The Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China, will collaborate with the Atlanta Zoo for a ten-year conservation project.

The Chinese Association for Wildlife Conservation announced that the male panda Ping Ping and the female panda Fu Shuang will begin a ten-year conservation cooperation with the Atlanta Zoo, as part of an agreement signed last year. Although the date of their departure has not been specified, the zoo is carrying out modernization work on the facilities to ensure a comfortable and safe environment for the two pandas.

Chinese experts are providing technical guidance in this process. The announcement was made a few weeks before Trump's planned visit to China, where discussions about trade with Xi Jinping are expected. The Atlanta Zoo expressed excitement about caring for the giant pandas, continuing a successful tradition, considering that a previous agreement led to the birth of seven cubs.

The panda loan program is a tool of soft diplomacy for China, and the new cooperation could bring benefits in the field of conservation and scientific exchanges between the two countries.