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Xing Ya Jr.

星雅

Xing Ya Jr. is a male giant panda born on 2023-07-07 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed in the international giant panda studbook under registration number 1303, and is recorded as alive as of 2024. He is the offspring of Xing Ya and Wu Wen, both captive-bred giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His lineage follows the center’s managed captive breeding framework, designed to maintain genetic diversity for the species. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, China, he participates in the center’s captive breeding and public education programs for giant pandas. The center is the world’s leading facility for giant panda conservation research and captive population management. As a young captive-born giant panda, Xing Ya Jr. displays typical foraging and climbing behaviors common to the species. He appears in educational materials hosted by the center, helping raise public awareness of giant panda protection. His birth contributes to the growing genetically healthy captive giant panda population, supporting ongoing species conservation efforts.