The Ocean Park Hong Kong celebrated the first birthday of the first locally-born panda twins, Jia Jia and De De with specially-made cake on Friday, captivating visitors as the cubs playfully feasted.
Exactly one year before, on August 15, 2024, giant panda Ying Ying gave birth to the twin pandas Jia Jia and De De at the same park whose Cantonese names symbolize family unity and prosperity respectively.
Since Hong Kong's return to the motherland on July 1, 1997, the central government has gifted pandas to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) several times.
In 1999, marking the 2nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the central government gifted female panda Jia Jia and male panda An An to HKSAR. Pitifully, Jia Jia passed away in 2016 at age 38; An An died in 2022 at age 35.
For the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 2007, pandas Le Le and Ying Ying arrived at the Ocean Park Hong Kong.
In September 2024, a third pair - An An and Ke Ke - arrived from the Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Pandas (CCRCGP) to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong celebrates first birthday of first locally-born panda twins
China is willing to open its original technologies to the whole world and share the fruits of innovation with all people, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Friday at a press conference in Beijing.
Lin noted that innovation has become a keyword for China's economic and social development.
The Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development adopted in October 2025 mentioned "innovation" 61 times, Lin said.
In recent years, according to the spokesman, China has seen major sci-tech achievements emerge thick and fast, and its global innovation index ranking has risen from 34th in 2012 to 10th in 2025.
"China has long regarded science and technology as the primary productive force. Through strengthened conceptual guidance, policy direction and institutional reforms, it has effectively leveraged its market and talent advantages, enabling enterprises to become the main actors of innovation. Through persistent and long-term efforts, China has forged a successful path with technological innovation leading industrial innovation, and industrial upgrading, in turn, promoting technological iteration. This has made innovation a fundamental driving force behind China's economic development," said Lin.
Lin said while competition may accompany the process of innovation, it is by no means the goal of innovation.
"China's innovation is notably open and open-source, in pursuit of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. China's space station has attracted the participation of 23 institutions from 17 countries for its first batch of cooperation projects. China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope) is open to observation applications from scientists worldwide. China has initiated the establishment of a global artificial intelligence (AI) cooperation organization and proposed the AI+ International Cooperation Initiative, and is committed to promoting open, inclusive, and beneficial AI development for all. DeepSeek is open to global developers in an open-source manner for use and improvement. These are just a few examples among many," Lin said.
"China is willing to share original technologies and innovation scenarios with the world. Through open cooperation, it aims for mutual empowerment and common growth, ensuring that the fruits of innovation better benefit all humanity," he said.
China willing to open its original technologies to world: FM spokesman
