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The Ya'an Bifengxia Base (Yaan Bifengxia Base) of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) is located in the Bifengxia Gorge scenic area, approximately 12 km north of Ya'an City and 148 km from Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Nestled at an elevation of 1,100 to 1,200 meters above sea level in a dense broadleaf forest with abundant bamboo, waterfalls, and streams, the base was constructed beginning in October 2002 and officially opened on December 28, 2003. Originally planned as a satellite center to house sub-adult and senior pandas to relieve population pressure at Wolong, the base's role expanded dramatically after the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, when the Wolong center was severely damaged and the majority of its pandas were evacuated to Bifengxia. The base subsequently grew to house over 60 pandas and became the largest captive panda facility in China. It is divided into three main exhibit zones: Bai Xiong Ping (White Panda Terrace) for adult pandas, a Panda Kindergarten for cubs and sub-adults, and Hai Gui Yuan (Overseas Returnees Paradise) for pandas returning from international conservation programs abroad.
How this page is organized
This page gathers the residents linked to Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, the key moments recorded here, nearby institutions, and the articles that add context.
Resident archive
15 pandas recorded
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
贝贝
Bei Bei (贝贝, studbook #978) is a male giant panda born on August 22, 2015 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...
豆豆
Dou Dou (豆豆), studbook #1165, is a male giant panda born on September 19, 2018, at the Wolong Shenshuping Base. His moth...
梵星
Fan Xing (梵星) is a female giant panda born May 1, 2020 at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the first giant panda cub e...
华豹
Hua Bao (华豹), also known as Pyry in Finland, is a male giant panda born July 10, 2013 at Yaan Bifengxia Base. In January...
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Jin Bao Bao (金宝宝), also known as Lumi in Finland, is a female giant panda born September 20, 2014 at Yaan Bifengxia Base...
蕾蕾
Lei Lei (蕾蕾) is a female giant panda born June 23, 2021 at Ueno Zoo, Tokyo. Twin of Xiao Xiao, her name was chosen from ...
View profilePandas whose birth place is recorded as Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
华豹
Hua Bao (华豹), also known as Pyry in Finland, is a male giant panda born July 10, 2013 at Yaan Bifengxia Base. In January...
View profile金宝宝
Jin Bao Bao (金宝宝), also known as Lumi in Finland, is a female giant panda born September 20, 2014 at Yaan Bifengxia Base...
平平
Ping Ping (平平), studbook #704, is a female giant panda born on July 6, 2008 at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base. She and her twi...
Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
武岗
Wu Gang (武岗), studbook #502, was a male giant panda rescued from Baoxing County, Sichuan on May 1, 2001. He was known fo...
Recorded moments
Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei returned from Ueno Zoo to China, leaving Japan with zero pandas for the first time since 1972.
Read updateRi Ri (比力) returned to China alongside Shin Shin (仙女). They departed Tokyo Narita on a chartered cargo flight and arrived at CCRCGP's Ya'an Bifengxia Base for retirement.
Read updateShin Shin (仙女) and her mate Ri Ri (比力) were repatriated to China from Ueno Zoo due to age-related hypertension. They arrived at CCRCGP's Ya'an Bifengxia Base for quarantine and retirement after 13 years in Japan.
Read updateIn the library
Nestled in the misty mountains above Ya'an, Sichuan, the Bifengxia Panda Base is the quiet epicenter of the global panda diaspora — the place every overseas-born panda first encounters when it returns to China. With its cool climate, abundant bamboo, and specialized quarantine facilities, Bifengxia has processed every major panda homecoming of the modern era, from Tai Shan in 2010 to Fu Bao in 2024.
On May 12, 2008, the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake devastated the Wolong National Nature Reserve — the heart of global panda conservation. This article tells the story of what was lost, how pandas and keepers survived, and the decade-long international effort that rebuilt Wolong into the modern Shenshuping and Gengda bases that anchor the Giant Panda National Park today.
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.
World map
Coordinates: 30.0500 N, 103.0000 E
Archive notes
The Ya'an Bifengxia Base (Yaan Bifengxia Base) of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) is located in the Bifengxia Gorge scenic area, approximately 12 km north of Ya'an City and 148 km from Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Nestled at an elevation of 1,100 to 1,200 meters above sea level in a dense broadleaf forest with abundant bamboo, waterfalls, and streams, the base was constructed beginning in October 2002 and officially opened on December 28, 2003.
Originally planned as a satellite center to house sub-adult and senior pandas to relieve population pressure at Wolong, the base's role expanded dramatically after the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, when the Wolong center was severely damaged and the majority of its pandas were evacuated to Bifengxia. The base subsequently grew to house over 60 pandas and became the largest captive panda facility in China. It is divided into three main exhibit zones: Bai Xiong Ping (White Panda Terrace) for adult pandas, a Panda Kindergarten for cubs and sub-adults, and Hai Gui Yuan (Overseas Returnees Paradise) for pandas returning from international conservation programs abroad.