Meng Yuan

Meng Yuan is a male giant panda born on 2021-08-31 at Berlin Zoo. He is registered as studbook number 1200 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks captive giant panda populations for coordinated conservation management. He is the offspring of Jiao Qing (studbook 824) and Meng Meng (studbook 890). Both of his parents were loaned to Berlin Zoo from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda as part of a international conservation collaboration. Currently living at Berlin Zoo, he participates in public education programs and a global captive breeding research program for endangered species. The enclosure he shares with other pandas is designed to mimic the temperate bamboo forest habitat of wild giant pandas native to central China. As a giant panda born outside of China through international conservation partnership, Meng Yuan draws global public attention to giant panda protection efforts. He displays typical foraging behaviors, spending most of his active time eating bamboo, and has become a popular cultural icon for biodiversity conservation in Germany. His existence supports research into captive giant panda development and the success of cross-institutional conservation cooperation.