Giant pandas are among the world's most endangered animals. There are about 1,590 pandas living in China's wild, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. Through 2007, there were 239 captive bred giant pandas in the country.

Kids flock to the panda house to watch the cute fluffy pair.

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan make their debut to the Taiwan public on January 26, 2009, the first day of the China lunar new year vacation.

(Xinhua News Agency January 29, 2009)