Yi Yi

Yi Yi is a female giant panda born on 2018-01-14 at Malaysia Zoo. She holds studbook number 1118 in the global giant panda registry, and is recorded as a living individual of the species. Giant pandas are native to mountainous regions of central China, and this birth marked a successful instance of captive breeding outside the species’ native range. She is the offspring of father Xing Xing (studbook 631) and mother Liang Liang (studbook 632), both giant pandas on long-term loan from China to Malaysia Zoo at the time of her birth. Her parents were part of a collaborative conservation program between China and Malaysia focused on giant panda breeding and public education. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, she participates in the center’s captive giant panda management and conservation research programs. The center, based in Sichuan Province, is the world’s largest specialized facility for giant panda conservation, housing more than half of the global captive giant panda population. As a captive-bred giant panda born through international conservation collaboration, Yi Yi has helped raise public awareness of giant panda protection in Southeast Asia. She displays typical giant panda foraging behaviors, primarily consuming bamboo, and draws consistent visitor interest when on public display. Her presence contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, supporting long-term species conservation efforts.