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Shanghai Expo giant pandas meet with public


http://en.youth.cn   2010-01-21 10:43:00


Giant pandas are seen playing at Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, the host city of the 2010 World Expo, in east China, Jan. 20, 2010.



Ten giant panda cubs, which will be on display at this year's Shanghai World Expo at local zoos, made their public debut at the Shanghai Zoo on Wednesday.

The pandas, six females and four males, had perfectly adapted to their new home since their arrival from southwest China's Sichuan Province on Jan. 5, said Chen Lihua, director of the zoo's feeding department.

They will be on display in the Shanghai Zoo during the first half of the year and then in the Shanghai Wildlife Zoo in the latter half year.

Zoo officials said it would be the largest scale of display of giant pandas outside Sichuan, which would give tens of millions of Chinese and foreign visitors to the Expo a glimpse at the highly endangered species.

The Shanghai Expo will run from May 1 to Oct. 31, expected to receive around 70 million visitors.










 
source : Xinhua     editor:: JAK
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