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Yuan Yuan

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Yuan Yuan is a female giant panda born on 2003-08-01 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Her official studbook number is 566, and she is currently confirmed to be in alive status. She is the offspring of Shi Shi and Lei Lei. Both of her parents were wild-rescued giant pandas incorporated into the captive breeding program of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the 1990s. Currently living at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the captive giant panda breeding program run by the base in partnership with the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China. She has given birth to 6 surviving cubs as of 2024. Yuan Yuan displays a notably calm foraging pattern, spending an average of 12 hours daily feeding on bamboo shoots and prepared panda cakes. Her public live streams have accumulated over 10 million views globally, raising public awareness of giant panda habitat restoration efforts in Sichuan Province. She contributes to genetic diversity maintenance of the captive giant panda population, a key component of the species' conservation strategy.