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MEET / 631An individual life
Meiqie
美茜
- Life status
- Living
- Born
Meiqie and her twin sister Meixin were born in Wolong on August 10, 2006, the first pair of giant panda twins born there that year. After the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Meiqie, Sijia and Qianqian were temporarily sent to Yunnan Wild Animal Park, where they lived for two years. The arrangement was Wolong’s first use of temporary off-site foster care for young pandas.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 631
Timeline
8 recorded events
Born in Wolong with twin sister Meixin
Meiqie was born at the Wolong Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on August 10, 2006, with her twin sister Meixin.
Wolong Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Moved to Yunnan Wild Animal Park for temporary foster care
After the Wenchuan earthquake, Meiqie moved to Yunnan Wild Animal Park with Sijia and Qianqian on June 26, 2008, for temporary foster care.
Yunnan Wild Animal Park
Left Yunnan to return to Sichuan
Meiqie ended nearly six years of foster care in Yunnan and set out for Sichuan on March 31, 2014.
Sichuan
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Gave birth to her first litter, twin cubs
Meiqie gave birth to her first litter, a pair of twins, at the Ya’an Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on July 31, 2016.
Ya'an Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Gave birth to Huahong
Meiqie gave birth to a male cub on August 17, 2017; he was later named Huahong.
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Gave birth to a 249-gram female cub, setting a captive-birth-weight record
Meiqie gave birth to a 249-gram female cub at Hetaoping Base in Wolong on July 27, 2021, setting the then-world record for the birth weight of a captive giant panda cub.
Hetaoping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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Moved to Mianyang Base
Meiqie moved to the Mianyang Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on November 4, 2025.
Mianyang Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Relationships
Siblings42View all
Offspring4
Places
Current place
Mianyang Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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.
- www.chinanews.comhttps://www.chinanews.com/sh/news/2008/08-13/1345709.shtml
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- news.cctv.comhttps://news.cctv.com/society/20080623/104561.shtml
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- www.chinanews.com.cnhttps://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2014/04-14/6062415.shtml
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- sc.cnr.cnhttps://sc.cnr.cn/2011scfw/rwsc/201207/t20120704_510105197.shtml
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- www.chinanews.comhttps://www.chinanews.com/sh/2014/03-31/6011798.shtml
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- www.mammal.cnhttps://www.mammal.cn/CN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=3753
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- news.ipanda.comhttps://news.ipanda.com/2016/08/01/ARTIfVfXL8yKKGEVw7TCsA1o160801.shtml
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- special.beiww.comhttps://special.beiww.com/2015n/yajswmjszl/201608/t20160802_655310.html
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- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=NzIz
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- www.forestry.gov.cnhttps://www.forestry.gov.cn/c/www/dzwzbh/648636.jhtml
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- sc.people.com.cnhttps://sc.people.com.cn/n2/2021/0729/c345509-34842499.html
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