China's innovative panda toys get popular around world

This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024 shows stuffed panda toys by SeeU Panda at a cultural and creative product store in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

A staff member introduces stuffed panda toy products via livestreams at a studio of the Panda Factory headquarters in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member makes stuffed panda toy parts out of sheepskin at a workshop of Panda Factory in Heze, east China's Shandong province, March 12, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua)

A quality inspector (R) advises a stylist on the modification of a stuffed panda toy at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A researcher tests a stuffed panda toy's sensing vocal parts at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Stylist Liu Xianlin refines a stuffed panda toy at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024 shows a stuffed panda toy at a cultural and creative product store in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

A staff member cleans a stuffed panda toy before packing up at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A stylist refines a stuffed panda toy at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Visitors look at the stuffed panda toys by Panda Factory at the Paris Design Week in Paris, France, Sept. 5, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua)

Stylists refine stuffed panda toys at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A girl selects stuffed panda toys at a cultural and creative product store in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

A staff member shows a stuffed toy made in the image of 6-month-old giant panda "Fubao" at the headquarters of the Panda Factory in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member cleans a stuffed panda toy before packing up at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A quality inspector checks stuffed panda toy products at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member prepares to take pictures of a stuffed panda toy made in the image of 6-month-old giant panda "Fubao" at the headquarters of the Panda Factory in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A stylist assembles a stuffed panda toy at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Staff members transport the packed panda toys at the workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Wang Bo (R), a senior product developer, and Xiang Tao, a staff member of the research and development department, discuss revising the design draft of a giant panda toy at the Panda Factory headquarters in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Staff members shoot a short video of a stuffed panda toy made in the image of a 22-day-old panda cub at the Panda Factory headquarters in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member assembles a stuffed panda toy at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member cleans a stuffed panda toy before packing up at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member introduces stuffed panda toy products via livestreams at a studio of the Panda Factory headquarters in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 20, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A staff member cuts sheepskin used for making parts of stuffed panda toys at a workshop of SeeU Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 21, 2024. In recent years, taking famous giant pandas like He Hua, Meng Lan, Xiang Xiang and Fu Bao as prototypes, companies such as "SeeU Panda" and "Panda Factory" have designed stuffed panda toys with high similarity to real pandas using 3D modeling and other technologies.

So far, more than 50,000 customized simulated panda toys have been sold to more than 50 countries and regions around the world by these firms. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)