China to build cross-provincial national park for giant panda

Giant panda researcher Yong Yange (2nd L, front) tells the story of rescuing brown giant panda Dan Dan in 1985 to pupils in front of the specimen of Dan Dan at the Nature Musuem in Foping County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 22, 2017. A pilot scheme to build an administration of giant panda national park has been approved. The scheme will form a cross-provincial national park that would unite more than 80 fragmented habitats scattered in southwest China's Sichuan Province, northwest China's Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province, with an area of 27,134 square kilometers. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)