A courageous wild giant panda was spotted heroically striving to traverse river rapids at the Dajiangou scenic area in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Tuesday.
The footage, captured by a tourist, shows a chubby body with black and white fur clinging to a boulder mid-river, apparently struggling to maintain its grip. After plunging into the water, the plump creature managed to take hold of a lower rock before waddling its way back up, eventually reaching the shore successfully.
According to the staff at the scenic area, this is not the first time that humans have encountered wild giant pandas in the area. Up to four giant pandas have been observed simultaneously.
The Dajiangou scenic area belongs to the Shaanxi Huangbaiyuan National Nature Reserve.
Wild giant panda triumphs after daring river-crossing in Shaanxi
China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Monday urged efforts to unite and guide people in the private sector to become pioneers of high-quality development and promoters of common prosperity, thus playing a prominent part in advancing Chinese modernization.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks in Beijing at a seminar marking the 30th anniversary of the Guangcai Program, a public undertaking that aims to unite private entrepreneurs to promote common prosperity.
Hailing the contributions of the program in fronts such as poverty alleviation, rural revitalization and the private sector's development, Wang called for efforts to enhance the Party's overall leadership over the program, deepen the program's reform and innovation, and promote its self-improvement, so that it can yield more fruitful results.
The seminar was presided over by Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
China's top political advisor urges uniting private sector toward Chinese modernization
