San Francisco's Mayor, London Breed, is on a panda mission! 🇨🇳🐼✨ Accompanied by a delegation of 30 officials, she's visiting the Chinese mainland this week, eyeing not just business opportunities but also the possibility of bringing adorable pandas back to the San Francisco Zoo.
\"My plan is to do everything I can to make it clear that our San Francisco Zoo stands ready, willing, and able to host pandas,\" Mayor Breed expressed enthusiastically in Shenzhen City on Monday. \"We think it's a wonderful opportunity. Panda diplomacy is important as a way to build bridges. Can you imagine how exciting that would be for a city like San Francisco?\"
Breed believes that bringing pandas back could revitalize the city and boost tourism. \"I believe pandas will revitalize San Francisco,\" echoed a member of her delegation.
In previous interviews, the mayor highlighted her goals to improve relationships with China and to position San Francisco as a driving force of innovation and economic leadership. And let's be honest, who wouldn't want to see cute pandas roaming around the zoo? 🥰
Stay tuned, San Francisco! The panda excitement might just be coming back to town! 🐼🎉
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San Francisco's mayor looks forward to bringing back pandas from China
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