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 the latest outcome of the joint efforts of both sides to implement the two Presidents’ consensus on deepening people-to-people exchanges. Giant panda conservation cooperation is an integral part of China-U.S. relations and cultural exchanges. Over the past three decades and more, with the personal commitment of both heads of state, the full support of both governments, and the collaboration between researchers in both countries, pandas in the United States have successfully bred and raised 17 cubs, and panda cub survival rates have been raised to over 95%. This has not only forged more bonds of affinity between the two peoples, but also contributed a joint China-U.S. solution to global biodiversity protection, thus serving as a compelling example of how China and the United States working together can get a lot of big and great things done.

The two sides need to seize the momentum created by the arrival of the two pandas, continue to act on the two Presidents’ important consensus, expand the list of cooperation while shortening the list of problems, and actively foster friendship between the two peoples, so as to build a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability on the basis of respect, fairness, and reciprocity with concrete action and promote its sustained development.