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MEET / 881An individual life
Qieqie
倩倩
- Life status
- Living
- Born
Qieqie was among the first giant pandas at the Chengdu Panda Base selected for rewilding and release research. Her training progressed from the Panda Base and Panda Valley to release-acclimation and fully wild environments in Liziping. During training, she was able to find food and water on her own and independently feed on wild bamboo.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 881
- Current place
- Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
6 recorded events
Born at Chengdu Research Base
Born on August 6, 2013, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Selected for the first human-assisted soft-release training cohort
Selected with Hesheng in 2014 as part of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding's first group of giant pandas for human-assisted soft-release rewilding training.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Trained at Liziping release-acclimation and wild sites
Underwent staged training in 2016 at the Liziping release-acclimation site and in a wild environment, then returned to the acclimation site to continue rewilding training.
Liziping National Nature Reserve
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Transferred to the Daxiangling rewilding and release research base
Transferred in June 2019 to the Sichuan Daxiangling Giant Panda Rewilding and Release Research Base for pre-release acclimation training.
Sichuan Daxiangling Giant Panda Rewilding and Release Research Base
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Released in the Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park
Formally released in October 2023 in the Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park, becoming the world's first giant panda to complete a human-assisted soft-release program.
Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park
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Post-release monitoring confirmed good health and adaptation
Monitoring in 2025 confirmed that she remained healthy after release and was adapting well to the wild environment.
Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park
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Places
Current place
Yingjing Area of Giant Panda National Park
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
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