companion ⁠economy 陪伴經濟

companion ⁠economy  
繁: 陪伴經濟
簡: 陪伴经济

陪伴經濟,是指消費者為排解孤獨、尋求情感支持或豐富社交體驗,而付費購買具有陪伴屬性的商品或服務,旨在獲得心理慰藉、社會連接與情感滿足的經濟活動。

外媒熱議中國陪伴經濟:500億賽道,AI玩具成新風口 (2026年6月11日)。香港新聞網,取自https://hkcna.hk/docDetail.jsp?id=101342855&channel=2808

While there is no official data about the size of the companion ⁠economy, estimates cited by state media said it was worth around 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) in 2025. 

Lonely consumers in China fuel a $74 billion companionship economy (2026, Jun 2).The Japan Times. Retrieved from https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/02/asia-pacific/society/china-companionship-economy/