Xing Xing

Xing Xing is a male giant panda born on 2013-07-29 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. His studbook number is 1258, and he remains alive as of the latest official records of giant panda captive breeding programs in China. He is the offspring of 55 Jing Jing and 61 Hua Hua, the registered breeding pair held at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park at the time of his birth. Both his father and mother are purebred wild-born giant pandas rescued in Sichuan province before being transferred to the captive breeding program in Guangzhou. Currently living at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park in Guangdong, China, he participates in the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center’s public education and captive breeding programs. The park welcomes millions of domestic and international visitors each year who come to view giant pandas on-site. As a calm, human-habituated giant panda, Xing Xing is a frequent subject of Chinese wildlife conservation media content, drawing public attention to giant panda habitat protection. Captive-bred individuals like him support genetic diversity research for the species, which has been reclassified from endangered to vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.