Panda Archive

Xing Ya

星雅

Xing Ya is a male giant panda born on 2013-08-06 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is recorded under studbook number 871 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual giant pandas for coordinated population management. He is the offspring of Xiao Liwu (studbook 749) and Wu Gang (studbook 567). Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas that are part of the China Conservation and Research Center’s managed breeding program. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center’s Wolong Base in Sichuan Province, he participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program for giant pandas. This program supports the long-term survival of the species, which was once classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Xing Ya displays typical giant panda foraging behavior, spending most of his daytime activity feeding on local bamboo varieties. He is featured in the center’s public education programming to raise awareness of giant panda conservation, contributing to public understanding of threatened species protection in southwest China’s mountain ecosystems.