Panda pair leaves for Moscow zoo

Ru Yi, a three-year-old male, and Ding Ding, a two-year-old female, will arrive in Moscow at 10:00 pm Beijing Time the same day, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in southwest China's Sichuan Province said.

Li Shuming, deputy head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, presided over the send-off ceremony at CCRCGP's Bifengxia base in Ya'an of Sichuan. Svetlana Akulova, head of the Moscow Zoo, also attended the ceremony.