Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, revealed the name of the panda baby, the first-ever cub¹ born in the country, at a naming ceremony at a zoo in central France on Monday.

 

法国总统马克龙之妻布丽吉特·马克龙周一在法国中部一家动物园内宣布，首只在法国出生的大熊猫幼仔的名字为“圆梦”。
 

 

Joined by Chinese officials, Brigitte Macron, who is also the new panda's godmother, announced that the four-month-old cub's name was Yuan Meng.

 

Born on Aug. 4, the baby panda had been called as "Mini Yuan Zi," referring to his father Yuan Zi, who arrived with his female partner Huan Huan in central France's Beauval zoo in January 2012.

 

"Yuan Meng is the energetic and vigorous fruit of the Franco-Chinese friendship," said Macron.

 

"Yuan Meng and his parents are the illustration of a dialogue that has always been fruitful between our two countries who, for centuries, have got along and understood each other," she added. 

 

The panda baby who will return home to China at the age of three, can be seen by visitors to the zoo as of Jan. 13.

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