Ru Yi

Ru Yi is a female giant panda born on 2016-08-01 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as studbook number 1151 in the global giant panda studbook, and she remains alive as of the latest official records. She is the offspring of Yuan Yuan and Pan Pan. Yuan Yuan is a captive-bred female giant panda from Chengdu Research Base, while Pan Pan was a well-known male giant panda that contributed extensively to the captive breeding program before his death in 2016. Currently living at Moscow Zoo, he/she participates in a joint giant panda conservation research program between the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens and the Moscow Zoo. The program focuses on monitoring the health and reproductive behavior of giant pandas in an overseas captive environment. As a captive-bred giant panda, Ru Yi shows typical foraging behaviors, spending up to 14 hours daily consuming bamboo. She is a prominent cultural symbol of China-Russia wildlife exchange, and her presence at Moscow Zoo supports global public education about giant panda conservation, raising international awareness of the species’ protected status.