There are 600 captive giant pandas in the world.

Xinhua News Agency, the giant panda at Shenshuping Base, Wolong, China Giant Panda Protection Research Center.

　　According to Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, November 12 (Reporter Yu Li), in 2019, a total of 60 giant pandas were bred in 37 fetuses, and 57 pandas survived. The number of giant pandas in captivity worldwide reached 600. Compared with 2018, the number of captive giant pandas increased by 52, with a growth rate of 9.31%.

　　On November 12th, the 2019 annual meeting of the Giant Panda Breeding Technical Committee with the theme of "Research on Giant Panda Breeding and Technology" was held in Chengdu. At the opening ceremony, Jia Jiansheng, the first-class inspector of National Forestry and Grassland Administration Wildlife Protection Department, released the latest panda data in 2019 for the first time.

　　The number of captive giant pandas has reached a new high, and a healthy, dynamic and sustainable captive population has basically taken shape. On this basis, the research on the wild release of giant pandas to promote the rejuvenation of wild populations is also being carried out steadily. The research and breeding institutions of captive giant pandas, with chengdu research base of giant panda as the main body, have further promoted technological innovation, established the Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Endangered Wild Animals in Sichuan Province, established scientific research cooperation relations with dozens of international protection institutions and organizations, and accumulated nearly 100 national patents and major scientific and technological achievements.