Volunteers began 1 month caring work for pandas

Tourists from Europe feed giant pandas at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Pandas in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2015. Twelve Europeans from six countries, fans of panda, will travel around Sichuan in the following month. They started the journey from Paris on June 15 together with experts and celebrities, and spent over 40 days driving before they finally arrived in Sichuan on Saturday. [Photo: Xinhua]

Twelve volunteers chosen from around the world have begun their one-month caring work for pandas in southwest China's Sichuan province.

"It was so cute, I've never seen a panda that young before, so cute, it was amazing, I love it,"

At the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, volunteers get up around 5am on their first day, putting on insulation garments and gloves.

An important aspect of the volunteers' workload is keeping the pandas' habitat clean. They clean up faeces and dried bamboo left on the ground, and bring in fresh stocks of bamboo when necessary.

The panda breeder says it's important to simulate the wild living environment.

After the first day of work, the twelve volunteers also visited the world's first panda twins born this year.