The China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda has the "May 1 Staion" for the observation of giant pandas in the wild, ecological observation station of plants and animals, meteorological stations, a museum, a biochemistry lab, a reproduction nursing house, a veterinary hospital, an ecological observation house for animal behavior, a computer center, and the Wolong International Giant Panda's Club. In the coming years, a microorganism lab and a histiocyte lab will also be established. In the more than two decades since its establishment, the center has cultivated a strong research group, including specialists in animal ecology, plant ecology, biology, application of geographical information system and GPS in analysis and evaluation of animal habitats, prevention and clinical veterinary medicine, husbandry, nutriology, reproduction, biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology. Till now, there are more than 50 registered workers in the center, 31 of which are researchers. (educational background: 2 M.S., 2 graduate students, 11 B.S., 5 college graduates, and 11secondary college graduates). Professional titles: 1 professor, 5 senior engineers, 5 engineers, 12 assistants and 8 technicians.) At the same time, it also has a group of young scientific researchers with an average age of 30. They have mastered the whole set of skills in observing, rescuing and giant pandas in the wild, as well as artificial reproduction and manual breeding. Now, they are able to conduct independent researches on the manual breeding and artificial reproduction of the giant panda. Now, some of them have already become world-known giant panda specialists.
A Brief Introduction of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda Research Tasks and Achievement
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