A ceremony to mark the handover of the records of three giant pandas born and raised in Japan is held at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu City, the capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, June 6, 2017. The panda twins and their younger sister had been living at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. The male-female twins, called Hai Bang and Yang Bang, were born on August 11, 2010, while their younger sister You Bang was born on August 10, 2012.They will undergo a month-long quarantine and orientation period before meeting the public. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)
