Fei Fei

Fei Fei is a female giant panda born on 1990-01-01 at the wild in Minshan Mountains, Sichuan Province, China. She was captured as a juvenile and brought into human care soon after birth, and was assigned studbook number 602 for the national giant panda breeding registry. She is the offspring of wild-born, unidentified giant panda parents native to the Minshan mountain range. No formal paternity or maternity testing was conducted for her during her lifetime, consistent with protocols for wild-caught giant pandas entering captive breeding programs in the early 1990s. Currently living at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he Fei Fei participated in the foundation’s ex-situ giant panda conservation and captive breeding program for more than two decades. She contributed to research on giant panda dietary adaptation and reproductive biology conducted by base researchers. As an early wild-caught giant panda in the Chengdu captive population, Fei Fei helped establish a foundational genetically diverse breeding group for the program. She was a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the Chengdu Base, helping build public awareness of giant panda conservation. Her genetic line remains present in the modern global captive giant panda population, supporting ongoing long-term conservation goals.