China Focus: Tropical island Hainan welcomes first panda settlers

 

Children in giant panda costumes wait for the arrival of giant pandas "Gong Gong" and "Shun Shun" in the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 10, 2018. Two male giant pandas "Gong Gong" and "Shun Shun" arrived in Hainan Province on Saturday to become the first pandas to settle on the tropical island. The two panda brothers, both 5 years old, have moved into their home of over 1,000 square meters in the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden after alighting the flight from their hometown Sichuan Province. Their arrival will end the province's history of no permanent panda dwellers. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)