As China’s “Panda Ambassador,” Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li attended Wednesday a ceremony to release 6 “teenager” pandas into the wild. Yao himself opened their cages and let them free into the Chengdu Panda Valley.

Click here for more photos and details from the release of the pandas, and about the panda breeding program at the Dujiangyan Research Center where the ceremony was held.

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