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He Xing

和兴

He Xing is a male giant panda born on 2019-07-26 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He holds studbook number 1244, and is confirmed to be alive as of the most recent official giant panda population records from the center. He is the offspring of giant panda father Hua Ao and giant panda mother Xi Dou. Both parent giant pandas are permanently housed at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, and have contributed multiple offspring to the center’s breeding program. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China, he participates in the center’s long-term giant panda behavioral research and ex-situ conservation initiatives. Researchers at the center regularly monitor his feeding, social interaction, and activity patterns to expand understanding of giant panda health and development. As a captive-bred giant panda, He Xing shows typical species traits: he spends an average of 10 to 12 hours daily feeding on bamboo, and demonstrates calm, non-aggressive behavior around familiar conspecifics and handlers. He contributes to global public education about giant panda ecology, and supports the species’ ongoing recovery as part of China’s coordinated giant panda conservation framework.