HAIKOU, China, March 2 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Authorities in South China’s Hainan Province on Tuesday revealed the mascots for the 2022 China International Consumer Products Expo, styled after the Hainan gibbon.
Hainan gibbons are the most endangered of all gibbons and the world’s rarest primate. They are endemic to the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The mascots reflect the green consumption approach of the expo, according to Ruslan Tulenov, a global media officer at the Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development.
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