Giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao are on their way to San Diego from China, marking the first panda loans to the U.S. in two decades. The loan was finalized in February after Chinese leader Xi Jinping suggested sending pandas to the San Diego Zoo to enhance Sino-American friendship following a meeting with President Joe Biden for the 30th APEC global trade summit in November last year.
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA) signed a 'cooperative agreement' with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to send new pandas to San Diego in February
A pair of pandas from China have arrived and will settle into their new home in America's finest city -- San Diego, California. The panda diplomacy ambassadors, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, are the first new set of pandas to make their way to the U.
San Diego, get ready for the panda-monium as Yun Chuan and Xin Bao safely arrived at the San Diego Zoo on Thursday, the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles said.