Jackie Chan the famous film star has adopted two pandas from the Chengdu Research Centre. He named them "Cheng Cheng" and "Long Long" for a reported cost of 1 million yuan. (~£100,000 - ~$147,000).

Jackie was appointed "Chengdu Panda Ambassador" by the Chengdu tourism authorities.

It is also reported than Jackie plans to accept donations through his fan club for the pandas.