Rui Bao

Rui Bao is a female giant panda born on 2023-09-17 at Everland Resort. She is recorded as entry 1205 in the international giant panda studbook, maintaining standardized population tracking for the species. She is the offspring of Le Bao (studbook 1079) and Ai Bao (studbook 1078). Both of her parents were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding before being loaned to Everland Resort in South Korea for cooperative conservation research. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and ex situ conservation programs for giant pandas. The base hosts a captive breeding program that supports species recovery and reintroduction efforts for wild giant panda populations in central China. As a young captive-born giant panda, Rui Bao draws high public interest, supporting public awareness of giant panda conservation. She exhibits typical giant panda foraging and climbing behaviors, and supports ongoing research into giant panda developmental biology. Her presence supports bilateral conservation cooperation between South Korean and Chinese institutions focused on protecting this vulnerable species.