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At the end of 2022, the panda's endangered rating was downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable," with the wild population increasing from 1,114 four decades ago to 1,864. CGTN has produced a series of programs on giant pandas to introduce China's ecological progress. The first episode takes us to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to learn about the most popular panda, "He Hua."