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First locally-born giant panda cubs in HK get names

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 3 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

First locally-born giant panda cubs in HK get names

The female giant panda cub Jia Jia (below) and the male giant panda cub De De play at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

The female giant panda cub Jia Jia plays at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

The male giant panda cub De De plays at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

The male giant panda cub De De plays at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

The female giant panda cub Jia Jia plays at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

The female giant panda cub Jia Jia (R) is pictured with her mother Ying Ying at the Giant Panda Adventure area of the Ocean Park Hong Kong, south China’s Hong Kong, May 27, 2025. The first locally-born giant panda cubs were named Jia Jia and De De, the Ocean Park Hong Kong announced here Tuesday.

The pair of giant panda cubs was born last August and their parents are Ying Ying and Le Le, the giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250528/a8b8666081fd401b9509125fa05b966d/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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