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<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="eager">eager</span> <span word="semifinalists">semifinalists</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="panda">panda</span> <span word="ambassadors">ambassadors</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Pambassadors">Pambassadors</span>.</p><p><span word="All">All</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="globe">globe</span>-<span word="trotting">trotting</span> <span word="winners">winners</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="panda">panda</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>, <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandas">pandas</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 24 <span word="semifinalists">semifinalists</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="panda">panda</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>, <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="strength">strength</span>, <span word="communications">communications</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="team">team</span>-<span word="working">working</span> <span word="abilities">abilities</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="tested">tested</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 2017 <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Pambassador">Pambassador</span> <span word="program">program</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="month">month</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Base">Base</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Giant">Giant</span> <span word="Panda">Panda</span> <span word="Breeding">Breeding</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="partnership">partnership</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="WildAid">WildAid</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="focusing">focusing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="stopping">stopping</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span> <span word="trade">trade</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yao">Yao</span> <span word="Ming">Ming</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> - <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="panda">panda</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 255,412 <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="contestants">contestants</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contest">contest</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> 59,174 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="online">online</span> "<span word="PandaQuest">PandaQuest</span>" <span word="competition">competition</span>, 24 <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="winners">winners</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span>-<span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>. <span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="finalists">finalists</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="winners">winners</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span> <span word="Pambassadors">Pambassadors</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Panda">Panda</span> <span word="Conservation">Conservation</span> <span word="Tour">Tour</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="habitat">habitat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="pandas">pandas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="panda">panda</span>-<span word="release">release</span> <span word="programs">programs</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reintroduce">reintroduce</span> <span word="captive">captive</span> <span word="bears">bears</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wild">wild</span>.</p>
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