China to Send Two New Pandas to Washington’s National Zoo

(Bloomberg) — A new pair of giant pandas will arrive in Washington by the end of the year, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo said Wednesday.

Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 2 years old, will be on loan through April 2034 as part of a research and breeding agreement between the U.S. and China. Both pandas and any of their offspring will remain the property of China.