An An
安安
2 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
An An is a male giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His st...
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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
breeding center Dujiangyan, China
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), located in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, is a world-leading institution dedicated to the conservation of *Ailuropoda melanoleuca*, the iconic giant panda endemic to the mountain ranges of Minshan, Qionglai, and Qinling in southwest China. Established in 1980 through a partnership between the Chinese government and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), it operates under the governance of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, with long-standing research collaborations with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan University, and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington D.C. The center's core work aligns with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List guidelines, which reclassified the giant panda from "Endangered" to "Vulnerable" in 2016, and it is an officially designated breeding and research institution under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda is a CCRCGP-affiliated ex-situ conservation facility contributing to the coordinated captive breeding program that maintains genetic diversity across the global giant panda population.
Pandas here, not open to the public
This is the body that runs the Wolong, Dujiangyan and Ya'an bases rather than a single ticketed site. It keeps large numbers of pandas, but visitors go to its individual bases.
Checked 28 October 2026· Source
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166 pandas recorded
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An Bao
安宝
4 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
An Bao (安宝), nicknamed Ka Wa Yi, is a male giant panda born on August 14, 2022 at Wolong Shenshuping Base. At 14 months ...
View profileBa Ba
八八
2 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Ba Ba is a male giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is ...
View profileBao Lan
宝兰
16 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Bao Lan is a female giant panda born on 2010-07-15 at Atlanta Zoo. She is the offspring of Yang Yang and Lun Lun. Curr...
View profileBing Bao
冰宝
5 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Bing Bao (冰宝), nicknamed "Bing Tuo Tuo" (冰坨坨), is a male giant panda born August 8, 2021 at Wolong Shenshuping Base. Son...
captive-bred wolong twin
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Bing Hua
冰华
12 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Bing Hua (冰华, studbook #929) is a female giant panda born August 9, 2014 at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base. Daughter of You Yo...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
An An
安安
2 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
An An is a male giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His st...
View profileBa Ba
八八
2 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Ba Ba is a male giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is ...
View profileBing Hua
冰华
12 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Bing Hua (冰华, studbook #929) is a female giant panda born August 9, 2014 at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base. Daughter of You Yo...
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Bai Xue
白雪
38 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Bai Xue (白雪), studbook #418, was a legendary Qinling giant panda rescued in 1993 from Taibai County, Shaanxi. She earned...
wild-born rescued legendary
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Du Du
都都
64 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Du Du (都都, studbook #56) was a wild-born female giant panda who held the Guinness World Record for the longest-living gi...
View profileGao Gao
高高
34 years old
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Gao Gao (高高, studbook #415) was a wild-rescued male giant panda who lost part of one ear to predators before being saved...
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2026
Aug 12
2026 Panda Birthday Season Enrichment Events Conclude
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) wraps up its 2026 "National Treasures in Green Mountains" birthday season enrichment events, which ran in parallel across its five bases.
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Jun 18
Long Sheng dies from pelvic-abdominal tumors
Long Sheng (龙昇, studbook 518) died on June 18, 2026 at about 26 years old from diffuse pelvic-abdominal tumors and multi-organ failure, after a late-May toothache relapse, abdominal ascites, and multiple abdominal occupying lesions found on June 12.
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Nov 24
Gao Gao Dies at Age 33
Gao Gao passed away at 14:30 due to severe pneumonia and multi-organ failure. He had been under 24-hour intensive care after developing respiratory distress and hind limb weakness earlier that day.
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Sep 25
Meng Yu Returns to Sichuan
Meng Yu and Meng Bao returned to Sichuan to participate in the breeding program, ending their six-year stay at Beijing Zoo.
Read update 2025
Aug 24
2025
Jul 18
Long Sheng Returns to CCRCGP
Long Sheng returned to the China Conservation and Research Center after a quarter century visiting six zoos across four provinces, concluding his long exhibition journey.
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May 18
Liang Liang returned to China
Liang Liang departed Zoo Negara after 11 years, returning to China.
Read update 2025
May 18
Liang Liang Returns to China
Liang Liang departed Malaysia and returned to China after the conclusion of the Sino-Malaysian panda agreement. A farewell ceremony was held at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
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May 18
Xing Xing returns to China
After 11 years in Malaysia, Xing Xing and Liang Liang returned to China following the end of their 10-year conservation loan agreement.
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Jun 12
Tong Tong dies from gastric obstruction
Tong Tong died from gastric pyloric obstruction leading to multi-organ failure.
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Further reading on China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Culture 📚 general
How Much Is a Giant Panda Worth? Price, Cost and Value Are Three Different Things
Giant pandas have never been sold. What foreign zoos pay is an annual conservation fee, not a purchase price; the largest costs sit in long-term care rather than the fee itself; and the values that matter most — ecosystem protection, watershed stability, cultural significance — cannot be transacted at all. This article separates the three, and explains why collapsing them into a single number produces misleading answers.
3 pandas
panda economics conservation funding panda diplomacy
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Nature 📚 general
How Big Is the Largest Giant Panda? Size and Weight Explained
Adult giant pandas weigh 70-125 kg and measure 1.2-1.8 metres from nose to rump, with males 10-20% larger than females. But no single panda holds an official title as the largest ever measured — and the reasons why reveal more about panda biology than a record number would.
4 pandas
panda size panda weight body mass
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Featured
Culture 📚 general
The Giant Panda in Chinese Culture: From Ancient Symbol to Modern Icon
Long before the panda became a diplomatic tool or a conservation logo, it inhabited the Chinese imagination as a creature of mystery, virtue, and folklore. This article traces the panda's cultural journey through two millennia of Chinese history — from early textual references in the Shangshu and Shanhaijing, through Tang dynasty tribute records and Ming dynasty bestiaries, to its modern emergence as the visual shorthand for China itself.
1 panda
culture symbolism history
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About China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), located in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, is a world-leading institution dedicated to the conservation of Ailuropoda melanoleuca, the iconic giant panda endemic to the mountain ranges of Minshan, Qionglai, and Qinling in southwest China. Established in 1980 through a partnership between the Chinese government and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), it operates under the governance of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, with long-standing research collaborations with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan University, and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington D.C. The center's core work aligns with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List guidelines, which reclassified the giant panda from "Endangered" to "Vulnerable" in 2016, and it is an officially designated breeding and research institution under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered