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Yang Yang

洋洋

Yang Yang is a male giant panda born on 1997-09-14 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. This captive-born giant panda holds studbook number 591 within the global captive giant panda registry, which tracks individual giant pandas for population management purposes. He is the offspring of Baobao (studbook 589) and Jiaojiao (studbook 590), both giant pandas originally from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. His lineage is part of the established captive population of giant pandas sourced from wild Sichuan populations. Currently living at Atlanta Zoo in Georgia, the United States, he participates in cooperative captive breeding and public education programs under the giant panda conservation partnership between China and the United States. These programs are designed to advance global understanding of giant panda ecology and support in-situ conservation efforts. As a long-term resident giant panda in an international public institution, Yang Yang has introduced millions of visitors to giant panda biology. His calm, feeding-focused behavioral traits align with common giant panda characteristics. He serves as an accessible conservation ambassador, boosting public support for giant panda habitat protection in China’s Qinling and Minshan mountain ranges.