It is a long history since the giant panda became a messenger of peace and friendship. According to records in the Japanese Royal Annual, Emperor Wuzetian in the Tang Dynasty presented to Japanese Temmu a pair of living giant pandas and 70 pieces of fur of the animal as a national gift in 658 A.D. During the period between 1957 and 1982, a total of 23 giant pandas were successively presented by China to nine countries – the Soviet Union, North Korea, America, Japan, France, Britain, Federal Germany, Mexico and Spain. In 1990 Beijing Asian Games, the giant panda appeared as the mascot “Panpan” who was holding a medal in his hand. It then became a household image in China. Furthermore, Fuwa Jingjing, one of the five Fuwas as the mascot of Beijing 2008 Olympics Games, has been created with the giant panda as the prototype.

There are three species of the Chinese Golden Monkey. They are Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Golden Monkeys. Yunnan Golden Monkeys live in the depths of Chinese fir forests in the snow covered mountains of Yunnan-Tibeten areas, with the population of about one thousand. Guizhou Golden Monkeys are usually found in Fanjingshan Mountain in Guizhou Province. Its population is just over 700. The most widely known species is Sichuan Golden Monkeys that are distributed in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei and Gansu. They live in broadleaf forests or coniferous and broadleaved mixed forests 1400-3000 meters above sea level. Their habitat is almost the same as that of the Giant Panda. And like the Giant Panda, the Golden Monkey is unable to bear scorching heat and can survive severe cold. The Golden Monkey is a gregarious animal that live in family groups, with the biggest herds of up to 600 individuals. Such a large group is something of a rarity in primates. Golden Monkeys mainly live in trees and they also seek food on the ground. Their main food includes tree leaves, tender branches, flowers, fruits, bark, roots, insects, birds and bird eggs.

Golden Monkeys have been on loan display in foreign countries for many times, attracting the adoration from people of all countries.