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Meng Lan (萌兰)
A popular male giant panda at Beijing Zoo, born in Chengdu in 2015 and widely followed for his lively public presence.
- Birth date
- 2015-07-04
- Gender
- Male
- Current location
- Beijing Zoo, China
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Overview
A popular male giant panda at Beijing Zoo, born in Chengdu in 2015 and widely followed for his lively public presence.
Profile story
A fan-favorite Beijing profile
Meng Lan is a useful LovePanda sample profile because he sits at the crossing of a major city zoo, Chengdu birth records, visitor culture, and online panda fandom.
Rather than presenting viral moments as facts by themselves, the profile records the official timeline first: his Chengdu birth date, his Beijing Zoo residence, and the zoo's habitat improvement work. Fan attention can then be understood as context around a sourced profile.
Profile facts
- Location
- Beijing Zoo, China
- Status
- Resident at Beijing Zoo
- Region
- China
- Chinese name
- 萌兰
- Pinyin / English name
- Meng Lan
- Also known as
- 萌兰, Menglan
- Birth date
- 2015-07-04
- Gender
- Male
- Current location
- Beijing Zoo, China
- Birth place
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China
- Profile status
- Expanded profile
- Source confidence
- Birth date, Chengdu origin and Beijing Zoo visitor/activity-area reporting are source-linked; parent fields stay blank until an official profile source is added.
- Image status
- No individual photo is used until reusable image rights are confirmed.
- Last updated
- 2026-04-20
Individual pandas
Timeline
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Born in Chengdu
Meng Lan was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and later became one of Beijing Zoo's best-known pandas.
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Beijing Zoo visitor attention coverage
People's Daily Beijing reported strong visitor interest in Meng Lan and noted that the zoo had renovated the activity area after an earlier enclosure incident.