Xing Bao

Xing Bao is a male giant panda born on 2013-08-30 at Madrid Zoo. He is the 1004th giant panda registered in the international giant panda studbook, and his birth marked the third successful giant panda breeding at Madrid Zoo. He is the offspring of Bing Bing (studbook 475) and Hua Zuiba (studbook 476). Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas originally transferred from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to Madrid Zoo as part of a collaborative conservation program. Currently living at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, China, he participates in the base’s captive giant panda management and public education programs. He follows a standardized daily diet of fresh bamboo and nutritional supplements, and is open to public viewing to raise awareness about giant panda protection. As a giant panda born through international collaborative conservation, Xing Bao demonstrates the effectiveness of cross-institutional cooperation for endangered species conservation. He exhibits typical giant panda behavioral traits, including spending most of his day feeding and resting. His cross-continental life experience has helped promote global public understanding of giant panda conservation efforts.