Shu Qin

Basic Profile

Shu Qin (Chinese: 淑琴), studbook number 756, is a female giant panda born on August 26, 2009 at the Ya’an Bifengxia Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Pandas (CCRCGP). Her mother is Ying Ying (英英, studbook 382) and her father is Lu Lu (芦芦, studbook 503).

⚠️ Number correction (2026-09): Earlier versions of this page recorded studbook 640 and a 2006 birth at Wolong — both incorrect. The official studbook number is 756, born 2009-08-26 at Ya’an Bifengxia. Studbook 640 does not belong to this panda.

⚠️ Offspring correction (2026-09): Earlier versions listed Fu Feng (#1032) and Fu Ban (#1033) as her children. Her documented litters (2016, 2019, 2020) contain no 2017 cubs — those two are not her offspring, and their dam is currently unconfirmed pending studbook verification.

📝 Not Shu Qing (蜀庆, #480) of the Chengdu Base — see Shu Qing (蜀庆, #480).

Family

Ying Hua (#566) and Ying Mei (#567) are 2003 twins born to Ying Ying by a different sire (Ling Ling, #424). Shu Qin (2009) is their much younger half-sister — same mother, different father. Ying Ying’s ninth litter, Shu Qin was her youngest daughter of 9 litters and 14 cubs, 13 of which survived.

Life Journey

• 2009-08-26: Born at the Ya’an Bifengxia Base.
• 2015-10-15: Transferred to the Wolong Shenshuping Base.
• 2016-07-16: Gave birth to her first cub, Qin Xin (琴心, #995) — later trained for wild release and released into the Longxi-Hongkou National Nature Reserve in December 2018.
• 2019-06-20: Gave birth to Shan Zhu (山竹, #1174).
• 2020-09-29: Gave birth to twins Xiao Yue / Xing Yi (晓月/星怡, #1350) and Xing Qiu (星秋), fathered by Lan Zai (兰仔, #592).
• Current: Lives at the Shenshuping Panda Nursery (神树坪大熊猫幼儿园一号馆) of CCRCGP’s Wolong Shenshuping Base.

Offspring