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Xing Rong

星蓉

Xing Rong is a female giant panda born on 2012-07-25 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is recorded as studbook number 840 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual giant pandas for coordinated population management. She is the offspring of Lu Lu (studbook 432) and Xi Mei (studbook 685). Both of her parents are captive-bred giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, with established genetic backgrounds that contribute to planned breeding programs. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, China, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program for the endangered giant panda. The program focuses on maintaining genetic diversity within the captive giant panda population to support long-term species survival. Xing Rong displays typical giant panda foraging behaviors, consuming over 90% of her diet in the form of bamboo. She has appeared in public educational programming at the center, helping raise global awareness about giant panda conservation. As part of the genetically diverse captive population, she contributes to ongoing efforts to reintroduce captive-bred giant pandas to suitable wild habitats across southwest China.