I am a Volunteer

I am honored to have participated in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding’s Liang Mountain Giant Panda Reserves Environmental Educational Summer Camp Program. Six Chinese university students and three graduate students from the United States volunteered to organize two summer camps for local primary school students who live and study near giant panda […]

Lost in Panda

I am Margarita Lau from Hong Kong, China. Friends often refer to me as a “panda addict”, “panda queen”, “panda big sister”, “Ms. Panda”, or “Aunt Panda”. Everyone, including acquaintances, all ask one question: “Why do you love giant pandas so much?” Everyone has a favorite animal and giant pandas are mine. Some have suggested […]

Akemi Tanaka: A Dedicated Panda Fan

Each time the staff at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Foundation mentioned Akemi Tanaka, a feeling of warmth and happiness pervaded the room. Since her first dose contact with pandas on July 8, 2011, Tanaka has come to Sichuan to visit pandas at least once a month. Her schedule while in Sichuan was always […]

Giant Panda Fans Reunion in Toronto

On October 17 2015, a sunny day in Toronto,Canada,over 100 formally dressed senior arrived at the Chinese restaurant “Long Chuan Shoo” (Dragon Legend). They came from all over North America and greeted each other with warm hugs. Then they saw us, reporters and cameramen from China Central Television (CCTV) and Sichuan Television Station, who were […]

European Panda Fans Visit Sichuan

Over one year ago,the Tourism Administration of Sichuan Province hosted the Campaign of “Over one year ago, the Tourism Administration of Sichuan Province hosted the campaign of”Travelling along the Southern Silk Road. Visiting the Homeland of Pandas-European Panda Fans Traveling to Sichuan. For the first time, giant panda fans were recruited from countries that were […]