7 newborn panda cubs make debut in Chengdu

By Zhang Wen | People's Daily app

A sloth of giant panda cubs born in 2019 made their public debut on Tuesday in a captive breeding base in southwest China's Chengdu.

(Photos: the People's Daily)

Ahead of next week's National Day, breeders carried the young bears with a Chinese national flag on their paws.

The cubs born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding set two records this year: the world's heaviest pigeon pair and lightest panda at birth in the world born there.

The four-month-old female cub "Cheng Lang", which weighed only 42.8 grams at birth in June, has made progress to catch up, thanks to the delicate care of the breeders. It now weighs over 5 kilograms and in good shape.

(Compiled by Chen Lidan)

4 giant panda cubs make public debut in southwest China city: Photos: VCGCHONGQING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Four newborn giant panda cubs made their first public appearance on Monday at the Chongqing Zoo in southwest China.The cubs, two pairs of twins, were all born on June 23, a rare case in the breeding history of captive pandas in the world.Their names are Shuangshuang, Chongchong and Xixi, Qingqing, combining to symbolize "double joy and happiness" in Chinese.The four cubs have been growing well, with Shuangshuang being the heaviest at 5.8 kg and Xixi the lightest at 4 kg, said Yin Yanqiang, the giant panda technical supervisor with the Chongqing Zoo.Starting Monday, tourists can watch the cubs outside the window of the cub nursery from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. every day, according to the zoo.

Chengdu expands panda-themed facilities to boost tourism

Chengdu expands panda-themed facilities to boost tourism: CHENGDU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Southwest Chinas Chengdu is increasingly turning into a city of pandas, as a large-scale expansion project of panda facilities has begun this week.Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2019 shows giant panda cubs at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of southwest Chinas Sichuan Province. (Photos: Xinhua)A "Panda Planet" covering 3,500 hectares will be built based on the current Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, featuring panda research and tourist attractions, according to a government plan.The research base will be expanded to 235 hectares from the current 66.7 hectares, accommodating up to 180 giant pandas and co-existing animals such as lesser pandas and snub-nosed monkeys.It is estimated that upon completion the Panda Planet will receive 16.5 million visitors annually by 2035, becoming an international eco-tourism resort combining scientific preservation research, public education and cultural creation.

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