism, promote the supply-side structural reform and build a new double-cycle development pattern.

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