Panda Archive

Qin Ning

秦宁

Qin Ning is a male giant panda born on 2023-08-05 at Qinling Wildlife Park. He is the 1356th giant panda registered in the national Chinese giant panda studbook, and remains in good health as of 2024. His birth marked a successful captive breeding outcome for the park’s giant panda conservation program. He is the offspring of Qin Qin and Yong Yong, two adult giant pandas resident at Qinling Wildlife Park. Both of his parents are native Qinling giant pandas, a distinct subspecies of giant panda isolated in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province, China. Currently living at Qinling Wildlife Park, he participates in the park’s long-term captive breeding and public education programs for giant panda conservation. Qinling Wildlife Park is a core facility for the protection of Qinling giant pandas, working alongside the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to maintain genetic diversity of the subspecies. As a young Qinling giant panda, Qin Ning displays typical juvenile giant panda behaviors including climbing low tree branches and playing with enrichment devices. He is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the park, raising public awareness of giant panda protection. His birth contributes to the genetic diversity of the captive Qinling giant panda population, supporting the long-term survival of the subspecies.