The female cub is the first panda to be born in Shanghai, China
She has been named 'Peanut', or 'Hua Sheng' in Chinese, after a poll
Zoo said 'Hua Sheng' means 'to settle, to grow and to breed'
The tiny animal met the public for the first time on September 15
A female panda cub has been named 'Peanut' in China.
The tiny bear met the public for the first time yesterday - 10 weeks after she was born at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park, reported the People's Daily Online.
The name 'Peanut', or 'Hua Sheng' in Chinese, was chosen after winning a poll organised by the park and participated by around 50,000 people.
According to the park, they chose the name 'Hua Sheng' because it means 'to take root, to grow and to breed'.
Peanut is the first panda to be born in Shanghai.
The cub is the child of 20-year-old panda Guo Guo, who gave birth to her on July 9.
Cao Liang, the deputy director of the Shanghai Wild Animal Park, said the baby panda is in 'great health'.
Mr Cao told local reporters: 'She weighs 3,285 grams (116 ounces) now. When she was born, she only weighed 151 grams (5.3 grams).
Peanut had also grown from 14.3 centimetres (5.6 inches) to 52 centimetres (20 inches) in length, according to Mr Cao.
Mr Cao also said Peanut could open her eyes, but she was not able to crawl yet.
Pictures released by Chinese media show Peanut snuggling up to her mother and getting measured during her debut.
Visitors scrambled to take pictures of the fluffy animal, whose black-and-white coat was just thick enough to cover the pink skin.
An expert from Chengdu-based Panda Foundation told MailOnline that a newborn panda's weight is one-thousandth of its mother's.
A panda is born with pink skin and white fur. Black fur starts to grow when the cub reaches one week old.
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