Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Recent (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Incubators
2. Various of Shen Jiena, staff, Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, taking care of giant panda cub
3. Giant panda cub covered by blanket
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shen Jiena, staff, Qinling Giant Panda Research Center (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"The female cub who was delivered by Yongyong is the first panda born at the center this year. Her weight has gradually risen to more than 160 grams."
5. Video footage shows giant panda Yongyong's delivery
6. Shen taking care of giant panda Qinqin
7. Qinqin
8. Shen putting cubs in box
9. Shen working with colleague
10. Shen holding cub to incubator
11. Cub in incubator
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shen Jiena, staff, Qinling Giant Panda Research Center (starting with shot 11):
"She gave birth to twins. Generally speaking, a giant panda could only raise one baby at a time, so we had to put one into the incubator when she is feeding the other one. When the cub with its mother is fed, we switch it with another cub, they take turns to be breastfed. So, it's kind of weary (for Qinqin) ."
13. Staff taking care of panda
14. Panda drinking milk
15. Qinling Giant Panda Research Center
16. Stone with words reading (Chinese): "Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, Giant Panda National Park"
17. Various of panda

Breeders at a giant panda research base in northwest China's Shaanxi Province are taking meticulous care of three panda cubs that were newly born this month, making sure that they can grow up fast and safe at the base.

Yongyong, a six-year-old giant panda, delivered her first baby weighing 152 grams last Monday at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center.

The cub, which was the first to born at the base, is growing rapidly with breeders on hand twenty-four seven.

"The female cub who was delivered by Yongyong is the first panda born at the center this year. Her weight has gradually risen to more than 160 grams," said Shen Jiena, a staff member at the base.

Only five days later, another giant panda living at the base, seven-year-old Qinqin, also become a mother after giving birth to a pair of female twins after six months of pregnancy. The adorable pair weighed 136 grams and 127 grams respectively.

After the birth of the twins, breeders have been working in 24-hour shifts to help the mother take care of her babies as it would be too difficult for the new mother to handle two needy children at one time.

"She gave birth to twins. Generally speaking, a giant panda could only raise one baby at a time, so we had to put one into the incubator when she is feeding the other one. When the cub with its mother is fed, we switch it with another cub, they take turns to be breastfed. So, it's kind of weary (for Qinqin) ," Shen said.

The research base is home to 31 giant pandas and its main task is to boost the population of captive giant pandas and other endangered wild animals in Shaanxi.