Bing Bing

Bing Bing is a female giant panda born on 1999-09-21 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered under studbook number 559 in the global giant panda studbook system, and remains alive as of the most recent official record from the base. She is the offspring of Pan Pan, studbook number 393, and Ya Ya, studbook number 397. Both of her parents were long-term residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, and both contributed to the base’s captive breeding program for giant pandas. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan, China, he/she participates in the base’s managed captive breeding program and public education initiatives. She is one of the older captive giant pandas accessible to researchers and visiting members of the public. As a mature captive-bred giant panda, Bing Bing displays species-typical foraging behaviors, spending most of her daily active hours consuming bamboo. She is a popular attraction for domestic and international tourists visiting the Chengdu base, and her genetic material is preserved for future giant panda conservation breeding efforts to support genetic diversity in the captive population.