China's 27 giant pandas to join in int'l scientific exchan

时间：2007-01-12 07:17:05

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Chinanews, Beijing, Jan. 11 – News from State Bureau of Forestry1 say that there are 27 Chinese giant pandas had joined in international scientific exchange.

 

Meimei, a giant panda sent to Japan, gave birth to two twin cubs2 at Adventure World in southwestern Japan’s Shirahama in last December. Currently experts from China and Japan are endeavoring to keep them healthy.

 

Of the 27 pandas, 17 were born in China and their 10 cubs were born abroad. Of the 27, 12 are in U.S., 10 in Japan, 2 in Austria, 2 in Thailand, and one in Germany. These pandas are still owned by China.

 

China gave a total of 23 pandas as state gifts from 1957 to 1982 to the former Soviet3 Union, North Korea (DPRK), U.S., Japan, France, Britain, Germany, Mexico and Spain These pandas had helped to improve China’s relationship with those countries. Five of their offsprings are still alive, 1 in Japan, 3 in Mexico and 1 in Germany.

 

China has ceased to send pandas abroad as gifts since 1982. Now China hopes to resume this practice to promote international scientific exchange. Generally these pandas are used for scientific research and will live in foreign countries for 10 years.

 
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1 forestry 8iBxk     
n.森林学；林业
参考例句：
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
2 cubs 01d925a0dc25c0b909e51536316e8697     
n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
  • Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 Soviet Sw9wR     
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

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