CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-PANDA PAIR-LEAVING FOR UNITED STATES (CN)

(241015) -- CHENGDU, Oct. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows giant panda Bao Li (male) in southwest China's Sichuan Province. In the early hours of Oct. 15, 2024, a pair of giant pandas, three-year-old pandas Bao Li (male) and Qing Bao (female), departed from southwest China's Sichuan Province and headed to the United States to make their new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This is the second time this year that China has sent giant pandas to the United States. (China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP)/Handout via Xinhua)