Two video clips recently taken at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China show delightful and sometimes awkwardly hilarious moments between panda mothers and their cubs.
In the first footage, a mother panda lounges on a wooden platform while her cub frolics nearby. In a comical moment, the mother unexpectedly lifts her tail and make a mess which keepers jokingly call a "green dumpling," just missing her cub. Realizing the excrement, the mother turned around and gently reached out to the baby, as if to check if her cub is still clean and decent.
Another scene shows a panda mother and her cub playfully rolling on the grass, with the mother softly nibbling her cub as a tender gesture of affection.
Based in Chengdu City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Research Base is a globally recognized institution for giant panda relocation and conservation, scientific research, and breeding. It also functions as a public education and eco-tourism center, renowned for its work in protecting and breeding giant pandas, red pandas, and other endangered species unique to China.
Scenes of delightful yet hilarious moments captured between panda mothers, cubs
China's commodity price index stood at 129.9 points in March, up 4 percent month on month and 14.5 percent year on year, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Sunday.
Among the 50 major commodities under key monitoring by the CFLP, 38 recorded a month-on-month price increase in March.
Specifically, diesel, methanol and ethylene glycol led the gains, rising 30.5 percent, 30.4 percent and 29.3 percent, respectively, from the previous month.
Affected by imported factors such as tensions in the Middle East and a sharp rise in international crude oil prices, China's energy and chemical price indices rose significantly, up 16.5 percent and 21.8 percent month on month, respectively.
Driven by rising international fertilizer prices and growing demand for biofuels, China's agricultural product price index increased by 2.8 percent month on month.
Analysts noted that the sharp rise in the commodity price index in March comes from factors such as the recovery of the domestic commodity market, the good outcomes of policies, and the ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
Given the increasingly volatile international commodity prices and the rising uncertainties in importing energy, chemicals and other commodities, it is necessary to diversify the sources of raw materials, expand the use of alternative resources, and enhance the ability to resist and respond to risky factors that may cause fluctuation in markets, said the analysts.
China's commodity price index up 4 pct in March
