Qian Jin

Basic Profile

Qian Jin (Chinese: 芊金, studbook number 1118) is a female giant panda born on October 10, 2017 at Shanghai Wildlife Park. Her mother is Qian Qian (芊芊), making her part of the Shanghai-bred panda lineage. By 2021, she weighed 120 kg.

She is known at the park as “大小姐” (Miss Prim) — a name earned through her gentle, elegant, and ladylike personality.

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Personality and Enrichment

Qian Jin’s keepers describe her as gentle, graceful, and beautiful. She has become famous for her enthusiastic response to beauty-themed enrichment toys:

• “Bamboo lipstick” (竹子口红) — bamboo sticks painted to look like lipstick
• “Colorful eyeshadow palette” (彩色眼影盒) — enrichment toys themed like makeup

These toys were custom-designed by her keepers, and Qian Jin showed intense interest in them, often holding and examining them with visible delight.

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Birthday Celebrations

Shanghai Wildlife Park has held elaborate birthday parties for Qian Jin every year:

• 2021 (4th): Ice fruit cake, bamboo tower cake, visitor message wall
• 2022 (5th): Longevity noodles (made from bamboo shoots and apple shreds), paper airplane interaction
• 2023 (6th): Fruit-and-vegetable ice cake, “fortune-telling” sign shaker
• 2024 (7th): Group birthday party with other pandas
• 2025 (8th): Handmade bamboo windmill

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Motherhood: Shanghai’s First “Second-Generation” Panda

On August 22, 2025, at 4:11 PM and 5:17 PM, Qian Jin gave birth to twin cubs — a female weighing 200g and a male weighing 160g. This was the first birth of a “second-generation” panda in Shanghai (daughter of Shanghai-born Qian Qian), and only the second twin birth in the park’s history.

The cubs were named Qian Ran (芊然, female) and Qian Yi (芊逸, male) on November 18, 2025, announced during the park’s 30th-anniversary celebrations.

The keepers used artificial rearing combined with cub-swapping technology to ensure both cubs received maternal care while staying healthy. By their one-month checkup on September 22, both weighed approximately 1,300 g.

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Family

• Qian Qian (芊芊): Mother
• Ping Ping (平平): Brother
• Ya Xing (雅星): Brother
• Qian Zhen (芊真), Qian Xin (芊心): Sisters
• Qian Ran (芊然): Daughter, born 2025
• Qian Yi (芊逸): Son, born 2025