Held in their keepers' arms, these giant panda cubs are about to make a group appearance to celebrate the Spring Festival and send Chinese New Year’s wishes to panda fans around the world.
The celebration event, hosted by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), brought together 30 giant panda cubs born in 2025 at the center and at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base.
In video footage shot recently at the Star Giant Panda Nursery House at the base in Chengdu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, energetic panda cubs posed for the camera as they squirmed in their keepers' arms.
The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base is a world-renowned facility for ex-situ conservation, scientific research and breeding, public education, and eco-tourism. It is globally recognized for protecting and breeding endangered Chinese wildlife species such as giant pandas and red pandas.
Panda cubs assemble to send Chinese New Year wishes to the world
The total value of trade in goods between China and Germany reached 1.51 trillion yuan (around 219.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 5.2 percent year on year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China on Wednesday.
Data showed that last year, China's exports to Germany totaled 664.3 billion yuan, while imports from Germany stood at 846.3 billion yuan, suggesting Germany remained China's largest trading partner in Europe, and China reclaimed its spot as Germany's top trading partner after one year.
In 2025, bilateral trade of electromechanical products between the two countries reached 1.07 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 percent, accounting for 70.8 percent of the total bilateral trade.
Among them, trade in autos and parts amounted to 131.5 billion yuan, accounting for 12.3 percent of the total trade volume of electromechanical products. Trade in electronic components, computers and their parts, as well as measuring, testing and analytical instruments reached 74 billion yuan, 73.8 billion yuan and 59.8 billion yuan, respectively.
Meanwhile, bilateral trade in pharmaceuticals and medicinal materials and basic organic chemicals totaled 65.7 billion yuan and 18.4 billion yuan, respectively.
Emerging sectors also recorded growth, with bilateral trade in 3D printers and industrial robots reaching 2.6 billion yuan and one billion yuan, respectively.
The data showed that as the world's second and third largest economies, China and Germany have deeply intertwined industrial and supply chains, with economic and trade cooperation benefiting both sides, delivering real gains to businesses and peoples of the two countries.
China-Germany trade hits 1.51 trillion yuan in 2025
