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2017-12-05 11:56:40 | From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-12/05/content_35210533.htm

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president, French Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Chinese vice-foreign minister Zhang Yesui (2ndL) and former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, attend a naming ceremony of the panda born at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France, Dec 4, 2017. The 4-month-old cub is called Yuan Meng, which means "the realization of a wish" or "accomplishment of a dream." [Photo/Agencies]

PARIS - Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, revealed the name of the panda baby, the first-ever cub born in the country, at a naming ceremony at a zoo in central France on Monday.

Joined by Chinese officials, Brigitte Macron, who is also the new panda's godmother, announced that the four-month-old cub's name was Yuan Meng.

Born on Aug 4, the baby panda had been called as "Mini Yuan Zi," referring to his father Yuan Zi, who arrived with his female partner Huan Huan in central France's Beauval zoo in January 2012.

"Yuan Meng is the energetic and vigorous fruit of the Franco-Chinese friendship," said Macron.

"Yuan Meng and his parents are the illustration of a dialogue that has always been fruitful between our two countries who, for centuries, have got along and understood each other," she added.

The panda baby who will return home to China at the age of three, can be seen by visitors to the zoo as of Jan 13.

On Aug 4, Huan Huan gave birth to twin cubs, the first panda babies born in France. She took care of the first cub immediately after its birth, but abandoned the first after the second cub was born, a common practice among pandas.

In the wild, female pandas raise only one cub, the "strongest", the one that has the most chances of survival.

There are about 2,000 pandas in the world. They are classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Yuan Meng, a four-month-old baby panda, is seen inside his enclosure during a ceremony at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France, Dec 4, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president, attends a naming ceremony of the panda born at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France, Dec 4, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president, China's vice minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Yesui and Rodolphe Delord, director of the zoo, attend a naming ceremony of the panda born at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France, Dec 4, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president, delivers a speech during a naming ceremony of the panda born at the Beauval Zoo, in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France, Dec 4, 2017.[Photo/Agencies]

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president, waves as she poses with children dressed in panda outfits during a naming ceremony of the panda born at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France, Dec 4, 2017.[Photo/Agencies]

Yuan Meng, a four-month-old baby panda, is seen inside his enclosure during a ceremony at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France, Dec 4, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

Yuan Zi, a male giant panda, who is the father of Yuan Meng, is pictured inside his enclosure at the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France, Dec 4, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

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