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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
CHENGDU, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — A new giant panda conservation base designed to promote breeding, research and international communication opened to the public on a trial basis in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday.
The Mianyang base, covering approximately 120 hectares, is the fifth project of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. On its first day of opening, nearly 6,300 tourists visited, according to the base's administration.
The base opened in early November of this year and is now home to 20 giant pandas, ranging in age from juveniles to elderly individuals. These 20 giant pandas have already successfully completed the adaptation period, and their health is considered good, according to the base's administration.
The base, with its lush landscape of valleys surrounded by mountains, mimics a wild habitat, and artificial structures for housing giant pandas have been built within its grounds. A total of 54 enclosures are designed for various uses, including breeding, raising cubs, exhibiting adult specimens, and disease control.
The base also uses smart technologies such as intelligent safety warning systems, temperature and humidity control, and a light disinfection system to boost immunity.
Known as the birthplace of the giant panda, Sichuan Province boasts the world's largest panda population. More than 70 percent of China's wild giant pandas live in the province, and Mianyang has the highest number of wild pandas among all Chinese prefectural-level cities.
The conservation of giant pandas exemplifies China's efforts to promote ecological civilization. Thanks to their ongoing protection efforts, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the species' status from "endangered" to "vulnerable" in 2016. Currently, approximately 1,900 giant pandas live in the wild in China. -0-
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