Ying Bin

Ying Bin is a female giant panda born on 2014-12-02 at Adventure World. She is registered in the international giant panda studbook under number 924, making her a formally documented member of the global managed giant panda population. She is the offspring of Yong Ming (studbook 395) and Mei Bang (studbook 513). Both of her parents are registered giant pandas that previously resided at Adventure World in Wakayama, Japan, as part of a collaborative giant panda conservation program between Japanese and Chinese institutions. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding and public education programs focused on giant panda conservation. The center is the world’s largest facility dedicated to the protection and study of wild and captive giant pandas. As a captive-bred giant panda, Ying Bin displays typical species traits, including a diet dominated by bamboo and a generally sedentary daily activity pattern. She draws public interest for her birth outside of China and subsequent repatriation, representing the international collaborative effort to secure the long-term survival of the giant panda, a previously endangered species that has been downlisted to vulnerable by the IUCN.