Number of captive pandas increases to 600 globally(1/7)

A giant panda is photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

A total of 60 captive panda cubs were born, 57 of which survived this year, leading to a captive panda population of 600 worldwide, China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Tuesday.

The administration made public the figure at a meeting featuring the giant panda breeding, technology and research, kicked off Tuesday in the city of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The rising number of captive pandas showed that a healthy, dynamic and sustainable captive panda population has basically taken shape, according to the administration, adding research on wild giant pandas is also making progress.

A giant panda is photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Giant pandas play at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Giant pandas are photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Giant pandas are photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Giant pandas are photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

A giant panda is photographed at Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)