Huamei, an eight-year-old US-born giant panda, plays in the Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in southwest China's Sichuan Province July 16.

Huamei, an eight-year-old US-born giant panda gave birth to twin cubs on Monday morning in the Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The first cub was born at 6.30 AM while Huamei delivered the second one three hours later. The second, weighing 129.8 grams, is male, while the first one was in the arms of its mother and its gender and weight have yet to be established. Both the cubs and the mother are in good condition, said Li Desheng, vice director of the research center of the Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas.

Two giant panda cubs, born by Huamei, are seen in the Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas.

(China Daily July 20, 2007)