China: First giant panda twins of 2026 born at Chinese conservation center.

Shotlist Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of giant panda Qian Qian with cub 2. Cub in incubator 3. Various of keeper measuring cub's body with measuring tape Storyline The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in southwest China's Sichuan Province announced on Thursday that it has welcomed the year's first giant panda twins born in captivity, with both cubs in good health. The cubs were delivered by a panda named Qianqian at the Ya'an base of CCRCGP on June 10. In her enclosure, Qianqian constantly licked her cub while caring for it, keeping it warm, clean, and free from infection, while also maintaining skin moisture and promoting defecation. The other cub is in the nursery under staff care. The two cubs will take turns staying with their mother. Staff said captive pandas have a 50-50 chance of having a single cub or twins. Since a mother cannot raise two cubs at once, the center lets the mother raise one while keepers care for the other to boost survival rates. Qianqian was born on September 11, 2006, mated naturally at the Wolong Shenshuping base in early February and was transferred to the Ya'an base later that month.