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Jing Jing

京京

Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2013-08-15 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Her studbook number is 1011, and she is currently classified as alive. She is one of over 400 captive-bred giant pandas held in Chinese conservation breeding facilities as of 2024. She is the offspring of Bing Bing and Xi Lan. Both parents are captive-bred giant pandas with registered studbook entries in the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda national breeding program. Her lineage traces to wild giant pandas captured from the Min Mountains in Sichuan province. Currently living at Shanghai Zoo, she participates in the captive giant panda public education and ex-situ conservation program run by the facility. She is one of two giant pandas permanently housed at Shanghai Zoo, open to public viewing for conservation awareness outreach. As a giant panda, Jing Jing displays typical species behavior, including spending 10–12 hours daily feeding on bamboo. She draws millions of domestic and international visitors to Shanghai Zoo annually, serving as a flagship species for global biodiversity conservation. Her presence supports public engagement with giant panda conservation efforts, which have lifted the species from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.