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Ya'an Bifengxia Panda BaseChina protection and research center of giant panda of Ya’an Bifeng Xia base which is situated in Bifeng Xia beauty spot area in rain city Ya’an, Sichuan, which is 150 kilometers away from capital Chengdu, 15 kilometers from Ya’an city area, it takes only one and half hours from Chengdu Shuangliu international airport to the base. The natural ecological conditions here are very extraordinary, it’s only dozens of kilometers from here to giant natural protection area. In 1869, the first giant panda in the world was found in Ya’an .Among the core areas in the United Nations’world natural heritage of Sichuan giant panda habitat’， Ya’an accounts for 52%.Ya’an Bi Feng Xia base of China protection research center of giant panda was invested and constructed by the Chinese State Forestry Administration, situated in Ya’an Bi Feng Xia beauty spot area with altitude between 1100 to 1800 meters, planned total area of near 6000 mu (unit of area).After its construction, the base will be the biggest giant panda protection base. In order to insure the safety of the giant panda, expand the living space of giant panda, promote the protection career of giant panda, Ya’an Bi Feng Xia panda base was put into construction in 2001, with 3 periods of base construction. The first period squared 1071 mu, invested near 120 million by State Forestry Administration and others, which will be finished in December,2003. The first period of construction will build 16 suits of giant panda villas, one giant panda scientific research center, giant panda hospitals, giant panda feeding center, giant panda breeding center, giant panda display center, staff living and logistical support center and so on. There were total 20 pandas immigrated from other panda centers at that moment, one panda was bred successfully here.http://www.chengdutravelagency.com
