This one, I had the chance to see it twice, in two natural reserves. One was in Belgium and one in France (see this post of @lamouthe for this. There was a couple of pandas in both cases, in they gave birth to a baby (that we saw in Belgium but not in France as too small). China is really doing a lot for their pandas and this is great, although I am sure there are some economical reasons behind as well. But if this can help preserving the pandas, fine with me :)
It's nice China played a big part in preserving this animal . This should pass a lesson across to other countries who are less concerned about the animals around them. I agree with you, preservation of any endangered specie should come first.