Bao Bao Second
宝宝
4 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Bao Bao Second is a female giant panda born on 2021-08-01 at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China. She is listed as...
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Chimelong Safari Park
zoo Guangzhou, China
Chimelong Safari Park, located in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest zoological institutions in southern China, holding full accreditation from both the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the China Association of Zoological Gardens (CAZG). The park hosts more than 500 species and 20,000 individual animals, including critically endangered *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), endangered *Panthera tigris tigris* (Bengal tiger) white variant, *Gavialis gangeticus* (gharial), and *Elephas maximus* (Asian elephant), all listed in CITES Appendix I. It maintains close breeding and research partnerships with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) based in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) China Program. The park's 2000-acre grounds feature a unique self-drive safari zone that replicates natural
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Resident archive
Pandas connected to this place
27 pandas recorded
Currently at Chimelong Safari Park
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Hua Ning Second
华宁
3 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Ning Second is a female giant panda born on 2022-07-30 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is listed as studbook...
View profileHua Xing Second
华星
3 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Xing Second is a female giant panda born on 2022-09-30 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is registered as stud...
View profileHua Yue
华月
4 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Yue is a female giant panda born on 2021-07-28 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is registered as studbook num...
View profileHua Yun Second
华云
3 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Yun Second is a female giant panda born on 2022-11-15 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is registered under st...
View profileKu Ku
酷酷
11 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Ku Ku (酷酷, studbook #923) is a male giant panda born July 29, 2014 at Chimelong Safari Park — the third-born of the worl...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Chimelong Safari Park.
Bao Bao Second
宝宝
4 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Bao Bao Second is a female giant panda born on 2021-08-01 at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China. She is listed as...
View profileHua Ning Second
华宁
3 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Ning Second is a female giant panda born on 2022-07-30 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is listed as studbook...
View profileHua Xing Second
华星
3 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Hua Xing Second is a female giant panda born on 2022-09-30 at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park. She is registered as stud...
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Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
Jia He
家和
10 years old
Chimelong Safari Park
Jia He (家和, studbook #972) is a male giant panda born August 15, 2015 at Ya'an Bifengxia Base. Son of Jin Xin, he was se...
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Archive timeline at Chimelong Safari Park
2026
May 16
Ting Zai and Jia He Fall Ill at Chimelong
Ting Zai showed loss of appetite, lethargy, coughing and fever. A multidisciplinary team including China Agricultural University and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital treated him. His condition stabilized.
Read update 2026
May 9
2025
Oct 6
Mei Zhu Celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival with Wowotou Mooncakes
Keepers prepared special wowotou mooncakes made from bamboo powder, rice flour, and corn flour for Mei Zhu to introduce her to traditional Mid-Autumn Festival customs.
Read update 2025
Aug 1
Mei Zhu Participates in Animal Games Gymnastics
Mei Zhu took part in Chimelong's animal games gymnastics event, demonstrating flexibility and coordination inherited from her mother Meng Meng.
Read update 2025
Jun 18
Mei Zhu First Birthday — "Household Registration" & Zhua Zhou Ceremony
Mei Zhu celebrated her first birthday at Chimelong, receiving a symbolic "household registration booklet" and the "Miracle Continuation Award." In the zhua Zhou ceremony, she chose the carrot key. Weight reached 27.1 kg.
Read update 2024
Jul 29
Ting Zai Celebrates 6th Birthday
Ting Zai celebrated his 6th birthday at Chimelong with an ice bed cooling station and parallel bar enrichment toys.
Read update 2024
Jun 18
Birth of Mei Zhu — First Descendant of Panda Triplets
Mei Zhu (妹珠), the first offspring of the world's only surviving giant panda triplets "Meng Shuai Ku," was born at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park weighing 178 grams.
Read update 2023
Nov 15
Jia He Transferred to Guangzhou Chimelong as Mate for Meng Meng
Jia He was selected as the "live-in son-in-law" for Meng Meng, the eldest of the world's only surviving panda triplets. He was transferred from Wolong Shenshuping to Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park for breeding.
Read update 2022
Nov 15
2022
Nov 15
In the library
Further reading on Chimelong Safari Park
Culture 📚 general
A Rare Infection, A Sudden Death: The Chlamydia Case at Chimelong
In May 2026, Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park confirmed that Jia He (家和, studbook #972), a 10-year-old male giant panda, died from heart failure caused by a pulmonary chlamydia infection — a diagnosis so unusual that it may be the first documented fatal chlamydia case in a giant panda worldwide. This article examines the clinical timeline, the microbiology behind the infection, the investigation into possible transmission sources, and the broader implications for captive panda health management at one of China's largest panda facilities.
2 pandas
chlamydia chimelong health-crisis
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Culture 📚 general
Chengdu's Fan Economy: How One Panda Fuels an Entire City's Tourism
Hua Hua's celebrity has transformed the Chengdu Research Base from a conservation facility into one of China's most popular tourist destinations. This article examines the 'panda economy' — how a single charismatic animal drives millions in ticket sales, hotel bookings, merchandise revenue, and social media engagement, and what this phenomenon reveals about the economic power of animal celebrity.
1 panda
economy tourism fan-culture
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Featured
Culture 📚 general
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.
documentary film guide
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World map
Where this place sits in the wider panda world
📍 All Locations
Coordinates: 22.9972 N, 113.3188 E
Archive notes
About Chimelong Safari Park
Chimelong Safari Park, located in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest zoological institutions in southern China, holding full accreditation from both the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the China Association of Zoological Gardens (CAZG). The park hosts more than 500 species and 20,000 individual animals, including critically endangered Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), endangered Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger) white variant, Gavialis gangeticus (gharial), and Elephas maximus (Asian elephant), all listed in CITES Appendix I. It maintains close breeding and research partnerships with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) based in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) China Program. The park's 2000-acre grounds feature a unique self-drive safari zone that replicates natural