It was all business for John Key at New Zealand's new consulate in Chengdu yesterday, but it was all pleasure for his wife, Bronagh - a little bundle of it called Xing Yu, a 3-month-old panda at the Chengdu breeding and research centre.
Mrs Key had to put on protective garments and gloves before she got to hold the baby for five minutes.
Then Xing Yu was taken back to her room, where she apparently sleeps for 20 hours a day.
Before the Keys' arrival in Chengdu, in western China, the PM told reporters it would be great for a New Zealand zoo to get a couple of pandas but there was a lot of international demand and a huge queue.
They also cost about $1 million each.