When will Mei Xiang, the panda, go home？ A family of three will stay in the United States until 2023 (Figure)

　　BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Smithsonian Institution National Zoo in the United States on the 7th, according to the newly renewed agreement between the zoo and china wildlife conservation association, the American giant pandas Meixiang and Tiantian and their cubs Little Miracle will live in the United States until the end of 2023.

　　Image source: Screenshot of the Smithsonian Institution National Zoo website.

　　According to the website, Steven Monfort, John and adrianna Mars, directors of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo and Biological Protection Institute, said in a statement, "We have long-term cooperation with our colleagues in China to study, care for and save giant pandas, and now we will cross the half-century mark."

　　Monfort also said, "I look forward to the next three years with millions of Americans, watching ‘ Small miracle ’ Growth has made greater progress in protecting giant pandas and our understanding of giant pandas. "

　　The picture shows Mei Xiang at the Giant Panda Pavilion. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo

　　At the end of 2000, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, a male giant panda, arrived at the National Zoo in Washington to start their career in the United States. "Meixiang" gave birth to six cubs from 2005 to 2015, of which three survived and grew up healthily, and all returned to China at the age of four.

　　The picture shows Mei Xiang at the Giant Panda Pavilion. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo

　　On August 21, 2020, Mei Xiang, who just turned 22, gave birth to a "little miracle" in Washington. This is the first time that an American zoo has successfully conceived and delivered a panda through artificial insemination with frozen semen. "Meixiang" has also become the oldest panda born in the United States.