Giant pandas debut at Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo has welcomed its new giant pandas, Xing Qiu and Yi Lan, from China. Video by AAP

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00:00I am here so particularly honored and privileged to be back in the same place

00:25to take part in the welcoming ceremony to formally welcome the new pair of

00:31pandas, Jinqiu and Yilang. Several decades ago there was a time when the giant panda

00:38was listed as endangered species. The total number of giant pandas in China

00:43perhaps all over the world was less than several hundred. With efforts from the

00:48joint collaboration between China and friendly countries including Australia

00:53we have made things change. The situation has changed and changed much much

00:58for the better. According to my experts from China that now the number of the

01:03total number of giant pandas has grown from less than several hundred to over

01:102,000.