Jia Jia

Jia Jia is a female giant panda born on 2024-08-15 at Ocean Park Hong Kong. She is registered under studbook number 1401 in the international giant panda studbook system, which tracks the genetics and demographics of the global captive giant panda population. She is the offspring of Ying Ying (studbook 606) and Le Le (studbook 607), both resident giant pandas at Ocean Park Hong Kong. Her birth marked the second successful captive breeding of giant pandas at the Hong Kong facility. Currently living at Ocean Park Hong Kong, she participates in the park’s conservation breeding program for giant pandas, part of a wider national and international initiative to protect the vulnerable species. Program staff monitor her growth and development to refine captive breeding protocols for giant pandas. As a captive-born giant panda in a public educational facility, Jia Jia attracts public attention to giant panda conservation. Giant pandas are a national symbol of China and a global flagship species for biodiversity conservation, drawing support for habitat protection efforts for wild populations native to central China’s Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.