Giant panda "Lang Yue" traveling in the Netherlands arrives at the Ya'an base and begins a 30-day quarantine

At 10:30 on October 31st, Beijing time, "Lang Yue", the Chinese giant panda living in the 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.

Giant panda "Lang Yue" was born in July 2024. He is the offspring of giant pandas "Xingya" and "Wu Wen" who lived in the Netherlands. In April 2017, giant pandas "Xingya" and "Wu Wen" 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 have achieved positive results in giant panda breeding and management, scientific research, technical exchanges and public education. Two giant pandas successfully bred two cubs during their stay in the Netherlands, 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.

Previously, the Ya'an base had made various preparations for isolation and quarantine, including pen disinfection, food supply, feeding management and health protection. During the isolation and quarantine period, the expert team of the Panda 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.