Qi Qi
七七
7 years old
Shanghai Wildlife Park
Qi Qi (七七, studbook #1139) is a female giant panda born July 17, 2018 at Shanghai Wildlife Park — the 14th cub and 7th d...
captive-bred shanghai mother
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Shanghai Wildlife Park
zoo Shanghai, China
Shanghai Wildlife Park, located in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, is China's first national-level wildlife park. Opened in 1995, the park covers 153 hectares and houses over 200 animal species. Its Giant Panda Pavilion hosts several pandas from the CCRCGP breeding program. The park combines drive-through safari zones with walk-through exhibit areas and is one of Shanghai's most popular family attractions.
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Start with the pandas, then move outward into the surrounding archive
This page gathers the residents linked to Shanghai Wildlife Park, the key moments recorded here, nearby institutions, and the articles that add context.
Resident archive
Pandas connected to this place
2 pandas recorded
Currently at Shanghai Wildlife Park
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Qian Jin
芊金
8 years old
Shanghai Wildlife Park
Qian Jin (芊金, studbook #1118) is a female giant panda born October 10, 2017 at Shanghai Wildlife Park. Daughter of Qian ...
captive-bred shanghai mother
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Born here
Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Shanghai Wildlife Park.
Qi Qi
七七
7 years old
Shanghai Wildlife Park
Qi Qi (七七, studbook #1139) is a female giant panda born July 17, 2018 at Shanghai Wildlife Park — the 14th cub and 7th d...
captive-bred shanghai mother
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Qian Jin
芊金
8 years old
Shanghai Wildlife Park
Qian Jin (芊金, studbook #1118) is a female giant panda born October 10, 2017 at Shanghai Wildlife Park. Daughter of Qian ...
captive-bred shanghai mother
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Recorded moments
Archive timeline at Shanghai Wildlife Park
2025
Aug 22
Qian Jin Gives Birth to Shanghai's First Second-Generation Panda Twins
Qian Jin gave birth to twins Qian Ran and Qian Yi — the first "second-generation" pandas born in Shanghai, marking a milestone for the park's breeding program.
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Jul 17
Birth of Qi Qi
Qi Qi was born at Shanghai Wildlife Park, the 14th cub of legendary mother Gong Zhu. Her name means "7-7."
Read update 2017
Oct 10
Birth of Qian Jin
Qian Jin was born at Shanghai Wildlife Park, daughter of Qian Qian. She would grow up to become the park's beloved "大小姐" (Miss Prim).
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Further reading on Shanghai Wildlife Park
Featured
Culture 📚 general
Pandas in Art: From Ancient Ink to Modern Street Murals
Long before pandas appeared on stamps, coins, and Olympic mascots, they inhabited Chinese visual culture — tentatively at first, as strange bears in the margins of imperial bestiaries, and then, explosively, as the subject of 20th-century ink paintings, propaganda posters, contemporary installations, and global street art. This article traces the panda's journey through art history: how visual artists across cultures have interpreted, mythologized, and commercialized the panda's image.
art painting art-history
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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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Ruth Harkness and Su Lin: The First Panda to Reach the Western World
In 1936, American socialite Ruth Harkness traveled to China, captured a baby panda named Su Lin, and brought it to the Chicago Zoo — igniting the world's first 'panda fever.' This article tells the story of the woman, the cub, and the expedition that changed how the West saw pandas forever.
history ruth-harkness su-lin
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World map
Where this place sits in the wider panda world
📍 All Locations
Coordinates: 31.0550 N, 121.7240 E
Archive notes
About Shanghai Wildlife Park
Shanghai Wildlife Park, located in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, is China's first national-level wildlife park. Opened in 1995, the park covers 153 hectares and houses over 200 animal species. Its Giant Panda Pavilion hosts several pandas from the CCRCGP breeding program. The park combines drive-through safari zones with walk-through exhibit areas and is one of Shanghai's most popular family attractions.