World’s first interactive panda-themed museum opens in Southwest China’s Chengdu
Ji Yuqiao Published: Mar 03, 2021 05:53 PM
Photo: Courtesy of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
The world s first interactive panda-themed museum opened on Wednesday in Chengdu, Southwest China s Sichuan Province, one of the major habitats for pandas.
Construction on the museum, located in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, started in August 2019, one employee from the base told the Global Times on Wednesday.
The museum, covering an area of 7,179 square meters, has seven exhibition areas, including Discovering Giant Pandas, Pandas in Danger and Giant Panda Conservation, so visitors may better understand these rare animals and increase environmental protection awareness.
Giant panda cubs meet the public to mark start of spring
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Giant panda cubs born in 2020 play at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China s Sichuan Province, Feb. 3, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Giant panda cubs born in 2020 play at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China s Sichuan Province, Feb. 3, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
A giant panda cub born in 2020 plays at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China s Sichuan Province, Feb. 3, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Breeders pose for a group photo with giant panda cubs born in 2020 at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Southwest China s Sichuan province, Feb 3, 2021.[Photo/Xinhua]
Ten panda cubs born in 2020 made their debut in Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, on Wednesday, which was Lichun, or the beginning of spring, the first solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar.
At 11 am, keepers took the 10 panda cubs to a playground of the Shenshuping base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, where they were given treats and played on a toy train and castle.
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A visitor tries a self-driving shopping cart at an exhibition of the World Digital Economy Conference in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang province, Sept. 11, 2020. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)
On Jan. 24, an eight-hour-long 5G webcast featuring two giant pandas from the Dujiangyan Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas located in southwest China s Sichuan province attracted a large number of viewers from both home and abroad.
“Don’t worry if you feel you haven’t got enough of them,” said Zhang Ji, an executive of China Telecom’s branch in Sichuan province, explaining that the Sichuan branch of China Telecom, one of the three major telecom operators in China, would officially launch a one-year-long online tour around Sichuan two days later.