In recent years, the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda conducted a series of scientific cooperation with domestic institutes. For instance, the panda "Bai Xue" from Louguantai of Shanxi province successfully gave birth to 5 panda cubs in 3 pregnancies. This sort of cooperation has become indispensable to increase the reproduction rate and genetic diversity of the giant panda.

Working together with Sichuan Agriculture University, the center studied the reproductive hormone level in the hair of giant pandas. And the first phase of the research has already been finished.

The center cooperated with Beijing Normal University to do research on the behavior ecology of manually-bred giant pandas and wild phasianids.

Co-endeavoring with Agriculture Institute of Shanxi province, the center specially employed Mr. Cao Jialin, a fellow of the institute, to do deep research on the sound spectrums of the giant panda and other rare animals. And the first phase of the research has already been finished.

Cooperating with Northeast University of Forestry, the center experimented to introduce the Siberian cedar. The experiment turned out to be a success and seedlings grow well.

The center cooperated with University of Michigan and the Institute of Ecology of Chinese Academy of Sciences to conduct research on the application of GPS in the Wolong Natural Reserve. In the research, more than 200 quadrats have been selected and 2 GPS stations have been built. This has laid a firm basis for future investigation on wild plant and animal resources.

Respectively in 1997 and 1999, the "International Conference on the Reintroduction of Giant Pandas to Nature" and the "Symposium on analytical and research techniques Used in Protecting the Giant Panda" were successfully held in Wolong.

Cooperation with American, Japanese and Other Foreign Institutions
"Three Key Problems" in the Reproduction and
Breeding of the Giant Panda Tackled