Youth pursuing comfort with pets, plush toys and other relaxations

In addition to spending weekends in hotels to relieve stress, some young people have also been exploring new ways to relax, such as by watching short videos, and playing with pets, and plush toys.

Last year, a popular social platform Soul App carried out a survey among over 3,000 people born between the mid-1990s to around 2010, who are known in some parts of the world as Generation Z. It was found that more than half tend to escape from the stress of work by watching short videos, listening to music, and playing online games.

More than 58 percent preferred watching food-related short videos, followed by melodramatic short dramas and content involving cute pets, according to a report released by the app in September.