two pandas in Belgium

[ana_pirogova]

A red carpet welcome awaits two distinguished Chinese visitors to Belgium on Sunday. Arriving at Brussels airport in a chartered Boeing 747, the couple and their entourage will be met on the tarmac by prime minister Elio Di Rupo, before being whisked to their new home: a zoo.

The two – male panda Xing Hui (which means Twinkling Star) and female Hao Hao (Cute) – are already celebrities in China. They already have their own Twitter feed and Hao Hao was last year China's favourite panda at the international Giant Panda Zoo Awards.

The pandas will stay in the Pairi Daiza animal park near Mons

Pairi Daiza is spending €8 million on a special 300-square-metre Chinese garden for the pandas to make the pair feel at home, including separate 120 square metre residences for each.

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