Yongin City Awards Honorary Citizenship to Departing Pandas Luibao and Huibao

Yongin Special City (Mayor Lee Sang-il) has designated Luibao and Huibao, twin giant pandas born at Everland in Yongin, as special honorary citizens and presented "baby resident registration certificates" to Xuebao, born in 2026.

Mayor Lee Sang-il visited Panda World at Everland on the 6th and delivered the "special honorary citizenship certificates" for Luibao and Huibao and the "baby resident registration certificate" for Xuebao to zookeepers Kang Chul-won and Song Young-kwan.

Mayor Lee Sang-il said, "We have awarded a special honorary citizenship certificate to Fu Bao, who brought happiness and inspiration to the people of Korea and Yongin citizens. At that time, we gave baby resident registration certificates to Luibao and Huibao, and now that the two pandas have turned three years old, we are awarding them special honorary citizenship certificates while creating and presenting baby resident registration certificates to Xuebao."

Luibao and Huibao are twin pandas born at Everland in Yongin on July 7, 2023. They are the first pandas born three years after Fu Bao's birth in July 2020 and have received nationwide attention and affection.

Luibao and Huibao will be shown to the public for the last time on December 11, and will enter quarantine procedures for transfer to China starting the 13th.

The city previously awarded a special honorary citizenship certificate to Fu Bao on February 8, 2024, and baby resident registration certificates to Luibao and Huibao, respectively. The city awarded special honorary citizenship certificates to Luibao and Huibao in recognition of their contributions to bringing happiness to many people before their transfer to China.

Xuebao was born at Everland in Yongin on June 3 this year and was first unveiled to the general public on the 30th of last month. The city presented a baby resident registration certificate to Xuebao to commemorate the panda's birth in Yongin.