Yongin City Awards Honorary Citizenship Certificates to Twin Pandas Rui Bao and Hui Bao Ahead of Move to China
Mayor Lee Sangil Presents Bamboo Honorary Citizenship Certificates at Everland
Shubao, Born This Year, Receives Commemorative "Baby Resident Registration Card"
Twin Pandas' Final Public Appearance on December 11; Quarantine Begins on December 13
Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, awarded special honorary citizenship certificates to Rui Bao and Hui Bao, Everland’s twin giant pandas, ahead of their transfer to China. The pandas will bid farewell to visitors on December 11 and begin quarantine on December 13 in preparation for their move to China.
Yongin Mayor Lee Sang-il (center) poses for a commemorative photo with zookeepers Kang Cheol-won (right) and Song Young-gwan after the award ceremony at Everland on the 6th. Photo courtesy of Yongin City.
View original imageOn November 6, Yongin Mayor Lee Sangil presented the certificates to zookeepers Kang Cheolwon and Song Yeonggwan at Panda World in Everland. Shubao, who was born at Everland on June 3 this year and first introduced to visitors on October 30, received a “baby resident registration card” to mark his birth.
Rui Bao and Hui Bao are twin pandas born at Everland in Yongin on July 7, 2023, three years after Fubao was born in July 2020. In February 2024, when it awarded Fubao a special honorary citizenship certificate, Yongin City also presented “baby resident registration cards” to the twins, who were then seven months old.
The certificates were made from bamboo brought from Damyang, South Jeolla Province. They read: “In recognition of the joy and vitality you have brought to people across the country, we present you with this certificate so that you may cherish your bond with Yongin Special City.”
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Mayor Lee said, “As mayor, I presented Fubao with a special honorary citizenship certificate in February 2024 for bringing happiness and moving moments to the people of Korea and Yongin residents. At the time, I gave Rui Bao and Hui Bao baby resident registration cards. Now that the two pandas are three years old, I am presenting them with special honorary citizenship certificates and having a baby resident registration card made for Shubao.”
Mayor Lee Sang-il (center) and City Council Chair Jang Jeong-sun (second from left) pose for a commemorative photo with Song Kyu-jong, CEO of Samsung C&T's Resort Division (second from right), and zookeepers Kang Cheol-won (far right) and Song Young-gwan at Everland on the 6th. Provided by Yongin City.
View original imageHe added, “Thanks to the devoted care of zookeepers Kang Cheolwon and Song Yeonggwan, the giant pandas have grown at Everland and brought many moving moments to the people of Korea and Yongin residents. I hope the pandas stay healthy and happy at Everland and continue to bring great joy to the people of Korea and Yongin residents.”
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