Panda Archive

Liang Bin

良浜

Liang Bin is a female giant panda born on 6 September 2000 at Adventure World, Wakayama, Japan. Her studbook number in the global giant panda studbook is 513, and she is recorded as one of the longest-lived giant pandas born outside of China. She is the offspring of Haohan, studbook number 395, and Yongyong, studbook number 364. Both of her parents were giant pandas loaned from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, China. Currently living at Adventure World, she participates in the institution’s long-running giant panda ex situ conservation breeding program. This program is a cooperative project between Japanese wildlife management teams and Chinese giant panda conservation authorities. As a giant panda that has successfully raised multiple cubs that returned to China for conservation breeding, Liang Bin draws consistent public attention to giant panda protection in Japan. Her regular public exhibits help educate international visitors about giant panda ecology, and her breeding success contributes valuable data to global efforts to conserve the species.