Tao Bin

Tao Bin (Chinese name 桃浜) is a female giant panda born on December 2, 2014, at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, as part of a long-term international conservation cooperation program between Chinese and Japanese wildlife institutions. She is registered under studbook number 925 in the global giant panda studbook, the centralized official catalog that tracks the genetic lineage and demographic information of all captive giant pandas worldwide to guide evidence-based managed breeding efforts. Her father is Yong Ming, listed under studbook number 395, and her mother is Liang Bin (also recorded as Mei Mei, studbook number 513), both of whom were resident at Adventure World at the time of Tao Bin’s birth as part of the bilateral collaborative program.

On her first birthday, December 2, 2015, Tao Bin was transferred to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province, China, where she currently resides. The facility is the world’s leading ex situ conservation and research institution for giant pandas, housing more than one-third of the global captive giant panda population. Since her arrival, Tao Bin has participated in the center’s core captive breeding initiatives, which are designed to maintain and improve the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, a critical priority for supporting the long-term resilience of the species, which is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Tao Bin also contributes to the center’s public education programming, serving as an ambassador for giant panda conservation and cross-border collaborative wildlife protection efforts. She has garnered a dedicated public following in both Japan, where she was born, and China, with regular updates about her daily activities shared across wildlife media platforms in both countries. She displays species-typical giant panda foraging patterns, spending an estimated 12 to 14 hours each day feeding on bamboo. Her role in cross-national breeding and education initiatives has made her a notable figure in ongoing global efforts to protect and recover giant panda populations.