An An
安安
An An (安安, studbook #1183) is a male giant panda born on June 28, 2019 at the Wolong Shenshuping Base. Son of Lin Bing, ...
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Ocean Park Hong Kong, located in Nam Long Shan, Southern District of Hong Kong Island, is one of the longest-operating zoological institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, accredited by both the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums Association (SEAZA). Its flagship "Amazing Asian Animals" exhibit houses two critically endangered giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) on long-term loan from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), alongside Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) and François' langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi), all listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Ocean Park Hong Kong 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.
How this page is organized
This page gathers the residents linked to Ocean Park Hong Kong, the key moments recorded here, nearby institutions, and the articles that add context.
Resident archive
9 pandas recorded
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
安安
An An (安安, studbook #1183) is a male giant panda born on June 28, 2019 at the Wolong Shenshuping Base. Son of Lin Bing, ...
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De De (得得), nicknamed "Xi Lao" (细佬 / Little Brother), is a male giant panda born August 15, 2024 at Ocean Park Hong Kong...
加加
Ga Ga (加加), affectionately known as "Jia Jie" (家姐 / Big Sister), is a female giant panda born August 15, 2024 at Ocean P...
可可
Ke Ke (可可, studbook #1180), originally named Tian Ke (甜可), is a female giant panda born on June 26, 2019 at the Wolong S...
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Le Le (乐乐), studbook #606, is a male giant panda born on August 8, 2005, at the Wolong China Conservation and Research C...
盈盈
Ying Ying (盈盈) is a female giant panda born August 16, 2005 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant ...
Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Ocean Park Hong Kong.
得得
De De (得得), nicknamed "Xi Lao" (细佬 / Little Brother), is a male giant panda born August 15, 2024 at Ocean Park Hong Kong...
加加
Ga Ga (加加), affectionately known as "Jia Jie" (家姐 / Big Sister), is a female giant panda born August 15, 2024 at Ocean P...
Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
安安
An An (安安, studbook #327) was the longest-living male giant panda in human care. Born wild in Baoxing, Sichuan in 1986, ...
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An An is a male giant panda born on 1999-12-28 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, regist...
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Jia Jia (佳佳, studbook #230) was a female giant panda born in the wild of Qingchuan, Sichuan around July 1978. Rescued in...
View profileRecorded moments
Ocean Park announced the official name "加加" (Ga Ga) for the female twin. She, her brother De De, and mother Ying Ying moved to an expanded habitat, where Ga Ga began exploring climbing structures and mimicking bamboo eating, now weighing over 21 kg.
Read updateGa Ga and De De appeared together in public with mother Ying Ying at Ocean Park Hong Kong, giving visitors their first chance to see the complete family.
Read updateOcean Park's naming competition for the twin panda cubs closed with over 35,700 submissions from Hong Kong residents, reflecting the city's deep affection for its first home-grown pandas.
Read updateGa Ga, at approximately 11 kg, made her first public appearance at Ocean Park Hong Kong, drawing large crowds eager to see Hong Kong's first home-grown panda.
Read updateOcean Park held a traditional Chinese 100-day celebration for Ga Ga and her twin brother De De, marking a significant milestone in Chinese culture.
Read updateAn An and Ke Ke arrived in Hong Kong as the third pair of pandas gifted by the central government.
Read updateKe Ke and An An arrived in Hong Kong as the third pair of pandas gifted by the central government.
Read updateDe De (得得), the male twin of the first giant pandas born in Hong Kong, was born at Ocean Park Hong Kong at 3:27 AM, 81 minutes after his sister Ga Ga. His mother Ying Ying became the oldest first-time panda mother on record at approximately 19 years old.
Read updateGa Ga (加加), nicknamed Jia Jie (家姐), was born at Ocean Park Hong Kong at 2:05 AM, weighing 122 grams — one of the first giant pandas ever born in Hong Kong. Her mother Ying Ying became the oldest first-time panda mother on record at approximately 19 years old.
Read updateIn the library
The giant panda diaspora spans 58 locations across continents — from the misty bamboo forests of Sichuan to climate-controlled enclosures in Singapore, from mountain reserves that shelter free-ranging pandas to urban zoos that host celebrities. This article provides the definitive guide to panda geography: where they live, why they're there, what the distribution reveals about conservation history, and how the map has changed from 1869 to today.
Trace the transformation of giant panda diplomacy from 1941, when Soong Mei-ling gifted the first pandas to America, through the landmark 1972 Nixon-era exchange, to today's international research loan agreements that channel millions of dollars annually into wild habitat conservation. This is the untold story of how a reclusive mountain bear became the world's most powerful diplomatic animal.
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World map
Coordinates: 22.2467 N, 114.1757 E
Archive notes
Ocean Park Hong Kong, located in Nam Long Shan, Southern District of Hong Kong Island, is one of the longest-operating zoological institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, accredited by both the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums Association (SEAZA). Its flagship "Amazing Asian Animals" exhibit houses two critically endangered giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) on long-term loan from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), alongside Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) and François' langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi), all listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of