New survey finds 345 wild pandas in Qinling Mountains (1/6)

A giant panda eats bamboo at the Foping Nature Reserve in Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. A report of the fourth panda survey in Shaanxi province, released on March 25, shows that there are about 345 wild giant pandas living in the Qinling Mountains area, an increase of 26.4 percent than the third survey. Most pandas live on the southern slope of the middle section of Qinling Mountains. (Photo provided to China News Service)