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Beijing is to team up with neighboring Tianjin municipality and Hebei province to better protect the Great Wall, which borders the three administrative areas.
Beijing's cultural protection authority says the united approach forms part of the further integration of the three areas.
A cooperation framework agreement will be signed between the three sides and it will be handed to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for coordinated implementation.
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei are home to large parts of the wall, which is the world's largest man-made structure, with a history dating back in the 7th century BC.
Since protection of the wall is covered by different administrative areas, conflicts can occurred when a section is located in a boundary area.
Built in different dynasties, the Great Wall runs for 21,000 kilometers, spanning 15 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.
Beijing is home to more than 600 kilometers of the wall built in the Ming Dynasty around 400 years ago, while Hebei has more than 2,500 kilometers.
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A wild giant panda has showed up inside an apiary in a village in Sichuan Province and didn't leave until it has eaten a dozen bars of honey.
Villagers in Baoxing County discovered the panda prowling around the apiary at around 5pm and believed it could have been attracted by the inviting smell of honey.
The villagers said the panda didn't seem to be afraid of humans as they looked on. It kept looking around for honey and had eaten more than 10 bars of honey before it left.
County officials said it's not surprising for local farmers to have encounters with wild pandas because the local natural environment is well preserved.
Giant pandas are among the world's most endangered species. Statistics from the State Forestry Administration show around 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan in southwest China, while around 300 are held in captivity in zoos worldwide.
