The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is located at 1375 Panda Avenue, Chenghua District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. It is 10 kilometers away from the city center and over 30 kilometers away from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. It is a world-renowned giant panda relocation protection base, scientific research breeding base, public education base, and educational tourism base. The base covers an area of 1000 acres. As an ecological demonstration project for the relocation and conservation of giant pandas, it is renowned for protecting and breeding endangered wildlife species unique to China, such as giant pandas and lesser pandas. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was established on the basis of raising, treating, and breeding giant pandas at Chengdu Zoo. In 1997, an open laboratory was established. In 2019, the base received over 9 million domestic and foreign tourists.
The total area of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is 3570 acres, including an expansion area of 2535 acres. The base simulates the wild ecological environment of giant pandas using landscaping techniques. The distribution of giant panda delivery rooms, panda breeding areas, research centers, and panda hospitals is orderly, and several luxurious panda "villas" are scattered in the mountains and forests. The expansion area fully follows and uses the original terrain and landforms, utilizing mountain gullies and streams to form a multi-level landscape belt of mountain valleys; According to the characteristics of the panda theme, the project is divided into multiple regions as a whole. As of the end of 2020, the population of giant pandas reached 215, making it the world's largest captive breeding population of giant pandas.
In 1995, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was awarded the title of "Global 500" by the United Nations Environment Programme. In 2006, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was rated as a national AAAA level tourist attraction.
