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Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

breeding center Mianyang, China

Mianyang Base is one of the five CCRCGP breeding bases in Sichuan, operating enrichment and public education programs alongside the Shenshuping, Dujiangyan, Ya'an, and Hetaoping bases.

Mianyang Base (CCRCGP) 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.

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Pandas connected to this place

4 pandas recorded

Currently at Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

The pandas currently recorded at this institution.

4 active

Jin Bao Bao

金宝宝

Alive
12 years old
Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

Jin Bao Bao (金宝宝), also known as Lumi in Finland, is a female giant panda born September 20, 2014 at Yaan Bifengxia Base...

captive-bred finland overseas +1
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Mei Ling

美灵

Alive
22 years old
Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

Mei Ling (美灵, studbook #589) is a male giant panda born on September 1, 2004 at Wolong Hetaoping. Twin brother of Tuan T...

captive-bred celebrity
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Mei Qian

美茜

Alive
20 years old
Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

Mei Qian (美茜, studbook #631) is a female giant panda born August 10, 2006 at Wolong. Daughter of Xi Xi (茜茜, #476) and Wu...

captive-bred wolong mother +2
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Xi Xi

茜茜

Alive
28 years old
Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

Xi Xi (茜茜, studbook #476) is a female giant panda born on August 13, 1998 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base. Nicknamed the "R...

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Recorded moments

Archive timeline at Mianyang Base (CCRCGP)

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2026
Aug 12

2026 Panda Center Birthday Season Enrichment Livestream on August 12

The CCRCGP "National Treasures in Green Mountains" birthday season enrichment livestream goes live August 12 from Mianyang Base, with recorded segments from the center's other bases and the Shunan Bamboo Sea Giant Panda Park. On-site enrichment events run in parallel at Mianyang, Ya'an, and Wolong Shenshuping.

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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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Cover image for "The Giant Panda Genome Project: How DNA Sequencing Transformed Conservation"
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The Giant Panda Genome Project: How DNA Sequencing Transformed Conservation

In 2009, an international team led by BGI-Shenzhen published the first complete giant panda genome — a 2.4 billion base-pair blueprint that revealed why pandas lost the taste for meat, how they digest bamboo with bacterial help, and why their genetic diversity offers hope for survival. This article follows the science from Jing Jing's blood sample to today's conservation genomics, covering TAS1R1 umami pseudogenization, the Illumina sequencing revolution, and what the genome means for the species' future.

1 panda
genome dna genetics +5
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Cover image for "Panda Habitat as Carbon Sink: The Hidden Climate Value of Bamboo Forests"
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Panda Habitat as Carbon Sink: The Hidden Climate Value of Bamboo Forests

The bamboo forests protected for pandas store an estimated 2-3 billion tons of carbon across the Giant Panda National Park's 27,000 square kilometers — an ecosystem service worth $200-750 million annually in carbon sequestration alone. This article examines how panda conservation doubles as climate action, why bamboo forests rival tropical rainforests in per-hectare carbon storage, and how China's carbon market is creating new economic incentives for habitat protection.

carbon climate ecosystem-services +4
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Coordinates: 31.4700 N, 104.6800 E