Giant pandas from China to visit San Diego zoo under conservation partnership

Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, who are five and four, have a trip planned to southern California as part of partnership between US and China

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the US, where they will be cared for at the San Diego zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said on Monday.

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers recently visited China to meet the giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their planned trip to southern California. An exact date for the handoff has not been set.