Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding explained

Other Name:	成都大熊猫繁育研究基地
Parent:	Chengdu Municipal Park-City Construction and Management Bureau^[1]
Founder:	Chengdu Municipal People's Government
Established:	1987^[2]
Mission:	Protect and breed giant pandas, red pandas and other endangered wild animals endemic to China

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (or simply Chengdu Panda Base) is a public non-profit breeding and research institute for giant pandas, red pandas, and other rare animals, located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.^[3]

Chengdu Panda Base was founded in 1987 by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government. It started with 6 giant pandas that were rescued from the wild. By 2008, it had 124 panda births, and the captive panda population has grown to 83.^{[4] [5]}

Its stated goal is to "be a world-class research facility, conservation education center, and international educational tourism destination."^[4]

In February 2024, the institute made international headlines after it banned a 53-year-old male visitor for life for throwing unspecified objects into a giant panda enclosure.^[6]

Partnerships

Chengdu Panda Base has partnered with many organizations in improving ways to conserve giant pandas. For example, its partnership with Zoo Atlanta helped the zoo secure the loan of 2 giant pandas.^[7] To date, these 2 giant pandas, Yang Yang and Lun Lun, have produced five off-spring: Mei Lan in 2006, Xi Lan in 2008, Po on November 3, 2010, twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan on July 15, 2013,^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} and twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun on September 3, 2016.

Other research partners include:^[12]

• Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan
• East Bay Zoological Society, Oakland, California, United States
• University of Liverpool, England, UK
• National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institution, United States
• National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States
• Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
• North of England Zoological Society, England, UK
• The Oakland China Wildlife Preservation Foundation, California, United States
• San Diego Zoo, California, United States
• University of Japan
• Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland, UK
• Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Zoo/Tierpark Berlin, Germany^{[13] [14]}

On April 11, 2013, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and CNTV reached an agreement on the establishment of iPanda.com after an official signing ceremony, and they immediately started preparing for the test launch (which was estimated in June 2013).^[15]

See also

• Captive breeding
• Wolong National Nature Reserve
• Giant pandas around the world

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 组织机构 – 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地 . 2023-03-06 . 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地.
2. Web site: 成都大熊猫保护历史 . 2023-03-06 . 熊猫谷—成都大熊猫繁育研究基地都江堰繁育野放研究中心.
3. Web site: About Panda Base - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding . 2023-03-06 . www.panda.org.cn . 2023-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230409134459/http://www.panda.org.cn/english/about/about/2013-09-11/2416.html . dead .
4. Web site: About Chengdu Panda Base. 2014-09-26. 2023-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409134459/http://www.panda.org.cn/english/about/about/2013-09-11/2416.html. dead.
5. Web site: Giant Panda Base – Chengdu . My »Travel in China« Site . 21 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321121752/https://my-travel-in-china.com/2019/03/giant-panda-base-chengdu/ . 21 March 2019 . dead .
6. Web site: Man banned from panda park for life for 'uncivilised' behaviour. the Independent . 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024.
7. Web site: Zoo Atlanta's Conservation Education Initiative in China. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080317023904/http://www.zooatlanta.org/conservation_education.htm. 2008-03-17.
8. Web site: New Giant Panda cub born at Zoo Atlanta. Zoo Atlanta. 2008-09-15. https://archive.today/20131008060136/http://web.archive.org/web/20080902154516/http%3A//www.zooatlanta.com/zoo_news_panda_birth_2008.htm. 2013-10-08. dead.
9. Web site: Zoo Atlanta's Giant Panda Cub Is Named Xi Lan. Zoo Atlanta. December 8, 2008.
10. Web site: 2010's only US giant panda cub born in Atlanta zoo. CNN. 2010-11-03.
11. Web site: Zoo Atlanta and Dreamworks Animation Announce Panda Cub's New Name. Zoo Atlanta. February 15, 2011. 2011-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20130521214115/http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/article_content/pandacub_100day_po. 2013-05-21. dead.
12. Web site: Research partners.
13. Web site: Geschäftsbericht 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091702/https://www.tierpark-berlin.de/fileadmin/downloads/pdf/zoo/unternehmen/Geschaeftsbericht_AG_2017_080518.pdf . 27 March 2019 . Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG.
14. Web site: 25 May 2023 . Giant panda . 25 May 2023 . Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG.
15. Web site: 央视网络 "熊猫频道"合作签字仪式在北京举行 - 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地. www.panda.org.cn. 2016-10-15.