On May 15, 2020, representatives from the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Foundation, together with the teachers and students of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School, held a small and special donation ceremony during the special period of the COVID-19 epidemic.

From 2010 to 2020, the teachers and students of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School have continued to adopt the giant panda Yuan Yuan and are inspired to continue their efforts working for the conservation of wildlife for all time. The number 10 represents perfection in Chinese. Ten years means a long time commitment for protecting giant pandas, that does not waver. During the past ten years, students here have graduated every year, however, the spirit of persistence for making donations to giant pandas has passed on to every new student. Even when the fierce epidemic struck this year, it did not stop the teachers and students  from participating in the conservation of giant pandas.

As the host, Ms. Luo, from the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School, announced that the donation ceremony began.

The representatives from the Panda Foundation received donations from the teachers and the students of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School. Donations were raised by selling paintings, calligraphy and writing couplets during the Spring Festival and making panda fans last summer.

A representative from the Panda Foundation issued the donation certificate and the donation invoice to a student representative.

A representative from the Panda Foundation spoke.

The representatives from the Panda Foundation expressed gratitude to the teachers and the students of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School for their persistence in the past ten years, and encouraged the students to pass on the spirit of persistence to learn more and do more meaningful things to conserve wildlife in the future.

The student representatives spoke, sharing the special feelings they have for the giant panda Yuan Yuan.

The representatives from the Panda Foundation presented  official stuffed panda dolls as souvenirs to the student representatives. We hope they can learn more knowledge about giant pandas and other endangered animals.

Ms. Chen, the director of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School concluded the ceremony with an emotional speech.“We have stayed together with the giant panda Yuan Yuan for the last ten years, and now we have close ties with giant pandas and other endangered and rare animals. Thus, it is not the end, but the beginning,  “ Ms Chen said.

With tacit understanding and cooperation, we completed the donation ceremony in 20 minutes. The persistence of ten years of donation represents the continuation of all good things. The love and dedication for endangered and rare animals demonstrated by the teachers and the students of the Elementary School Attached to Sanyuan Foreign Language School for 10 years is noteworthy and we hope this inspires more and more people to join in the conservation effort in the future.