China said on Wednesday it would send two giant pandas to Denmark during Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen's visit.

 

丹麦首相拉尔斯·勒克·拉斯穆森访华期间，中国表示将向丹麦派送两只大熊猫。
 

 

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang and Rasmussen held talks on Wednesday afternoon and witnessed the signing of cooperation documents on food and drug supervision², quarantine and panda protection, among others.

 

It will be the first time China has sent pandas to Denmark.

 

"The Danish prime minister visited Chengdu to see the two giant pandas to be sent to the Copenhagen Zoo to live there for some time. But the arrival of the pandas in Denmark will depend on when Denmark gets (the Panda House) ready," Liu Weimin, an official with the Chinese Foreign Ministry³ told reporters after the talks.

 

"The giant pandas, as messengers of friendship, will play a positive role to our bilateral⁴ relations," Liu said.

 

Copenhagen Zoo revealed in March the design of the panda house. Construction will begin in November and take about a year, according to Copenhagen Zoo director and CEO Steffen Straede.

 

China and Denmark unveiled a plan to deepen cooperation from 2017 to 2020 and agreed to expand two-way trade and investment. Both sides identified agriculture, fisheries, food security, health and tourism as major areas for cooperation.

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