To mark the twentieth anniversary of Singapore's diplomatic relations between Singapore and the People's Republic of China in 2010, a pair of black and white envoys, in the form of giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia, will be in town for the next 10 years. Singapore will be the ninth country to receive giant pandas from China since 1994.

The two envoys, Kai Kai and Jia Jia, are from the Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Base, a two-hour drive from Chengdu City in the Szechuan province of China. Kai Kai, which means "victorious" in Chinese, was born on 14 September 2007. Jia Jia, which symbolises beauty in Chinese, was born on 3 September 2008.

The giant pandas will be staying in their habitat situated at the Yangtze River zone of River Safari. In the same zone, apart from the giant panda exhibit which is the largest in Southeast Asia, other endangered wildlife from China will be showcased, such as the giant salamander and red pandas.

River Safari will be Asia's first and only river-themed wildlife park, and is the newest addition to Wildlife Reserves Singapore's portfolio of award-winning parks. Occupying 12 hectares, it will be home to over 150 plant species, 300 animal species and over 5,000 individual animal specimens, including one of the world's largest collections of freshwater aquatic animals. A large part of the park will be designed to profile the Rivers of the World, which comprise great waterways such as the Amazon River, Mekong River and River Nile.

Artistically illustrated by local international artiste Edmund Chen, this set of stamps show the various poses of Kai Kai and Jia Jia as well as their distinctive features.

Special thanks to Wildlife Reserves Singapore for the provision of research materials and visuals to make this stamp issue possible.