First Digital International Panda Festival held in Meishan, Sichuan of China

Travel Biz News / Media OutReach

The first digital international panda festival kicked off in in Qingshen County, Meishan, Sichuan of China on Tuesday ( Nov.3 ).The theme of the digital International Panda Festival is “Panda World, World Panda-For Nature As It Is”.

Giant pandas are the “messenger of peace” in China’s opening to the outside world. Sichuan ranks first in the area of giant panda habitat, the number of wild giant panda population and captive giant pandas in China.

The pilot area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park spans the three provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. Among them, the Sichuan area is the main component of the Giant Panda National Park, covering the four major mountain systems of Minshan, Qionglai, Daxiangling, and Xiaoxiangling, with a span of more than 500 kilometers from north to south, a span of more than 600 kilometers from east to west, and an altitude difference of nearly 5000 meters.

Sichuan, as one of the pilot areas of the Giant Panda National Park, covers an area of 20,177 square kilometers. There are 1,227 giant pandas in the wild, according to a statement issued by Sichuan Digital Panda Technology Development Co.

The festival launched a “space-air-ground-man” integrated digital platform , where locals will be able to learn about the life of Sichuan-based giant pandas .

Similarly, books such as the Gift of Nature – Discovering Sichuan as It Is, Landscape of Bamboo forests in Sichuan, Secret Sichuan – the 88 Most Beautiful Forest and Grass Landscapes to Go are released during the festival.

Besides, Forest and Grassland Fire Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Forestry Sciences are inaugurated.

A series of exhibitions such as the Nature Reserve Photo Exhibition, the Giant Panda Cultural and Creative Exhibition, and the Giant Panda International Art Exhibition are also organized during the festival.

The festival is hosted by Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Administration (Giant Panda National Park Sichuan Administration), Information Office of Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office, Sichuan Internet Information Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) China Representative Office, and  organized by Sichuan Digital Panda Technology Development Co.,  Sichuan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Sichuan Giant Panda Protection Foundation.

Nov. 4 , 2020