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United States appears in the archive through long-term conservation partnerships, local institutions, and the pandas connected to them.
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Institution map
5 locations recorded
布鲁克菲尔德动物园
Brookfield Zoo, officially the Chicago Zoological Park, is where Su Lin — the first giant panda to reach the Western world — was displayed in 1937.
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Panda profiles
31 pandas recorded
The active panda profiles tied to institutions in this country.
阿宝
A Bao (also known as Bao Lan) is a female giant panda born on November 3, 2010 at Atlanta Zoo. Initially mistaken for ma...
View profile宝宝
Bao Bao (宝宝, studbook #897) is a female giant panda born on August 23, 2013 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washingto...
宝兰
Bao Lan is a female giant panda born on 2010-07-15 at Atlanta Zoo. She is the offspring of Yang Yang and Lun Lun. Curr...
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Bao Li (宝力), studbook #1365, is a male giant panda born on August 4, 2021, at the Wolong Shenshuping Base. His mother Ba...
贝贝
Bei Bei (贝贝, studbook #978) is a male giant panda born on August 22, 2015 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...
福双
Fu Shuang (福双, nickname Huluwa/葫芦娃, also adopted name Xi Bao/汐宝), studbook #1250, is a female giant panda born October 1...
Pandas whose birth place is recorded inside this country.
阿宝
A Bao (also known as Bao Lan) is a female giant panda born on November 3, 2010 at Atlanta Zoo. Initially mistaken for ma...
View profile宝宝
Bao Bao (宝宝, studbook #897) is a female giant panda born on August 23, 2013 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washingto...
宝兰
Bao Lan is a female giant panda born on 2010-07-15 at Atlanta Zoo. She is the offspring of Yang Yang and Lun Lun. Curr...
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星星
Hsing Hsing (星星, studbook #127) was a male giant panda captured in the wild of Sichuan in 1971. He and female Ling Ling ...
View profile乐乐
Le Le was a male giant panda born on July 18, 1998 at Chongqing Zoo. He traveled to Memphis Zoo in 2003 with Ya Ya as pa...
View profile玲玲
Ling Ling (Chinese name: 玲玲) was a female giant panda born in the wild of Sichuan Province, China around 1971. She and t...
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Recent activity
On October 6, 2026, Zoo Atlanta announced that Ping Ping and Fu Shuang will make their public debut on Friday, November 6, 2026, in the zoo's new Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove, which opens to visitors the same day.
Read updateAt 08:55 US Eastern time on September 27, 2026 (20:55 Beijing time), Ping Ping and Fu Shuang landed safely at Zoo Atlanta; a joint Chinese-American inspection found both in good health, and they entered quarantine with Chinese staff staying three months.
Read updateOn September 24, 2026, at the White House welcome ceremony, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang were announced to arrive at Zoo Atlanta within days — the first concrete arrival timing since the April 2026 cooperation agreement.
Read updateBao Li (宝力), the male giant panda at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C., celebrates his fifth birthday on August 4, 2026. Born in 2021 at Wolong, he arrived in the U.S. with Qing Bao in October 2024 and debuted in January 2025.
Read updateBao Li spent his first birthday in the United States at the Smithsonian National Zoo, where he enjoys climbing and enrichment activities.
Read updateActivity in this country has been recorded in the archive since 1972.
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