On 21 January, Ambassador Xiao Qian attended the welcome ceremony for the giant pandas ‘Xing Qiu’ and ‘Yi Lan’ hosted by the South Australian Government. Australian Prime Minister’s representative, Federal Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell, Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, Secretary General of the China Wildlife Conservation Association Yan Jian, Consul-General Li Dong, and more than 200 people from all walks of life and local ‘panda fans’ participated in the event.