Giant panda "Lang Yue" who lives in Ouwehan Zoo in the Netherlands returns home safely

China News Service, Chengdu, October 31 (Reporter Anyuan) The reporter learned from the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center on the 31st that at 10:30 on October 31, Beijing time, the Chinese giant panda "Lang Yue" who lives in Ouwehan Zoo in the Netherlands arrived safely at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, and then went to the Ya'an base of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center accompanied by experts from China and the Netherlands. Giant panda "Lang Yue" will be quarantined at the Ya'an base for at least 30 days.

It is understood that the giant panda "Lang Yue" was born in July 2024 and is the offspring of the giant pandas "Xing Ya" and "Wu Wen" who lived in the Netherlands. In April 2017, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, a pair of giant pandas "Xingya" and "Wu Wen" from the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center went to Ouwehan Zoo in the Netherlands to officially launch Sino-Dutch giant panda conservation research cooperation. During the cooperation period, China and the Netherlands established a good cooperative relationship, achieved positive results in giant panda breeding and management, scientific research, technical exchanges and public education, and played an important role in enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Dutch people. During their stay in the Netherlands, two giant pandas successfully bred two litters of two cubs, namely "Fan Xing" born in May 2020 and "Lang Yue" born in July 2024. Among them, the giant panda "Fan Xing" returned to China in September 2023.

To ensure the safe and smooth return of giant panda "Lang Yue", China and the Netherlands have made sufficient preparations. Domestic experienced veterinary experts were selected to go to the Netherlands in advance to participate in feeding and management, work with Dutch experts on behavioral training, health assessment and other work, and accompanied the giant panda "Lang Yue" back to China.

It is reported that the Ya'an base of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center has previously made various preparations for isolation and quarantine, including enclosure disinfection, food supply, feeding management and health protection. During the isolation and quarantine period, the expert team of the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center will carefully carry out the feeding management and health monitoring of the giant panda "Lang Yue" to help it adapt to life in China as soon as possible and smoothly.