The opening ceremony of a laboratory for rare animals in the Giant Panda National Park was held in the Dujiangyan base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on Tuesday.

The Key Laboratory of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park is the first State-level laboratory in the field of panda conservation and research.

Planning for the Giant Panda National Park began on Jan 31, 2017, when the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and State Council issued a circular on the project.