Investigation and Analysis on the Concept and Behavior Characteristics of Eating Game in Mainland China

Abstract

COVID-19 and SARS are two major infectious diseases that broke out in mainland China in the 21st century. Wild animals are hosts of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. But in many areas of mainland China, there are traditional customs of eating game. Through online questionnaire survey, this paper finds that there are still many defects in the cognition, attitude, consumption habits and behaviors of Chinese mainland residents to game. Moreover, there are significant differences in cognition, attitude, consumption habits and behavior characteristics of game among residents of different genders, occupations and income levels in mainland China. It is important to point out that the civil servants and high-income groups of China show more deficiencies in the above aspects. In view of the problems found in the investigation, this paper puts forward relevant suggestions to prevent the risk of infectious diseases caused by eating game in mainland China.