Ying Bin

Ying Bin, a female giant panda with the international studbook number 924, was born on December 2, 2014, at Adventure World in Wakayama, Japan, as part of a long-term collaborative conservation program between Chinese and Japanese panda research institutions. She is the offspring of male panda Yong Ming (studbook number 395) and female panda Mei Bang (studbook number 513), both of whom were part of the resident giant panda population at Adventure World at the time of her birth. As a formally registered individual in the global managed giant panda studbook, her lineage and life history are fully documented to support the coordinated species survival planning for giant pandas worldwide.

Ying Bin was repatriated to China on her first birthday, December 2, 2015, and took up residence at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province, the world’s largest specialized facility for giant panda protection, research, and captive management. She currently participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program, which is designed to maintain a genetically diverse, self-sustaining captive population as a safeguard against potential threats to wild giant panda habitats. She also takes part in the center’s public education initiatives, which educate visitors about giant panda ecology, habitat protection, and the importance of cross-border conservation collaboration.

As a panda born outside of China and successfully repatriated to join the national breeding population, Ying Bin serves as a visible example of the success of international cooperative efforts to protect the species. Giant pandas were reclassified from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2016, a milestone that conservation authorities attribute in large part to the kind of cross-institutional, cross-border collaborative work that facilitated Ying Bin’s birth, care, and eventual transfer to the Chinese conservation program. She receives regular veterinary care and dietary monitoring at the center, with her daily diet adhering to the species’ typical bamboo-dominated nutritional requirements, and her activity patterns are tracked to support ongoing research into captive panda welfare.