Jiu Jiu

Jiu Jiu is a female giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is registered in the international giant panda studbook under number 1423, and remains in good health as of the latest monitoring records. She is the offspring of Wei Wei and Xi Mei, both captive-bred giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center. Her lineage traces back to wild giant panda populations from the Min Mountains, a core habitat for the species in southwestern China. Currently living at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, she participates in the center’s captive breeding and behavioral research program for giant pandas. Researchers at the center collect regular data on her development to improve captive management protocols for the species. As a young captive-born giant panda, Jiu Jiu displays typical species-specific foraging and climbing behaviors common to juvenile giant pandas. She contributes to public education about giant panda conservation at the center, and supports the long-term goal of maintaining a genetically healthy captive giant panda population that supports species recovery in wild habitats.