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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

zoo Zhuhai, China

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, located in Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest marine theme zoos in the world, managed by the Chimelong Group Co., Ltd. The park is home to over 300 species of rare terrestrial and marine animals, including the IUCN Red List Endangered *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), Vulnerable *Rhincodon typus* (whale shark), Critically Endangered *Eretmochelys imbricata* (hawksbill sea turtle), and Near Threatened *Aptenodytes forsteri

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom houses giant pandas under international loan agreement with the China Conservation and Research Center, as part of the cooperative panda diplomacy and ex-situ conservation network.

No pandas here now

Chimelong's pandas are at the Guangzhou safari park, not the Zhuhai ocean park.

Checked 28 October 2026· Source

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Resident archive

Pandas connected to this place

14 pandas recorded

Currently at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

The pandas currently recorded at this institution.

14 active

An Xin

安心

Alive
7 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

An Xin is a female giant panda born on 2019-05-01 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. This giant panda...

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Hua Hua Jr.

华华

Alive
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Hua Jr. is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is listed as studbo...

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Hua Shuang

华双

Alive
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Shuang is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-30 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered in the...

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Hua Yun

华云

Alive
4 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Yun is a male giant panda born on 2022-10-15 at the Zhuhai Wildlife Park, Henan. His studbook number assigned by the...

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Jin Zhu

金珠

Alive
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Jin Zhu is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered under stu...

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Ling Yan

灵岩

Alive
9 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Ling Yan (灵岩, studbook #1106) is a male giant panda born on August 18, 2017 at the Wolong Shenshuping Base. One of Dujia...

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Born here

Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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Hua Hua Jr.

华华

Alive
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Hua Jr. is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is listed as studbo...

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Hua Shuang

华双

Alive
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Shuang is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-30 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered in the...

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Hua Yun

华云

Alive
4 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Hua Yun is a male giant panda born on 2022-10-15 at the Zhuhai Wildlife Park, Henan. His studbook number assigned by the...

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Recorded moments

Archive timeline at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

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2022
Dec 1

Birth of Yun Hua

Yun Hua was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2022
Oct 15

Birth of Hua Yun

Hua Yun was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2022
Sep 5

Birth of Hua Xing

Hua Xing was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2022
Sep 5

Birth of Yun Xing

Yun Xing was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2021
Aug 20

Birth of Yun Ning

Yun Ning was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2020
Sep 22

Ling Yan transferred to Luanchuan

Ling Yan and Mai Mai moved to Luanchuan Bamboo Sea Wildlife Park in Henan.

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2020
Sep 22

Mai Mai transferred to Luanchuan

Mai Mai and Ling Yan moved to Luanchuan Bamboo Sea Wildlife Park.

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2020
Jul 30

Birth of Hua Shuang

Hua Shuang was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2020
Jul 30

Birth of Yun Kui

Yun Kui was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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2020
Jul 4

Birth of Hua Hua Jr.

Hua Hua Jr. was born at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

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In the library

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Cover image for "Where to See Giant Pandas in China: A Practical Travel Guide"
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Culture 📚 general

Where to See Giant Pandas in China: A Practical Travel Guide

A planning guide to seeing giant pandas in China, centred on Chengdu. Compare the main panda bases — Chengdu, Dujiangyan Panda Valley, Wolong Shenshuping, Ya'an Bifengxia, Qinling and Beijing Zoo — with ticket types, booking windows and travel times, then plan around the animals' own schedule: when to go, how to book with a passport, realistic itineraries, and what responsible panda tourism actually looks like.

6 pandas
travel chengdu panda-bases +2
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Cover image for "Ran Ran's Journey to Belgium: One Panda, a 55-Year Friendship, and the Lei Lei Dynasty"
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Culture 📚 general

Ran Ran's Journey to Belgium: One Panda, a 55-Year Friendship, and the Lei Lei Dynasty

In October 2026, nine-year-old Ran Ran was named to travel to Pairi Daiza in Belgium — stepping in for Hao Hao, who returned to China for medical care, and keeping alive a China–Belgium panda partnership that began in 2014. Hers is a story of wild training, wild-born twins, and a family tree that reaches from Sichuan to Seoul, Taipei and Brussels.

15 pandas
belgium pairi-daiza ran-ran +3
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Cover image for "The International Studbook: How Big Data Prevents Panda Inbreeding"
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The International Studbook: How Big Data Prevents Panda Inbreeding

Every captive giant panda on Earth is recorded in a single global database — the International Studbook — which tracks lineage, calculates genetic relatedness, and determines each year's breeding recommendations. This article explains how studbook managers use population genetics software to maintain 90% genetic diversity across 700 captive pandas, making the panda breeding program one of the most mathematically sophisticated conservation efforts in history.

1 panda
studbook genetics breeding +2
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Coordinates: 22.1000 N, 113.5333 E

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About Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, located in Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest marine theme zoos in the world, managed by the Chimelong Group Co., Ltd. The park is home to over 300 species of rare terrestrial and marine animals, including the IUCN Red List Endangered Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Vulnerable Rhincodon typus (whale shark), Critically Endangered Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle), and Near Threatened *Aptenodytes forsteri