An Xin
安心
7 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
An Xin is a female giant panda born on 2019-05-01 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. This giant panda...
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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
zoo Zhuhai, China
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, located in Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest marine theme zoos in the world, managed by the Chimelong Group Co., Ltd. The park is home to over 300 species of rare terrestrial and marine animals, including the IUCN Red List Endangered *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), Vulnerable *Rhincodon typus* (whale shark), Critically Endangered *Eretmochelys imbricata* (hawksbill sea turtle), and Near Threatened *Aptenodytes forsteri
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom houses giant pandas under international loan agreement with the China Conservation and Research Center, as part of the cooperative panda diplomacy and ex-situ conservation network.
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Resident archive
Pandas connected to this place
15 pandas recorded
Currently at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Hua Hua Jr.
华华
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Hua Jr. is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is listed as studbo...
View profileHua Ning
华宁
4 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Ning is a male giant panda born on 2021-08-20 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. He is registered under studb...
View profileHua Shuang
华双
5 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Shuang is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-30 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered in the...
View profileHua Yun
华云
3 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Yun is a male giant panda born on 2022-10-15 at the Zhuhai Wildlife Park, Henan. His studbook number assigned by the...
View profileJin Zhu
金珠
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Jin Zhu is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered under stu...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.
Hua Hua Jr.
华华
6 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Hua Jr. is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-04 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is listed as studbo...
View profileHua Ning
华宁
4 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Ning is a male giant panda born on 2021-08-20 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. He is registered under studb...
View profileHua Shuang
华双
5 years old
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hua Shuang is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-30 at Zhuhai Chimelong Safari Park in Henan. She is registered in the...
View profileRecorded moments
Archive timeline at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
2022
Dec 1
2022
Oct 15
2022
Sep 5
2022
Sep 5
2021
Aug 20
2021
Aug 20
2020
Sep 22
Ling Yan transferred to Luanchuan
Ling Yan and Mai Mai moved to Luanchuan Bamboo Sea Wildlife Park in Henan.
Read update 2020
Sep 22
Mai Mai transferred to Luanchuan
Mai Mai and Ling Yan moved to Luanchuan Bamboo Sea Wildlife Park.
Read update 2020
Jul 30
2020
Jul 30
In the library
Further reading on Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
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The International Studbook: How Big Data Prevents Panda Inbreeding
Every captive giant panda on Earth is recorded in a single global database — the International Studbook — which tracks lineage, calculates genetic relatedness, and determines each year's breeding recommendations. This article explains how studbook managers use population genetics software to maintain 90% genetic diversity across 700 captive pandas, making the panda breeding program one of the most mathematically sophisticated conservation efforts in history.
1 panda
studbook genetics breeding
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The Giant Panda Genome Project: How DNA Sequencing Transformed Conservation
In 2009, an international team led by BGI-Shenzhen published the first complete giant panda genome — a 2.4 billion base-pair blueprint that revealed why pandas lost the taste for meat, how they digest bamboo with bacterial help, and why their genetic diversity offers hope for survival. This article follows the science from Jing Jing's blood sample to today's conservation genomics, covering TAS1R1 umami pseudogenization, the Illumina sequencing revolution, and what the genome means for the species' future.
1 panda
genome dna genetics
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Nature 🔬 advanced
Panda Habitat as Carbon Sink: The Hidden Climate Value of Bamboo Forests
The bamboo forests protected for pandas store an estimated 2-3 billion tons of carbon across the Giant Panda National Park's 27,000 square kilometers — an ecosystem service worth $200-750 million annually in carbon sequestration alone. This article examines how panda conservation doubles as climate action, why bamboo forests rival tropical rainforests in per-hectare carbon storage, and how China's carbon market is creating new economic incentives for habitat protection.
carbon climate ecosystem-services
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Where this place sits in the wider panda world
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Coordinates: 22.1000 N, 113.5333 E
Archive notes
About Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, located in Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is one of the largest marine theme zoos in the world, managed by the Chimelong Group Co., Ltd. The park is home to over 300 species of rare terrestrial and marine animals, including the IUCN Red List Endangered Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Vulnerable Rhincodon typus (whale shark), Critically Endangered Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle), and Near Threatened *Aptenodytes forsteri