The Mianyang base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda will be put into trial operation starting Monday.
The Mianyang giant panda base is located at an ecological park in Mianyang City.
Spanning around 120 hectares, the facility can accommodate up to 22,000 visitors daily.
Designed with 54 specialized enclosures, the base integrates panda breeding, medical care, rescue operations, and public education into a single conservation hub.
In early November, 20 giant pandas, comprising eight females and 12 males, were relocated to the new site.
After more than a month of careful acclimatization and scientific care, all pandas have successfully adapted to their new environment and are reported to be in good conditions.
China's new giant panda base to be put on trial operation starting Monday
Fewer than 40 specimens of habenaria plurifoliata, a rare and endangered perennial herbaceous orchid, have been discovered in a nature reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The new discovery bolsters future population surveys, habitat research and conservation efforts for the species.
Discovered for the first time at Longling County's Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve, the plant grows in humid valley meadow in two locations, with each measuring more than 70 centimeters in height.
A single habenaria plurifoliata plant produces 10 to 25 flowers. The blossoms are green or greenish-white, with the upper outer petals slightly curved upward, resembling a sickle or a tongue.
Its flower buds resemble drill bits, while its fruits are spindle-shaped.
This plant has a narrow distribution, found primarily in Yunnan Province, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Guizhou Province in south and southwest China.
Endangered flower found in China's Yunnan
