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Giant pandas for HK selected

www.chinanews.cn 2007-03-20 17:13:49

Chinanews, Beijing, Mar. 20 �CThe Chinese central government announced on
Mar.20 that a pair of pandas for Hong Kong has been selected and will be
sent to Hong Kong before May 1st to commemorate the tenth anniversary of
the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
An official from the State Forestry Administration, who remained
anonymous, said the giant pandas were about one year old. They are cute
and healthy, and can give birth to baby pandas, he said.
The central government’s decision has aroused widespread concern in Hong
Kong and the mainland. According to this official, the State Forestry
Administration has formed an expert team to select the appropriate giant
pandas based on the requirement of the Hong Kong SAR government. After
repeated discussions and careful analysis, the expert team finally set
concrete criteria for the selection work. In light of these criteria, the
experts tried to choose an appropriate pair based on the giant pandas’
age, physical conditions, behaviors, psychological conditions, physical
features and heredity conditions. The selection work was done on an
extensive scale. In the end, the central government decided to pick a
pair of giant pandas from Sichuan Wolong.
Giant panda is a rare species in China and is cherished by people all
over the world. In China, the central government attaches great
importance to the protection of giant pandas. Thanks to central and local
government’s efforts, China has now built 59 nature reserves for giant
pandas, where about 70% of the giant pandas in China live. These natural
protection zones cover 60% of all the natural habitats for giant pandas
in China. So far, China has 1,590 wild giant pandas. By the end of 2006,
the number of giant pandas bred in captivity reached 217.

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