Date: December 23, 2018 (Sunday)

Venue：Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Cost: Transportation is covered by CWAS (45 seats, first come, first served );

           ticket to Panda Center is covered by yourself (58 RMB).

Host：Center for West African Studies of UESTC

Time(Planned): 

13:00   UESTC Qingshuihe Campus(Student Activity Center) -- Giant Panda Center

17:00   Giant Panda Center -- UESTC Qingshuihe Campus(Student Activity Center)

Contact:

Mr. Wang Zhengqing, assistant of CWAS of UESTC

Phone: 18782941253         Email: cwasuestc@163.com

Brief Introduction to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Chengdu has been ancestral homeland to giant pandas since ancient times. Chengdu deserves to be called “The Home of the Giant Panda” as it is the metropolitan area nearest to the center of the panda’s natural habitat. 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. 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.

Website: http://www.panda.org.cn/english