The FINANCIAL -- FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx and the world's largest express transportation company, has revealed that the specially- chartered Boeing 777F flight carrying two giant pandas to their new home in France’s ZooParc de Beauval will also be carrying one other Very Important Package—the well-wishes of more than 1,500 local schoolchildren, according to FedEx.

Called “From China with Love,” FedEx Express China invited employees and schoolchildren from the Sichuan Normal University Experimental Foreign Language School, Primary School Affiliated to Chengdu Qingyang Experimental Middle School and Shanghai Pudong Foreign Language Primary School to share handwritten drawings and messages that will be carried onboard the special “FedEx Panda Express” flight on Sunday, Jan. 15.
 

More than 1,500 children from the schools were involved in creating artwork and handwritten messages wishing Huan Huan and Yuan Zi good luck in their new home. ZooParc de Beauval will display a selection of the images in the pandas’ new habitat.
 
Three-year-old female panda Huan Huan and three-year-old male panda Yuan Zi are due to depart on the “FedEx Panda Express” Sunday morning Chengdu time. The pandas’ arrival marks the first time in more than 10 years that giant pandas will reside in France.

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