Meng Shuang

Meng Shuang (studbook number 736) is a female giant panda born on July 19, 2008, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is the offspring of male panda Xiong Bang (studbook number 432) and female panda Ji Ji (studbook number 487), both of whom were captive-bred residents of the Chengdu Research Base at the time of her birth. Her birth aligned with the coordinated captive breeding priorities of China’s national panda conservation network, which tracks all individual captive pandas through a global standardized studbook system administered by international panda conservation bodies to monitor population demographics and genetic lineages.

On her first birthday, July 19, 2009, Meng Shuang was transferred to Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, where she has resided continuously in the years since. The transfer formed part of a broader inter-institutional collaboration between the Chengdu Research Base and Chimelong Safari Park to distribute the captive panda population across qualified facilities, reduce local resource strain, and expand public access to panda education programming across different regions of China.

Since her arrival at Chimelong Safari Park, Meng Shuang has participated in the national China Giant Panda Conservation and Breeding Program, a coordinated national initiative focused on maintaining a genetically diverse, self-sustaining captive giant panda population as a safeguard against potential wild population declines. She has contributed to these long-term conservation goals by expanding the representation of her parental lineage within the managed captive population, supporting researchers’ efforts to avoid inbreeding and preserve the full genetic diversity of the species.

In addition to her formal role in the captive breeding program, Meng Shuang is a core part of Chimelong Safari Park’s public wildlife education outreach, which serves millions of domestic and international visitors each year. Her regular public viewing opportunities allow visitors to observe typical giant panda behaviors, including foraging for bamboo and terrestrial movement, and raise widespread awareness of the habitat loss and other threats facing wild giant panda populations in central China. Her consistent popularity with park guests has made her a recognizable ambassador for broader global panda conservation advocacy efforts.