Pandas to be released outside of Sichuan

China plans to release one or two giant pandas into the wild in a nature reserve in Jiangxi province, the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas said.

They will be the first giant pandas released into the wild outside Sichuan province, where 13 had been released by the end of last year.

The center said a meeting of experts held in Jiangxi recently decided that one or two pandas will be transported from Sichuan to Jiangxi and be released into the Jiangxi Guanshan National Nature Reserve.

The nature reserve has a mild climate and a relatively intact ecosystem, with abundant bamboo resources and little human interference, making it a good place for giant pandas and other wild animals to live and reproduce.