San Diego Zoo has 3 giant pandas:
Bai Yun, Gao Gao & Yun Zi

Giant Pandas settle in at the San Diego Zoo

China agreed to loan a pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo for 12 years in an international effort to save the rare animals from extinction. The zoo agreed to pay China 1 million USD a year and to contribute additional funds toward panda preservation. If the pair successfully mated, any panda cubs would belong to China.

On September 10, 1996 Bai Yun and Shi Shi arrived at the San Diego Zoo. A brand-new exhibit area was built for them, which has since been expanded and renovated and is now called the Giant Panda Research Station. The San Diego panda facility can comfortably house up to six pandas.

In December 2008, a new panda agreement was signed, keeping the pandas in San Diego for 5 years extra years.

Bai Yun

Bai Yun (female) was born on September 7, 1991 at the China Research and Conservation Center for Giant Panda in Wolong.

She has studbook number 371.
Her name means “White Cloud” in Chinese.

Her mother Dong Dong (358) and her father is Pan Pan (308).
Bai Yun’s birth was unique as her arrival marked the first successful birth of a giant panda at the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in China. Wolong scientists aren’t sure if Dong Dong’s pregnancy was a result of natural breeding or artificial insemination.

She came to the San Diego Zoo on September 10, 1996 with Shi Shi.

Bai Yun is the mother of Hua Mei, Mei Sheng, Su Lin, Zhen Zhen & Yun Zi.  

Gao Gao

Gao Gao (male) was born approximately in 1992.

He has studbook number 415.
His name means “Big Big” in Chinese.

In March 1993, he was rescued from the wild in Baoxing due to dehydration and an injury assumed to be from another panda. He was taken to China’s Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve and nursed back to health. On December 25, 2001 he was transferred to the China Research and Conservation Center for Giant Panda in Wolong.
He came to the San Diego Zoo on January 15, 2003.

Gao Gao is described as rambunctious and will give Zoo researchers an opportunity to observe the actions of a male panda in the prime of his life.

Gao Gao is the father of Mei Sheng, Su Lin, Zhen Zhen & Yun Zi.

Yun Zi

Yun Zi (male) was born on August 5, 2009 at the San Diego Zoo.

His name means “Son Of Cloud” in Chinese.

His mother is Bai Yun (371) and his father is Gao Gao (415).
He is the fifth cub to be born at the San Diego Zoo.