He Feng

He Feng is a male giant panda born on August 9, 2016, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, China. He is registered under studbook number 1042 in the global giant panda studbook maintained by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, a standardized registry that tracks lineage, health, and demographic data for all managed giant pandas worldwide. His father is Mei Lan, a well-documented captive giant panda, and his mother is Cheng Gong, both long-term residents of the Chengdu Research Base, with confirmed maternal and paternal lineages recorded in the base’s official breeding records.

Since his birth, He Feng has resided permanently at the Chengdu Research Base, where he is enrolled in the base’s official captive giant panda breeding program, a core component of China’s national giant panda conservation framework. The program’s primary mandate is to preserve and enhance genetic diversity within the global captive giant panda population, reducing the risk of inbreeding and supporting the long-term viability of the species. As a healthy, young adult male with a distinct, well-documented lineage, He Feng is considered a high-value contributor to these breeding efforts, with his genetic profile carefully evaluated as part of the program’s coordinated mating plans.

He Feng displays typical species-specific behavioral patterns, including spending an average of 10 to 12 hours per day foraging and consuming bamboo sourced from sustainably managed local forests in Sichuan. He is a widely recognized public attraction at the Chengdu Research Base, drawing both domestic and international visitors each year, and his public enclosure is frequently used as part of the base’s educational outreach initiatives to raise awareness of giant panda habitat loss, conservation needs, and the role of captive breeding programs in species protection. His ongoing presence in the managed population supports the broader conservation goal of maintaining a self-sustaining, genetically robust captive giant panda population that can act as a buffer against wild population declines.