2026年9月24日 / 美国东部时间上午11:53 / 哥伦比亚广播公司亚特兰大分社 / 丹·雷比 报道
中国国家主席习近平周四在与特朗普总统及其他白宫官员会面时宣布了一项熊猫外交举措，表示两只大熊猫是“友谊使者”。
此次简短声明是亚特兰大动物园宣布与中国野生动物保护协会达成新研究协议以来的最新进展。根据该协议的相关安排，双方计划从成都大熊猫繁育研究基地送出雄性大熊猫平平和雌性大熊猫福双。
“我们迫不及待地想要迎接平平和福双的到来，欢迎我们的会员、游客、亚特兰大市民和社区民众重回大熊猫带来的奇妙与欢乐之中，”该动物园园长雷蒙德·B·金曾在今年4月的一份声明中说道。
中国外交部发言人郭家军表示，此次新一轮的大熊猫保护合作将有助于改善大熊猫的健康与福祉，推动全球生物多样性保护，并增进中美两国人民之间的友谊。
亚特兰大动物园与中国此前达成的大熊猫合作协议于2024年到期。根据该协议，大熊猫伦伦和洋洋曾产下七只幼崽。伦伦、洋洋以及它们的两只最小的幼崽已于2024年10月返回中国，它们其余的后代目前也都生活在中国。
目前关于平平和福双何时能抵达亚特兰大的具体细节仍未对外公布。该动物园的一名发言人告诉哥伦比亚广播公司亚特兰大分社，现阶段暂不透露具体日期。与此同时，动物园方面表示，他们正在中方专家的技术指导下推进场馆升级等筹备工作，以便为两只大熊猫打造更舒适、更安全的栖息环境。
自1972年北京向华盛顿史密森尼国家动物园赠送一对大熊猫以来，大熊猫就一直是中美友谊的象征。长期以来，中国一直将大熊猫出借项目作为在全球开展软实力外交的工具。
目前美国境内共有两家动物园饲养有大熊猫。史密森尼国家动物园和圣地亚哥动物园均于2024年从中国获得了大熊猫。
美联社对本篇报道亦有贡献。
China’s Xi says they will send 2 giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, calling them “envoy of friendship”
September 24, 2026 / 11:53 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta / By Dan Raby
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced some panda diplomacy on Thursday during a meeting with President Trump and other White House officials, saying that two pandas are an “envoy of friendship.”
The short announcement was the latest update since the Atlanta zoo announced a new research agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. As part of that agreement, the organization expects to send over male panda Ping Ping and female panda Fu Shuang, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas,” the zoo’s president, Raymond B. King, said in a statement in April.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that the new round of cooperation on conservation would help improve the health and well-being of the giant pandas, advance global biodiversity protection and strengthen the friendship between the Chinese and American people.
Giant panda Qing Bao eats bamboo during the public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
During an earlier giant panda agreement between the zoo and China that concluded in 2024, pandas Lun Lun and Yang Yang gave birth to seven bears, the zoo said. Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their two youngest offspring left Atlanta for China in October 2024, where the rest of their offspring reside.
Details about when Ping Ping and Fu Shuang may arrive in Atlanta remain limited. A spokesperson for the zoo told CBS News Atlanta that they would not be sharing the date at this time. In the meantime, zoo officials say they were carrying out facility upgrades, among other preparation work, to create a more comfortable and safer environment for the pair with technical guidance from Chinese experts.
Giant pandas have been a symbol of the U.S.-China friendship ever since Beijing gifted a pair of pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. in 1972, and China has long used its giant panda loan program as a tool of Beijing’s soft power diplomacy worldwide.
Currently, two zoos in the United States have pandas. The National Zoo and the San Diego Zoo both received pandas from China in 2024.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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