China waves goodbye to Belgium-bound panda pair

    Updated: 2014-02-22 13:37

    (Xinhua)

    Comments Print Mail Large Medium Small

    China waves goodbye to Belgium-bound panda pair

    Eric Domb, chief of the Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium, waits as a giant panda is prepared for the transfer. [Photo by Lin Hanqing/chinadaily.com.cn]

    CHENGDU - A pair of giant pandas are leaving for Belgium Saturday, on lease from their breeding center in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

    Hundreds of people attended a ceremony on Saturday morning to see the two pandas off at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas. They are bound for a research program at Belgium's Pairi Daiza Zoo.

    "On behalf of nearly 10 million Belgian people, I extend my warmest welcome to Xing Hui and Hao Hao," Eric Domb, head of the Pairi Daiza Zoo, said at the ceremony.

    Hao Hao, the female, and Xing Hui, the male, are both four years old and will stay in Belgium for the next 15 years, as announced during Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo's September visit to China.

    Belgian Ambassador to China Michel Malherbe granted "visas" to giant pandas at the ceremony. Malherbe said the pair symbolize China's trust in Belgium, since very few countries had received pandas for such a long period of time.

    Currently, 43 panda guests, including cubs born overseas, live in 17 zoos across 12 foreign countries with established research cooperation with China. The lease term is usually 10 years.

    In 1987, two giant pandas visited Belgium but only stayed a few months.

    Taking the research cooperation into account, the lease term is longer than the norm because, according to the center director Zhang Hemin, the optimum reproductive age of giant pandas is between 5 and 19 years.

    The people of many countries have developed deep affection towards pandas, which Zhang said is another reason for prolonging the term of the lease.

    "Xing Hui and Hao Hao are the first two giant pandas China has sent overseas for nearly 15 years," Zhang said. "We hope giant pandas as goodwill ambassadors will be remembered by Belgian people and breed successfully in their country."

    Eric Domb said the Belgians are crazy about giant pandas. All people and media are talking about them.

    Several days ago, the Belgian Prime Minister announced that he would meet these Chinese "VIPs" in the airport. Brussels airport has even told panda fans not to go there because "they may not see pandas even through a telescope."

    Veterinarian Tim Bouts from Pairi Daiza came to Chengdu a week ago to meet Xing Hui and Hao Hao. He has been briefed on their quirks of diet and is up to date on panda health matters.

    Xing Hui and Hao Hao will travel to Belgium on a charted DHL aircraft, where they can enjoy enough space and food.

    The aircraft, equipped with advanced medical facilities, will carry nearly 100 kilograms of bamboo and two Chinese experts will pander to pandas' every whim onboard.

    "We will give our full support to giant panda protection cause and promise to take care of them," Eric Domb said in Chinese.

    The chartered flight will take off from the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport late Saturday afternoon.

    Hao Hao and Xing Hui are expected to arrive in Brussels on Sunday, via Bahrain, and make their debut in this April.

    China waves goodbye to Belgium-bound panda pair

    Live panda report

    China waves goodbye to Belgium-bound panda pair

    Special report on panda

    ...
    亚洲AV无码国产在丝袜线观看| 中文字幕无码日韩专区| 日韩精品中文字幕无码一区| 亚洲大尺度无码专区尤物| 日韩欧美中文在线| 人妻无码久久精品| 日韩人妻精品无码一区二区三区| 最近中文字幕高清中文字幕无| 免费无码又爽又黄又刺激网站 | 中文字幕AV中文字无码亚| 精品人妻大屁股白浆无码| 久久久久av无码免费网| 中文字幕在线观看日本| 中文字幕丰满乱子伦无码专区| 久久久久久av无码免费看大片| 久久久久久国产精品无码超碰| 成人无码AV一区二区| 无码毛片AAA在线| 欧美成人中文字幕在线看| 精品久久久无码人妻中文字幕豆芽 | 在线观看免费无码视频| 老子影院午夜精品无码| 国产精品ⅴ无码大片在线看| 日日摸日日踫夜夜爽无码| 亚洲av永久无码精品秋霞电影影院 | 亚洲av无码成人精品区在线播放| 精品无码国产一区二区三区51安| 无码专区中文字幕无码| 无码人妻久久一区二区三区 | 国产成人精品一区二区三区无码| 色综合久久中文字幕综合网| 亚洲制服中文字幕第一区| 久久久中文字幕日本| 综合久久久久久中文字幕亚洲国产国产综合一区首 | 亚洲精品无码久久久影院相关影片| 免费无码作爱视频| 精品高潮呻吟99av无码视频| 中文字字幕在线中文无码| 色噜噜综合亚洲av中文无码| 国产成人无码av片在线观看不卡| 亚洲成a人无码av波多野按摩|