Ji Mei

Ji Mei is a male giant panda born on 2016-06-27 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. His studbook number is 1035, and he is a healthy, fully grown adult member of the global captive giant panda population. He is the offspring of father Ji Xiong (studbook 649) and mother Mei Lan (studbook 522). Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas originally housed at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Currently living at Nanning Zoo in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, he participates in the captive giant panda public education and ex-situ conservation program run by the facility. The program aims to build public awareness of giant panda protection and maintain a genetically diverse captive population. As a gentle, bamboo-eating giant panda, Ji Mei is a popular cultural attraction for domestic and international visitors to Nanning Zoo. He contributes to ex-situ conservation efforts for the species, which remains classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and helps advance public understanding of giant panda ecology.