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The Programme
The Panda Reserve is to the east of Mt. Qionglai, and a 3-hour drive from Chengdu. It is a comprehensive state natural reserve of 200,000 hectares.
Founded in 1963, the Panda Reserve is the earliest, largest and best-known panda reserve in China. It was placed on UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Network in 1980.
Sixty-seven captive pandas are among 150 pandas in the Panda Reserve that is managed by the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda. The Centre was founded in 1980 with assistance from World Wildlife Fund.
People from all nations are welcome to adopt pandas through naming them with an accompanying donation. Pandas are national treasures and also goodwill ambassadors for China.
Wildlife observation spots opened in the Panda Reserve to attract explorers, tourists, animal-lovers as well as scientists. Every year more than 100, 000 visitors come to the Panda Reserve.
Reputed as a bio-gene bank both at home and abroad, the Panda Reserve is home not only to the giant pandas but also to rare and endangered animals such as the red panda, golden monkey, white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris), gnu (wildebeest) and precious plants like yew and beech.
The Panda Reserve is a fairyland for tourists. It enjoys warm and humid climate favourable to bamboo, pandas' favourite food.
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