Giant Panda National Park: Back to the Wild

In 1978， Hu Jinchu erected a tent on a small hill in Wolong and established the world's first giant panda field ecology observation station. Because the tent in the observation station was exactly 51 steps from the water source, the station was named "Wu Yi Shed".

It was under such harsh conditions that Hu developed the "Hu Method", which is still used today to determine the basic conditions of giant panda populations through their feces.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of researchers, giant panda breeding is no longer a problem. The number of captive giant pandas in the world has reached nearly 700 to replenish the wild endangered small populations.

In 2003, China initiated a project to reintroduce captive pandas to the wild. Over the course of more than 20 years, a total of 11 giant pandas have been reintroduced into the wild, some have even naturally mated and produced offspring in the wild. The Giant Panda National Park relying on increasingly mature wild training techniques has successively established several wild training bases in Sichuan.

From Hu to today's young researchers, from Wu Yi Shed to the official establishment of the Giant Panda National Park, the threat level for the giant panda has been downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable". Researchers have never stopped their efforts on the fertile ground of the Giant Panda National Park, they continue to tell the legendary story of China's wildlife protection.