Increase seen in number of wild pandas

The number of wild pandas in Northwest China's Gansu province increased 15 percent to 132 between 2001 and the end of last year, according to official survey results released on Friday.

The area covered by panda habitats also increased 3.3 percent in the period.

However, the survey warned that the addition of two hydropower plants, 122 kmof roads and 22 km of high-voltage transmission lines in the habitat has disturbed the pandas.