The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia

The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia, has reached the important 40-day milestone on Tuesday in good health, marking a substantive achievement in panda conservation cooperation between China and Indonesia.

The panda cub was born on Nov 27 at the Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor of West Java province, to female panda Hu Chun, one of the two giant pandas sent to Indonesia in 2017 under a 10-year conservation cooperation program with China.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto officially named the newborn Satrio Wiratama, which means a brave and honorable knight with noble character, expressing hopes for resilience and strong cooperation between Indonesia and China in protecting endangered species, with the cub later taking on the shorter nickname of ‘Rio’. The 40-day milestone is seen as a key marker of a newborn panda cub’s health, as it is around this point it begins to open its eyes and sees fur growth.