China and Austria sign new giant panda cooperation agreement

The China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and Austria's Schonbrunn Zoo on Wednesday signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on the protection of giant pandas and related research.

A new pair of giant pandas from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda will be sent to Austria under a 10-year project, according to the agreement.

To ensure the pandas' health in Austria, Chinese experts traveled to the country earlier this year to offer guidance on facilities, feeding, food management and health care. The CWCA and Schonbrunn Zoo began cooperating on giant panda protection in 2003.