Panda archive

Qing He

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Qing He is a female giant panda born on 2001-09-24 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a leading conservation and research facility located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, focused on the captive breeding and study of giant pandas. She is the offspring of Pan Pan and Qing Qing. Pan Pan was a widely known male giant panda that fathered multiple generations of captive giant pandas at the Chengdu base, contributing significantly to the facility’s breeding program. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the facility’s long-term captive breeding and public education initiatives for giant panda conservation. Giant panda conservation programs in Sichuan work to recover wild populations and maintain genetic diversity in captive groups. As an older captive female giant panda, Qing He displays typical species traits including foraging on bamboo and resting for most of the day. She is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the Chengdu base, and her genetic lineage contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, supporting ongoing ex-situ conservation efforts for the vulnerable species.