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Jia Jia

佳佳

Jia Jia is a female giant panda born on 2019-06-28 at Fuzhou Panda World. Fuzhou Panda World is a dedicated giant panda breeding and exhibition facility located in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. The facility has hosted and cared for giant pandas for more than four decades, contributing to local public education and captive breeding efforts. She is the offspring of male giant panda Yang Yang and female giant panda Lei Lei. Both Yang Yang and Lei Lei are captive-bred giant pandas housed long-term at Fuzhou Panda World. Her lineage is recorded in the official Chinese national giant panda studbook under studbook number 1327. Currently living at Fuzhou Panda World, she participates in the facility’s captive giant panda management and public education programming. Fuzhou Panda World operates under the conservation framework of China’s national giant panda protection initiative, which prioritizes maintaining healthy captive populations and raising public awareness of threatened species. As a sub-adult captive giant panda, Jia Jia displays typical species traits, including a diet dominated by bamboo and regular activity patterns that draw consistent visitor attention. Her presence supports local public engagement with giant panda conservation, highlighting the role of regional captive facilities in complementing national wild population protection work.