An adorable giant panda cub was captured sitting domineeringly on a "wooden throne" like a baby boss while relishing in a feast of bamboo at a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The baby panda, Lun Wu, was spotted enjoying the meal in an elaborately-made wooden chair. Such environmental enrichment furniture is designed to satisfy the physiological and psychological needs of captive animals, allowing them to engage in natural acts to avoid stereotypic behaviors and maintain physical and mental health.
The heart-melting footage of the black-and-white bear Lun Wu was filmed on Oct 25 at the Star Giant Panda Nursery House in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Lun Wu, born in 2023, is affectionately nicknamed "Little Oboi" due to his resemblance to an outrageous historical character in his early days. His mother is Mei Lun, one of the twin sisters born at the Atlanta Zoo in the United States in 2013, who came back to the Chengdu panda base in 2016.
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a world-renowned institution for the conservation of giant pandas. The base is famous for its work in protecting and breeding giant pandas, red pandas and other endangered wild animal species exclusive to China, as well as for its educational outreach programs and its role as a major tourist attraction.
Adorable panda cub relishes in bamboo feast on "wooden throne" like baby boss
China's e-commerce sector has maintained healthy growth from January to October, with total online retail sales rising by 8.8 percent during the period, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.
In the first 10 months this year, the country's online retail sales totaled 12.4 trillion yuan (about 1.7 trillion U.S. dollars). Of this, online retail sales of physical goods reached 10.3 trillion yuan (about 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars), up 8.3 percent year on year, the ministry's data showed.
In October, boosted by the National Day holiday, the 'Double 11' shopping festival and trade-in program, online retail sales maintained steady growth, with rapid increases in the purchase of digital products and service consumption.
For example, online sales of smart home devices and mobile phones rose by 14.2 percent and 12.2 percent year on year, respectively, in October, while sales of range hoods and household stoves surged by 93 percent and 46.8 percent, respectively. Internet service consumption also increased by 15.5 percent.
In addition, the expansion of e-commerce has helped increase online sales of overseas fresh produce by making it easier to reach Chinese consumers.
From January to October, sales of Chilean cherries and Malaysian durians on Chinese e-commerce platforms increased by 107.8 percent and 23.6 percent year on year, respectively, according to the data.
China's online retail sales up 8.8 pct from January to October
