Did it reflect a pet boom of the high income group? A massive pet exhibition was held in Shanghai of China

Recently the NHK News on-line reported the following:

富裕層のペットブーム反映か 大規模なペット展 中国 上海

8月26日 20時04分

中国の上海でペットに関する大規模な展覧会が開かれ、富裕層の増加に伴うペットブームを反映して、犬やネコなどを連れた大勢の愛好家たちが訪れました。

この展覧会は中国・上海で毎年開かれているもので、ことしはペットに関する商品を扱う１０００近い企業などが出展しています。

中国では富裕層の増加に伴って、都市部を中心にペットがブームになっていて、飼われている犬や猫などのペットの数は１億を上回り、市場規模は年間３０％増加しているとも言われています。
会場には犬やネコなどを連れた愛好家たちが大勢訪れ、主催者によると、26日と２７日の２日間で１０万人の来場者が見込まれているということです。

こうしたブームを背景にペットフードは、健康を売りにした高級商品も増えており、会場では「天然素材配合で安心だ」とうたった商品などが数多くならんでいました。
また会場には日本製の商品のほか、中国でも人気があるという秋田犬を紹介するブースも設けられており、多くの人が集まっていました。

一方、中国では飼い犬を行政に登録せず、予防接種も受けさせない飼い主が多く、トラブルも増えているため、今月、南部広東省広州では規制が強化されるなど急増するペットへの対応が課題となっています。

My translation

A large-scale pet exhibition was had in Shanghai of China, and many pet-lovers took dogs and cats to visit, reflecting a pet boom that came along with an increase in wealthy classes.

This exhibition was held every year in Shanghai of China and close to 1000 enterprises which handled pet related goods were exhibiting this year.

Together with an increase of the wealthy classes in China , a pet boom was being experienced centering around the urban area, and the number of dog and cat kept as pets exceeded 100 million, and it's said that the market scale had increased 30 % a year.

Pet-lovers took along dogs or cats to visit in large number. It's said that visitors up to 100,000 people on the 26th and the 27th were anticipated, according to an organizer.

Pet food formed the background of such boom, luxury goods which sold health were increasing. At the market place commodities and other items that claimed to be "made with a combination of natural material that could put your heart at ease" were displayed in large number.

In the market place in addition to goods made in Japan, a booth was also established where the Akita dog which is also popular in China was introduced, and many people gathered there.

On the other hand, in China there were a lot of pet owners who neither registered a pet dog with the administration nor made them receive vaccination and thus trouble was increasing. For that, this month, regulation was strengthened in Guangzhou that was at the southern part of Kuangtung-province. To handle the problem of rapid pet increase had become a challenge.

The pet boom indicates that, among other things, many Chinese people living in the cities belong to the high income group.