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Hu Chun
湖春
- Life status
- Living
- Born
In 2017, Hu Chun and Cai Tao traveled to Indonesia, beginning a ten-year China–Indonesia giant panda conservation research partnership. In November 2025, she gave birth to a male cub later named Rio, the first giant panda born in Indonesia and a milestone for local captive breeding.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 794
- Current place
- Taman Safari Bogor
Timeline
6 recorded events
Born at Bifengxia Panda Base
Hu Chun was born at Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on September 8, 2010.
Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Moved to Taiyuan Zoo with Cai Tao
Hu Chun moved to Taiyuan Zoo with Cai Tao on May 30, 2013.
Taiyuan Zoo
- Year only
Returned to Sichuan after her stay in Taiyuan
In October 2015, Hu Chun ended her stay in Taiyuan and returned to Sichuan.
Arrived in Indonesia with Cai Tao
Hu Chun and Cai Tao arrived at Taman Safari Bogor on September 28, 2017, beginning a ten-year international giant panda conservation partnership and becoming the first pair of giant pandas to live in Indonesia.
Taman Safari Bogor
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Went on public display at the Bogor giant panda pavilion
After more than a month of quarantine and acclimation, the giant panda pavilion at Taman Safari Bogor officially opened on November 26, 2017, and Hu Chun and Cai Tao began meeting visitors.
Taman Safari Bogor
Gave birth to Indonesia’s first giant panda cub
Hu Chun gave birth to her first cub at Taman Safari Bogor at 5:31 p.m. on November 27, 2025. The male cub was later named Rio and became the first giant panda born in Indonesia.
Taman Safari Bogor
Relationships
Offspring1
Places
Current place
Taman Safari Bogor
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.
- duzhebao.cnhttps://duzhebao.cn/dydz/web/Home/detail/212745
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- news.ipanda.comhttps://news.ipanda.com/2015/06/26/ARTI1435304160914441.shtml
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- news.sxrb.comhttps://news.sxrb.com/GB/314086/1320011.html
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- www.heb.chinanews.com.cnhttps://www.heb.chinanews.com.cn/shfz/20220913427243.shtml
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- world.people.com.cnhttps://world.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1127/c1002-29669609.html
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- id.china-embassy.gov.cnhttps://id.china-embassy.gov.cn/zgyyn/201712/t20171201_2084491.htm
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