U.S. zoo to welcome 2 new pandas from China

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The China Wildlife Conservation Association and the Smithsonian's National Zoo in the United States have signed a new agreement for giant panda conservation research. Two giant pandas, Bao Li (male, born in August 2021) and Qing Bao (female, born in September 2021), will travel from the center to the U.S. later this year.

To ensure their well-being, Chinese experts have visited the National Zoo three times in 2024, providing guidance on giant panda enclosure facilities, feeding protocols, food safety, veterinary care, and other requirements.

Bei Bei at the National Zoo, Washington D.C., the U.S., December 14, 2015. /CFP

The National Zoo has been renovating its facilities to create a comfortable and secure environment for the pandas. Experienced full-time caregivers, a professional veterinary team and a scientific research team are also in place.

This marks the second phase of a successful partnership between the two institutions, which have jointly bred four litters of giant panda cubs: Tai Shan, Bao Bao, Bei Bei and Xiao Qi Ji from 2000 to 2023.

Giant pandas, Ling Ling and Xing Xing, play in their yard in the National Zoo in Washington D.C., the U.S., April 20, 1974. /CFP

Giant pandas are icons in Washington, D.C., and are beloved around the nation and the world. For more than five decades, the institute has created and maintained one of the world's foremost giant panda conservation programs, helping move the panda from "endangered" to "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.

(With input from ChinaDaily and AP.)

(Cover: Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C., the U.S., September 28, 2023. /CFP)