On December 7, local time, Tokyo, Japan announced that due to the new crown epidemic, the 4-year-old female giant panda "Xiang Xiang", born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, will be returned to China by the end of June 2022. This is "Xiang Xiang". The time for "xiang" to return to China was postponed for the third time.
According to reports, the giant panda "Xiangxiang" was scheduled to be returned to China in 2021, but due to the new crown epidemic, the staff were unable to travel, resulting in another postponement.
According to the report, "Xiangxiang" was born on June 12, 2017 and turned 4 years old in June this year. It is the result of natural mating between male giant panda "Lili" and female giant panda "Zhenzhen".
Since its debut, it has been loved by local people and has a large number of "fans".
It was previously reported that "Xiang Xiang" was originally scheduled to return to China when he reached the age of two, but due to its high popularity in Japan, after discussions between China and Japan, they decided to extend the lease period to the end of 2020.
But afterwards, affected by the epidemic, the return date was once postponed from May 31 to December 31, 2021.
(Producing Li Jiali)
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]