Giant panda Yuanzai celebrates its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, July 6, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] TAIPEI - Two birthday cakes. Five posters. Countless fans. A superstar shows up and the fans start screaming. It's not a celebrity's meet-and-greet session at a concert, but rather the birthday bash of a giant panda in Taiwan. On Friday, giant panda Yuanzai celebrated its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, drawing large crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the chubby bear. Yuanzai is the baby of two giant pandas, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, sent to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland in 2008. [Photo/Xinhua] The animal showed up at the zoo's Giant Panda House around 9:20 am, and fans immediately used their phones to record every move of the cute animal. It played around, and at one point, climbed up a platform and started to play with the posters on the ceiling, generating quite a buzz among the visitors. It is so cute! said a visitor surnamed Chung. I came here early to see Yuanzai. Giant panda Yuanzai celebrates its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, July 6, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] Yuanzai is the baby of two giant pandas, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, sent to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland in 2008. The female, Yuanyuan, gave birth to Yuanzai in 2013. I have been following the pandas' news since they arrived in Taiwan, Chung said. We even formed a fanclub on Facebook, which updates everything about the pandas. Another visitor surnamed Li brought his daughter to the zoo to see Yuanzai. We heard in newspapers and on TV about Yuanzai's birthday, Li said. My daughter adores pandas. Wang Yi-min, with Taipei Zoo, said they frequently invited experts from the mainland to help with the protection and insemination of the pandas. It is an honor to be part of the protection efforts of giant pandas, she said. We hope to have more cooperation with experts from the mainland to help protect the animals. personalised rubber wristbandsmotivational wristbands for athletesslap wristbandsrubber arm bandsprinted bracelets
China will make full use of Internet Plus to involve people from all walks of life in helping the remaining 43 million people in the country who live in poverty. As part of the effort, a government-sponsored online platform has been established and has attracted about 100,000 warmhearted users who would like to contribute, poverty-relief authorities said in a news conference organized by the State Council Information Office on Wednesday. The country is pressed for time to lift all people out of poverty by 2020, which is when the central government has pledged to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and it's taking advanced measures to fulfill the task. As an important impetus for the development, Internet Plus could offer strong support in the poverty alleviation campaign, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said in a statement. Hong Tianyun, deputy director of the leading group office, said a network platform, using new technologies such as big data, has been established to promote online philanthropy as a response to the central leadership's call to make full use of Internet Plus in poverty alleviation. The platform has 100,000 registered donors connected to 40,000 needy families, though it has only been launched as a trial in 11 cities in six provincial regions, Hong said. With five sub-platforms, including donations, an online store and crowd funding, the platform can be accessed online and via a mobile app, or on WeChat. Poverty-stricken people have published 50,000 posts seeking help on the website and one-fifth of the requests have been met, Gao said. It will get more difficult to lift the remaining people out of poverty, but the network platform could mobilize social powers and bridge them with people from poverty-stricken areas using e-commerce, said Qu Tianjun, another official with the leading group office. Liu Xiang, an official who oversees the network platform, said the government will also help poverty-stricken people with medical services and education through the platform. China lifted 12.4 million rural residents out of poverty last year. There are still 43.3 million people living below the poverty line of 2,300 yuan ($340) in annual income, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. [email protected]
