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Hong Xi

鸿禧

Hong Xi is a male giant panda born on 2014-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed as studbook number 938 in the global giant panda studbook system maintained by the center’s conservation staff. He is the offspring of Guibang (studbook 612) and Xinying (studbook 582), both captive-bred giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center. His lineage traces to wild giant panda populations native to the Min Mountains of Sichuan Province, a core habitat for the species. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center’s Wolong Base in Sichuan, China, he participates in the center’s captive breeding program for giant pandas, which aims to maintain genetic diversity in the captive population. The program supports eventual reintroduction efforts for the species. As a healthy adult captive giant panda, Hong Xi displays typical foraging behavior, spending more than 10 hours daily consuming bamboo. He is a popular subject for educational wildlife observation programs hosted at the Wolong Base, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation. His genetic profile adds valuable diversity to the captive giant panda population, supporting long-term species conservation goals.