French First Lady Brigitte Macron attends the naming ceremony of panda cub Yuan Meng (meaning “Dream Fulfillment”) on Dec. 4, 2017. Photo: Thibault Camus/VCG

Yuan Meng was born on Aug. 4, 2017 through artificial insemination at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France, the first giant panda born in the European country. His mother, nine-year-old Huan Huan (meaning “Happy”) and her male partner Yuan Zi (“Chubby”) arrived in January 2012 on a 10-year loan from China. Photo: IC Photo

Panda baby Yuan Meng plays with his mother Huan Huan during his public debut on Jan. 13, 2018. Photo: VCG

Yuan Meng sits by a three-layer cake during his birthday celebration ceremony at the Beauval Zoo on Aug. 4, 2018. Photo: Pierrick Delobelle/VCG

Yuan Meng eats bamboo inside its enclosure on April 28. Photo: Guillaume Souvant/VCG

French First Lady Brigitte Macron (right) and Beauval Zoo’s director Rodolphe Delord pose in front Yuan Meng on May 17. Photo: Guillaume Souvant/VCG

Visitors watch and take photos of Yuan Meng on July 24, his last day at the Beauval Zoo. Photo: VCG

French First Lady Brigitte Macron (center) looks at Yuan Meng as it lies in its box before boarding a plane at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province on July 25. Photo: Guillaume Souvant/VCG

The plane carrying Yuan Meng from France lands at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Wednesday. Photo: VCG