Wang Wang

Basic Profile

Wang Wang (网网, “net net”), studbook number 620, is a male giant panda born on August 31, 2005 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (Hetaoping Base) in Sichuan, China. His father is Lin Lin (琳琳, studbook 594) and his mother is Mao Mao (毛毛, studbook 589), a wild-born female rescued in 1985.

Wang Wang and his companion Fu Ni made history as the first giant pandas to reside in the Southern Hemisphere.

Family

Wang Wang’s full siblings include Xi Dou (喜豆) and Wen Yu (文雨), also offspring of Lin Lin and Mao Mao.

Life Journey

Wang Wang was selected for the Australia-China cooperative research program after the agreement was signed on September 6, 2007 in Sydney, witnessed by Chinese President Hu Jintao and Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

On October 21, 2009, Wang Wang underwent a 30-day pre-departure quarantine at the Ya’an Bifengxia Base. He and Fu Ni departed Bifengxia on November 27, 2009 aboard a special flight, arriving at Adelaide Airport in South Australia on November 28, 2009. They became the first giant pandas ever to live in the Southern Hemisphere.

The original 10-year agreement was extended by five years in 2019. Despite five breeding attempts through artificial insemination, Wang Wang and Fu Ni did not produce cubs.

On November 15, 2024, after 15 years in Australia, Wang Wang and Fu Ni returned to China. They were transported to the Wolong Shenshuping Base (China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda) for a month-long quarantine.

In June 2025, Wang Wang appeared as a “cultural tourism ambassador” at the Beichuan Giant Panda Cultural Tourism Consumption Season launching ceremony.