Qing Qing

Qing Qing is a female giant panda born on 1998-08-26 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as studbook number 467 in the global giant panda studbook system, and is one of the older captive-born giant pandas currently housed in Chinese conservation facilities. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 334) and Ya Ya (studbook 358), both giant pandas housed at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding at the time of her birth. Pan Pan was a prolific male breeder in the base’s captive conservation program for decades. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, China, he she participates in the facility’s public education and ex-situ conservation programs for the species. Giant pandas native to southwestern China’s Qinling and Minshan Mountains are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. As a long-lived captive giant panda, Qing Qing is calm and gentle in public viewing areas, drawing regular visits from tourists and wildlife researchers. She contributes to public understanding of giant panda conservation, and her genetic material is stored in the base’s giant panda gene bank to support future captive breeding diversity initiatives.