Xinhua pictures of the year 2018

Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2018 shows a male giant panda named Hua Bao at the Dujiangyan base of the China conservation and research center for the giant pandas, in Dujiangyan city of southwest China's Sichuan province. A pair of giant pandas left the center for Finland on Jan. 17, 2018 and will live in Ahtari zoo for 15 years. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)