Panda Archive

Qiao Mei

巧美

Qiao Mei is a female giant panda born on 2014-12-02 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is listed under studbook number 1047 in the global registry of captive giant pandas, and remains alive as of the latest giant panda population records. She is the offspring of Lu Lu, father studbook number 730, and Xi Mei, mother studbook number 724. Both of her parents are established captive-bred giant pandas registered at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wenchuan, Sichuan, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program for giant pandas. This program operates under China’s national giant panda conservation framework, which supports the maintenance of a genetically diverse captive population. Qiao Mei displays typical giant panda behavioral traits, including spending most daylight hours foraging on bamboo and resting in shaded terrain. She is featured in public educational programming at the center’s visitor areas, helping raise global awareness of giant panda conservation. Her participation in the breeding program supports long-term goals to reintroduce genetically healthy giant pandas to protected native habitats in southwestern China.