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Jing Jing

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alive female Born August 30, 2005

Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2005-08-30 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as number 698 in the international giant panda studbook, and is recognized as a captive-bred individual by global giant panda conservation coordination networks. She is the offspring of Ba Si (studbook number 365) and Ya Ya (studbook number 450). Both of her parents are long-term captive residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with documented pedigree records held by the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and captive giant panda breeding programs. She is one of the most frequently viewed giant pandas in the base’s popular public viewing areas, attracting visitors from across China and abroad. As a healthy, fertile adult female giant panda, she has contributed offspring to the coordinated captive breeding program, supporting genetic diversity for the species. She exhibits typical giant panda feeding and resting behaviors, spending most of her day consuming bamboo and resting. Her profile is featured in the base’s official educational materials, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation.

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Birth date

August 30, 2005

Birth place

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Current location

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Status

Alive

Studbook

#698

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Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2005-08-30 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as number 698 in the international giant panda studbook, and is recognized as a captive-bred individual by global giant panda conservation coordination networks. She is the offspring of Ba Si (studbook number 365) and Ya Ya (studbook number 450). Both of her parents are long-term captive residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with documented pedigree records held by the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and captive giant panda breeding programs. She is one of the most frequently viewed giant pandas in the base’s popular public viewing areas, attracting visitors from across China and abroad. As a healthy, fertile adult female giant panda, she has contributed offspring to the coordinated captive breeding program, supporting genetic diversity for the species. She exhibits typical giant panda feeding and resting behaviors, spending most of her day consuming bamboo and resting. Her profile is featured in the base’s official educational materials, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation.

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Jing Jing (Chinese: ??, named after the 2008 Olympic mascot), studbook number 698, is a female giant panda born on August 30, 2005 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is the offspring of Ba Si (??, sb365) and Ya Ya (??, sb450).

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Jing Jing was born and raised at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and continues to reside there. As one of the older pandas at the base, she has lived at Chengdu Base throughout her life and has been a popular attraction for visitors.

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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Chengdu, China

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From Kung Fu Panda to Bing Dwen Dwen: Panda Images on Global Screens

From DreamWorks' $1.8 billion Kung Fu Panda franchise to the Beijing Winter Olympics' Bing Dwen Dwen, the panda has become one of the most commercially successful animated characters in history. This article traces the panda's evolution on screen — how a reclusive bamboo-eater became an action hero, a mascot, and a global screen icon.

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Pandas in Art: From Ancient Ink to Modern Street Murals

Long before pandas appeared on stamps, coins, and Olympic mascots, they inhabited Chinese visual culture — tentatively at first, as strange bears in the margins of imperial bestiaries, and then, explosively, as the subject of 20th-century ink paintings, propaganda posters, contemporary installations, and global street art. This article traces the panda's journey through art history: how visual artists across cultures have interpreted, mythologized, and commercialized the panda's image.

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The Ultimate Panda Documentary Guide: 50+ Films Every Panda Lover Needs to Watch

A curated global guide to over 50 panda documentaries spanning seven decades, seven thematic categories, and ten countries — from Pan Wenshi's raw Qinling field recordings in the 1990s to the 2024 Korean theatrical release Goodbye, Grandpa. Every film is verified, reviewed, and linked to the real pandas, keepers, and breeding centers behind the footage.

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Behind Every Name: The Art and Meaning of Naming Giant Pandas

From 'Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan' (symbolizing reunion) to 'Fu Bao' (lucky treasure), every giant panda name carries layers of cultural meaning, political significance, and public sentiment. This article explores the naming traditions, the global naming contests, and how panda nicknames — like Hua Hua's 'Guo Lai' — have become a unique form of modern Chinese internet folk culture.

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