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Dalian Forest Zoo

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Dalian Forest Zoo, located in Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area of Dalian, Liaoning Province, is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a core member of the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. It hosts more than 200 species and over 3000 individual animals, including critically endangered *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), *Panthera tigris altaica* (Siberian tiger), *Rhinopithecus roxellana* (golden snub-nosed monkey), and *Grus japonensis* (red-crowned crane), all listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and assessed as Endangered or Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The zoo’s Giant Panda Pavilion, built in cooperation with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, has housed 4 giant pandas since 2012, including the first giant panda cub born in Northeast China, Jin Hu, in 2015. The zoo has established long-term research partnerships with Dalian Medical University,

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Resident archive

Pandas connected to this place

13 pandas recorded

Currently at Dalian Forest Zoo

The pandas currently recorded at this institution.

13 active

Fei Yun

飞云

Alive
15 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Fei Yun (飞云, studbook #774) is a female giant panda born July 30, 2010 at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base. Daughter of Lu Lu an...

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Fei Yun

飞云

Alive
15 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Fei Yun is a female giant panda born on 2010-07-30 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Sh...

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Jin Hu

金虎

Alive
15 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Jin Hu is a male giant panda born on 2010-07-08 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Regis...

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Jin Yi

金意

Alive
14 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Jin Yi is a female giant panda born on 2011-08-06 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She...

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Liang Ning

亮宁

Alive
2 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Liang Ning is a female giant panda born on 2023-07-30 at Dalian Zoo. Her studbook registration number is 1353, and she i...

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Liang Xing

亮星

Alive
2 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Liang Xing is a female giant panda born on 2023-09-20 at Dalian Zoo. She is registered under studbook number 1371 in the...

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Born here

Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Dalian Forest Zoo.

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Liang Ning

亮宁

Alive
2 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Liang Ning is a female giant panda born on 2023-07-30 at Dalian Zoo. Her studbook registration number is 1353, and she i...

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Liang Xing

亮星

Alive
2 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Liang Xing is a female giant panda born on 2023-09-20 at Dalian Zoo. She is registered under studbook number 1371 in the...

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Liang Yun

亮云

Alive
2 years old
Dalian Forest Zoo

Liang Yun is a female giant panda born on 2023-10-30 at Dalian Zoo. Her studbook number is 1389, and she is recorded as ...

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Recorded moments

Archive timeline at Dalian Forest Zoo

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2023
Oct 30

Birth of Liang Yun

Liang Yun was born at dalian_zoo.

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2023
Oct 30

Birth of Xing Yun Second

Xing Yun Second was born at dalian_zoo.

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2023
Sep 20

Birth of Liang Xing

Liang Xing was born at dalian_zoo.

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2023
Sep 20

Birth of Xing Xing Third

Xing Xing Third was born at dalian_zoo.

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2023
Jul 30

Birth of Liang Ning

Liang Ning was born at dalian_zoo.

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2023
Jul 30

Birth of Xing Ning

Xing Ning was born at dalian_zoo.

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2022
Jul 22

Birth of Xing Guang Second

Xing Guang Second was born at dalian_zoo.

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2019
Jul 10

Birth of Xiao Liang

Xiao Liang was born at dalian_zoo.

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2019
Jul 10

Birth of Yue Guang

Yue Guang was born at dalian_zoo.

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2012
Aug 6

Jin Yi transferred to dalian_zoo

Jin Yi moved to dalian_zoo.

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In the library

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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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How to Become a Panda Keeper: More Than Just Shoveling Poo

Becoming a panda keeper is statistically harder than gaining admission to many elite universities — annual acceptance rates at the Chengdu Research Base are below 5%. This article explores the education, physical demands, emotional resilience, and daily realities of panda keeping, featuring interviews with keepers who describe their work as 'the most difficult, least glamorous, and most meaningful job in animal care.'

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Bifengxia Base: The First Stop for Every Returning Overseas Panda

Nestled in the misty mountains above Ya'an, Sichuan, the Bifengxia Panda Base is the quiet epicenter of the global panda diaspora — the place every overseas-born panda first encounters when it returns to China. With its cool climate, abundant bamboo, and specialized quarantine facilities, Bifengxia has processed every major panda homecoming of the modern era, from Tai Shan in 2010 to Fu Bao in 2024.

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Coordinates: 38.8788 N, 121.6144 E

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About Dalian Forest Zoo

Dalian Forest Zoo, located in Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area of Dalian, Liaoning Province, is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a core member of the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. It hosts more than 200 species and over 3000 individual animals, including critically endangered Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Panthera tigris altaica (Siberian tiger), Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey), and Grus japonensis (red-crowned crane), all listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and assessed as Endangered or Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The zoo’s Giant Panda Pavilion, built in cooperation with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, has housed 4 giant pandas since 2012, including the first giant panda cub born in Northeast China, Jin Hu, in 2015.

The zoo has established long-term research partnerships with Dalian Medical University,