Pan Pan

Pan Pan is a male giant panda born on 1985-01-01 in the wild of Sichuan Province, China. He was captured as a subadult and transferred to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda shortly after birth, where he was officially added to the international giant panda studbook with registration number 308. He is the offspring of two unnamed wild giant pandas, whose studbook entries are both recorded as 9999 to indicate unknown origin. As one of the earliest wild-caught giant pandas brought into captive breeding programs, he sired over 30 offspring that live across multiple captive facilities in China and overseas. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, he participates in the center’s long-term captive breeding program for giant panda conservation. Even in his later years, he contributed valuable genetic diversity to the captive population, which helps support efforts to maintain a healthy, sustainable captive gene pool. Pan Pan was known for his gentle temperament and high fertility in captive conditions. As an ancestor to a large proportion of the modern captive giant panda population, he holds significant genetic and conservation value. His lineage has helped expand scientific understanding of giant panda breeding biology, supporting global conservation efforts for the species.