San Francisco Mayor London Breed addresses economic hope, ‘panda diplomacy’ after China visit [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed returned home Sunday with news about her seven-day economic development trip to China. And above all – bringing pandas to the city.

“We were truly successful in our trip, we had meetings with government officials, airlines and business leaders we held forums with people interested in doing business in San Francisco,” said Breed.

But Breed said the highlight of the trip had nothing to do with business.

“Of course what everybody is excited about is pandas,” said Breed.

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Mayor Breed signed an agreement with Chinese wildlife officials to bring pandas to the San Francisco Zoo, as soon as early next year.

“We expect a pair of pandas, they are expected to come as soon as we are able to raise the resources to do all the permitting. We need to make sure we …