Author: Anyuan Wanggui Hong Lei Han Kim Woo
The pace of the New Year is getting closer and closer, this year you will "Celebrate the New Year on the spot" or will you return to your hometown for reunion?
No matter where you are, at this moment, everyone will probably have a blessing that can be placed on them.
So, besides waiting for the joy of the Spring Festival, what else can be expected?
For example, grab red envelopes, collect the character "Fu", and the newborn panda baby to celebrate the new spring...
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
Recently, 10 "2020" panda babies of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center appeared at the Shenshuping base in Wolong, sending Chinese New Year blessings to the people across the country.
The average age of the 10 giant panda babies that appeared this time is about half a year old. The oldest is the "Qianqian" twin sister who spent more than 190 days, and the youngest is the "Shuqin" dragon and phoenix for more than 120 days.
Among them, the birth weight of "Shuqin" was only 57.1g, which was the lightest panda baby born last year.
Turn you cute every time you play
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
When it comes to pandas, no one knows.
It is a national treasure of our country, or a national first-class protected animal, and is deeply loved by people all over the world.
The giant panda babies make their debut in the New Year celebration. As a special activity of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center, it is very exciting before the Spring Festival every year.
This is also the focus of great attention from giant panda fans all over the world: the newborn giant panda babies appear collectively to celebrate the new year and send everyone a "cute" New Year greetings.
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
This year's event scene is full of cuteness.
Moms and dads put these active babies in the "New Year's Cute Box" with a panda pattern, so that everyone can feel the sudden appearance of "your little cute" when "opening the cute box" across the screen. Surprise.
Then the parents and the nurses also thoughtfully prepared a "bamboo basket red envelope" with blessings for each baby giant panda, which contains the “small snacks” that the baby giant panda can eat, which also means good luck and best wishes. they.
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
It's time for "free activities" for panda babies.
In the playground, a "little train" and a "little castle" were built of cardboard. They got in and out, smelling and biting, and they liked the new things that appeared before them.
Although they are not very "destructive" to the New Year decorations in the venue, they are full of curiosity, and their every move stuns everyone present.
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
The captive population of giant pandas reaches 633
Zhang Hemin, executive deputy director of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center, said that since overcoming the problems of giant panda breeding, estrus, conception, and cub survival, the captive population of giant pandas in my country has continued to grow steadily, reaching 633.
The wild population of giant pandas increased from 1,114 in the 1980s to 1,864, and the protected habitat area of giant pandas increased from 1.39 million hectares to 2.58 million hectares, effectively protecting 53.8% of the giant panda’s habitat and 66.8% of the habitat. Wild panda population.
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center made a major breakthrough in the scientific development of giant pandas, with a total of 155 live cubs.
At present, there are more than 330 giant pandas in captivity, accounting for more than 50% of the global captive population.
From 2016 to 2020, successfully reintroduced 6 captive giant pandas such as "Qinxin" and "Little Walnut", achieving for the first time the important goal of survival of captive giant pandas in their natural habitats and reproduction of endangered small populations in the region.
During the period, 5 female giant pandas participated in the wild introduction, 2 of them gave birth to 8 cubs and 7 survived, which enriched the genetic diversity of captive giant pandas and optimized the genetic population structure of captive giant pandas.
New Year's greetings with giant panda babies.
Photo by An Yuan
The panda culture is favored
As my country's national treasure, giant pandas are known as "living fossils".
The cute posture, the kind eyes, the cute manner...and the spirit diffracted in the natural evolution process, so that the giant panda not only depends on its appearance, but also on its strength to attract fans.
Yakang Expressway has built the first "Panda Theme Cultural Service Area" in the country.
Photo by Wang Lei
The naive look of the giant panda welcomes tourists from all directions with a smile.
In mid-December last year, the country's first "panda-themed cultural service area"-Yakang Expressway Tianquan Service Area was renovated and upgraded to a stunning appearance and presented to passengers with a new look.
Yakang Expressway has built the first "Panda Theme Cultural Service Area" in the country.
Photo by Wang Lei
In Chengdu's Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street, there is also a naive giant panda lying on the wall.
When citizens pass the pedestrian street, they see it in different moods and different angles.
When you look at the panda from the front, it is also looking at you.
Its eyes are sometimes puzzled, sometimes affectionate, and sometimes full of arrogance... This giant panda attracts tourists from all over the world to come in and take pictures.
"Giant panda" climbing upstairs on Chunxi Road in Chengdu.
Photo by Wang Lei
"Giant panda" climbing upstairs on Chunxi Road in Chengdu.
Photo by Wang Lei
2020 birthing stories
In May, the Dutch giant panda "Wu Wen" gave birth to the first overseas panda baby that year, named "Van Xing";
In July, the South Korean giant panda "Hua Ni" gave birth to a baby, which promoted China-South Korea giant panda scientific research cooperation to a new level;
In August, the American giant panda "Mei Xiang" gave birth to cubs, setting a record for the oldest birth age of an overseas giant panda;
In September, the giant panda "Qiao Qiao" introduced into the wild gave birth smoothly, adding new genes to the captive population;
Returned giant pandas "Lin Bing" and "babies" gave birth to cubs respectively, and continued to write a story about the friendship between China and Thailand and China and the United States.
In 2020, despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center is still actively carrying out scientific research and breeding, and through "cloud exchanges and cloud guidance", the giant pandas living in the Netherlands, South Korea, the United States and other places will each give birth to 1 cub. .
This time, 10 baby pandas of "Class 2020" collectively appeared in Shenshuping Base, wishing the people of the whole country "booming fortune"!
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