Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding - Partnerships

Partnerships

Chengdu Panda Base has partnered with many organizations in improving ways to conserve giant pandas. For example, its partnership with Zoo Atlanta helped the zoo secure the loan of 2 giant pandas. To date, these 2 giant pandas, Yang Yang and Lun Lun, have produced three male off-spring: Mei Lan in 2006, Xi Lan in 2008, and Po born on November 3, 2010.

Other research partners include:

• Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan
• East Bay Zoological Society, Oakland, California, USA
• Liverpool University, UK
• National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institution, USA
• National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., USA
• North of England Zoological Society, UK
• The Oakland China Wildlife Preservation Foundation, California, USA
• San Diego Zoo, California, USA
• University of Japan
• Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland