CHENGDU, China, Nov 25 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — On November 21, the Global Panda Partners Conference 2025, hosted by Xinhua News Agency Sichuan Branch, Xinhua News & Information Center, China Wildlife Conservation Association, China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda, and Chengdu Media Group, kicked off in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, under the theme of “Working Together to Protect, Build, and Share” (Protecting Panda Habitats, Building a Beautiful World, and Sharing Open Opportunities). More than 600 guests, experts, and scholars from over 30 countries and regions around the world convened for the event and discussed scientific pathways for global ecological protection and green development while focusing on giant panda conservation and cultural exchanges.
Shi Xiaolin, Governor of Sichuan Province, said in her address that the giant panda is a “national treasure” of China, a symbol of ecological protection, and an ambassador for peace and friendship. Under the joint efforts of various parties, the threat level of the giant panda has been downgraded from “Endangered” to “Vulnerable”. As the home of giant pandas, Sichuan wishes to partner with all parties in jointly protecting panda habitats, building a beautiful world, and sharing open opportunities, while establishing a new system in the protection of biodiversity, and deepening cooperation in ecology, culture, science, technology, and industry, to relish and share the beauty in the diversity of culture through exchanges and mutual appreciation.