Panda Base

In order to rescue and protect the endangered giant panda species, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was established in March 1987 with the mission to further the research and conservation carried out by the Chengdu Zoo. Its formation was sanctioned by Chengdu’s municipal government and came under the support structures of the Ministry of Housing and Urban – Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China (formerly the Ministry of Construction), the State Forestry Administration, PRC (formerly State Forestry Department), and conservation organizations like the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens and China Wildlife Conservation Association. With the aim of promoting Chengdu as “The Home Land of The Giant Panda,” the Chengdu Zoo has worked tirelessly since the 1950s. Now the Chengdu Panda Base has taken up the causes of research, breeding, and conservation among the giant panda population. The Base’s geographic location and excellent technological and professional resources allow it to carry out the ex-situ (off-site) conservation efforts and to improve the artificial reproduction procedures to increase the giant panda population. When population levels have reached desired levels, the Chengdu Panda Base will shift its efforts toward helping giant pandas adapt to their natural habitats so can be released into the wild and repopulate their native homeland.