Bao Bao

At the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., a female giant panda cub named Bao Bao was born. Before February 2017, she spent four years residing at the Zoo. She is currently based at Sichuan Province's China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is the sister of Xiao Qi Ji, Tai Shan, and Bei Bei.

100 days after her birth, Bao Bao received her name. First ladies Peng Liyuan of China and Michelle Obama of the United States both submitted unique video greetings that were aired during the naming ceremony. China's panda diplomacy includes Bao Bao's birth, naming ceremony, and a trip to China in 2017.

Before he passed away in 2012 at the age of 34, Bao Bao was the oldest male panda in the entire globe. Hua Guofeng, the then-leader of China, presented Bao Bao to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 1980. Although Bao Bao spent his entire life at the Berlin Zoo, he was occasionally sent to other zoos for breeding. Bao Bao, however, was unable to have any offspring.

Bao Bao was the sole panda present in the Berlin Zoo at the time of his passing. Tjen Tjen, a female panda, had accompanied Bao Bao when he first came to Berlin, but she passed away in 1984 before they could mate.

Oldest Age Reached: 34 years old