Expo giant pandas attract more than 800,000 visitors

Giant pandas have attracted more than 800,000 visitors from the Yangtze River Delta since the zoo was opened to the public five months ago, according to the Shanghai Zoo on June 16.

The 10 giant pandas, selected and sent by the China Wolong Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center, are living happy lives in Shanghai.

According to Pan Xiuwen, director of Shanghai Zoo, as of 3:30 p.m. on June 16, the zoo received a total of 44,700 visitors during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The zoo has been maintaining good order because the police force was deployed at popular enclosures to divert visitors, including the panda enclosure.

The zoo said that the 10 baby giant pandas are gradually growing up and some weigh more than 70 kilograms. According to sources, experts will adjust the diet for the giant pandas as they grow. For example, the steamed bread they are fed is made from 10 kinds of ingredients including bamboo powder, rice flour, soybean powder and corn powder, and fresh bamboo is also essential to ensure adequate nutrition.

In order to allow domestic and overseas visitors to conveniently watch the giant pandas at the Shanghai World Expo, they will be sent to the Shanghai Wild Animal Park. The park has recently built an ecological giant panda museum in anticipation of the arrival of these "small guests."

By People's Daily Online
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