On November 6, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said in his remarks at the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove at Zoo Atlanta that the arrival of the new pair of pandas is China’s sincere response to the aspirations of the American people. For years, “pandamonium” has swept through Atlanta, across the State of Georgia, and throughout the United States. Love for pandas is everywhere people turn: Atlantans have a tradition of donating fresh bamboo from their yards to pandas, and the zoo even set up a Bamboo Hotline. Anyone whose bamboo is selected as “Panda Exclusive” will become the pride of their neighborhood. That love also reaches sky-high: the FedEx Panda Express carrying Ping Ping and Fu Shuang was once the most-tracked international flight in the world.

Ambassador Xie expressed his heartfelt thanks to all friends who have long supported giant panda conservation cooperation, noting that it is their enthusiasm and dedication that have turned people’s dreams into reality, and brought pandas across the Pacific for a joyful gathering.