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Mei Xi

美茜

Mei Xi is a female giant panda born on 2013-07-15 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is registered as studbook number 856 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual captive pandas to support coordinated population management. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 432) and Xue Xue (studbook 685). Both her parents are captive-bred giant pandas that have resided at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda through their adult lives. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wenchuan, Sichuan, she participates in the center’s captive giant panda breeding program and public education outreach activities. The program focuses on maintaining a genetically healthy captive population of giant pandas and supporting reintroduction efforts for wild populations. As a captive-bred giant panda, Mei Xi demonstrates gentle foraging behaviors typical of the species, spending most of her day feeding on bamboo. She is a popular subject for wildlife observation tours at the center, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation. Her inclusion in the coordinated breeding program contributes to the long-term genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population.