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Ji Bao

智宝

Ji Bao is a male giant panda born on 2023-07-07 at Everland Resort. He is recorded as studbook number 1538 in the global giant panda studbook managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, the central coordinating body for international captive giant panda breeding programs. He is the offspring of Le Bao (studbook 969) and Ai Bao (studbook 884). Both of his parents are adult giant pandas on long-term loan from the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan, China, to Everland Resort under an international conservation cooperation agreement. Currently living at Everland Resort, he participates in the facility’s captive giant panda breeding and public education programs. This program operates under the guidance of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission, to support giant panda conservation outreach. As a young captive-born giant panda, Ji Bao displays typical juvenile giant panda traits including frequent climbing and bamboo chewing practice. He is a popular cultural attraction for visitors to South Korea’s Yongin region, and serves as a public-facing example of successful cross-border collaboration to protect the vulnerable giant panda species.