This month marks the anniversary of French Catholic missionary Pere Jean Pierre Armand David introducing the western world to that most wonderful of creatures the Giant Panda.

To celebrate there is a 350km hike and a film festival.

The hike would depart from the West China Medical School of Sichuan University in Chengdu on 15th August and follow the footsteps of Armand David to Ya'an. Then ending at the panda centre at Bifengxia on the 25th August.

A week long festival with 40 films featuring pandas will be shown starting 19th August.