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Chinese Government provides 2 pandas to Kuala Lumpur's Zoo Negara for 10-year period

Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•MalaysiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MalaysiaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2014
Start (actual)
May 1, 2014
End (actual)
May 1, 2014

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the provision of two pandas to Kuala Lumpur's Zoo Negara. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/30158563

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Malaysia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Malaysian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • China Wildlife Conservation Association

Loan description

Chinese Government provides 2 pandas to Kuala Lumpur's Zoo Negara for 10-year period

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2012, the Malaysian Government signed an agreement with China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). This agreement paved the way for a ‘breeding loan’ for a pair of giant pandas from China to Malaysia. The breeding loan agreement signing was witnessed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and a Member of the Permanent Committee of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) Central Political Bureau Committee, He Guaqiang. The two giant pandas, which were to be loaned for 10 years, were described as a symbol of the 40th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, to be celebrated in 2014. Malaysia received the pandas in May 2014 and they were to reside in Kuala Lumpur's Zoo Negara. Based on the news release from the Malaysiakini, due to the budget consideration and in line with the requirements of the agreement (revision every three years), it is uncertain whether to continue to keep the giant pandas with the second cub. However, the two pandas are still in Malaysia in 2018 according to the news.

Staff comments

A breeding loan is a type of barter transaction. It usually involves the transfer of a breeding animal to mate with another animal, and the return of a proportion of the progeny as well as the return of the original breeding animal to the supplier/lender.