Ao Li
奥利
12 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Ao Li is a male giant panda born on 2013-08-15 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. He is registered as stu...
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Shanghai Zoo
zoo Shanghai, China
Shanghai Zoo, located in Changning District of Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest municipal zoological institutions in the Yangtze River Delta region, housing over 6,000 individual animals representing 500+ species as of 2024. Its collection includes critically endangered species such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Pan troglodytes verus (western chimpanzee), and Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey), alongside vulnerable species like Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) and Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger). The zoo maintains long-term cooperative relationships with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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This page gathers the residents linked to Shanghai Zoo, the key moments recorded here, nearby institutions, and the articles that add context.
Resident archive
Pandas connected to this place
18 pandas recorded
Currently at Shanghai Zoo
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Bao Ning
宝宁
4 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Ning is a male giant panda born on 2021-08-30 at Shanghai Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1360 in the gl...
View profileBao Xing Second
宝星
2 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Xing Second is a male giant panda born on 2023-10-05 at Shanghai Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1378 in...
View profileBao Yun
宝云
2 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Yun is a male giant panda born on 2023-11-20 at Shanghai Zoo. He is recorded under studbook number 1396 in the globa...
View profileDong Dong
东东
3 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Dong Dong is a male giant panda born on 2022-08-10 at Shanghai Zoo. He is registered as studbook number 1322 in the glob...
View profileJing Jing
京京
12 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2013-08-15 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Her studbook numb...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Shanghai Zoo.
Bao Ning
宝宁
4 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Ning is a male giant panda born on 2021-08-30 at Shanghai Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1360 in the gl...
View profileBao Xing Second
宝星
2 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Xing Second is a male giant panda born on 2023-10-05 at Shanghai Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1378 in...
View profileBao Yun
宝云
2 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Bao Yun is a male giant panda born on 2023-11-20 at Shanghai Zoo. He is recorded under studbook number 1396 in the globa...
View profilePreviously recorded here
Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
Hua Sheng
花生
9 years old
Shanghai Zoo
Hua Sheng (花生, "Peanut") was a female giant panda born July 9, 2016 at the Shanghai Wildlife Park — the first panda cub ...
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Archive timeline at Shanghai Zoo
2025
Aug 22
2023
Nov 20
2023
Nov 20
2023
Oct 5
2023
Oct 5
2023
Jul 10
2023
Apr 27
Le Le's remains returned to China
Le Le's remains arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Serum and semen samples were also repatriated for research.
Read update 2022
Aug 10
2022
Aug 10
2021
Aug 30
In the library
Further reading on Shanghai Zoo
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.
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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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Culture 📚 general
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: 31.1944 N, 121.3606 E
Archive notes
About Shanghai Zoo
Shanghai Zoo, located in Changning District of Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest municipal zoological institutions in the Yangtze River Delta region, housing over 6,000 individual animals representing 500+ species as of 2024. Its collection includes critically endangered species such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Pan troglodytes verus (western chimpanzee), and Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey), alongside vulnerable species like Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) and Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger). The zoo maintains long-term cooperative relationships with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding