Sheng Yi

Sheng Yi is a female giant panda born on 2021-05-31 at Malaysia Zoo. She is listed as studbook number 1310 in the global giant panda registry, and her birth marked the third giant panda cub born at Malaysia Zoo as part of the international giant panda conservation collaboration between China and Malaysia. She is the offspring of Xing Liang and Niu Niu. Her father Xing Liang holds studbook number 631, and her mother Niu Niu holds studbook number 632, both adult giant pandas originally sent from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to Malaysia Zoo. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding and ecological research programs for endangered giant pandas. This relocation follows the standard practice for giant pandas born in international cooperating institutions, which return to their native range in China to support species conservation efforts. As a young captive-bred giant panda, she displays typical foraging and climbing behaviors common to the species, feeding primarily on locally sourced bamboo. She holds cultural value as a symbol of Sino-Malaysian conservation cooperation, and contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, supporting ongoing efforts to prevent the species' extinction.