(San Diego Composite Electric) China two giant pandas first met the public for the first time in San Diego Zoo, California, USA. This is the United States once again ushered in Chinese pandas again after 21 years.
According to Reuters, these two giant pandas are "Yunchuan" and 4 -year -old female "Xinbao"."Zhenzhen", the mother of "Yunchuan", was born in San Diego Zoo in 2007.
Governor of California New Sen and Chinese ambassador to the United States Xie Feng attended the welcome ceremony.According to Agence France -Presse, Newson announced that it was the state's "Panda Day" on August 8 to celebrate this day.He encouraged the California people to go to the San Diego Zoo to watch giant pandas, hoping that the "friendly messenger" can further promote the exchanges and cooperation between the two sides.
According to the China News Agency, Xie Feng said in his speech that this year coincides with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States this year, "Yunchuan" and "Xinbao" arrived in the United States to pass on a clear and important signal, that is, China -US panda protection cooperation cooperation cooperationThere will be no discounts, the cultural exchanges and local cooperation between the two countries will not stop, and the gate of the friendly people of China and the United States will not be closed once it is opened.
"Panda Diplomacy" has always been an important way for China to improve soft power.For decades, cute giant pandas, as a goodwill ambassador, have been leased to zoo in various countries by the Chinese government.
In November last year, the three giant panda leases living in Washington, USA returned to China, were once regarded as signs of deterioration of Sino -US relations.After the San Francisco meeting in San Francisco in the first month of the Sino -US dollar, the relationship between the two countries recovered, and the panda protection cooperation reappeared the dawn.
In addition to "Yunchuan" and "Xinbao", It was announced in May this year that two giant pandas will be ushered at the end of the year, namely the male panda "Baoli" and the female giant panda "Qingbao" from the Chinese Panda Protection Research Center.