Discover Pandas in Xi’an with Former WWF Panda Conservation Program Director

Tick off two China bucket list items in one trip: the formidable Terracotta Warriors and the adorable Giant Panda. Expand your China knowledge and horizons as you explore one of the greatest finds of modern archaeology and a present day success in wildlife conservation.

Dive deeper into understanding China’s “national treasure”, the giant panda. Beyond the cuddly facades that have allured and transfixed admirers far and wide, these pandas have an array of social, biological and environmental complexities to be explored. To explain everything you could ever want to know about pandas, we have arranged for former WWF panda conservation program manager, Wan Hui, to join the excursion to Research Center for the Qinling Giant Panda as an expert guide.

Meet WildChina Expert, Wan Hui:

Having initially studied Environmental Ecology at the prestigious Peking University, picking up a Masters in Geography immediately after, Wan Hui began her corporate career in Shanghai’s concrete jungle.  Luckily for China’s wildlife, after four years in the city, Wan Hui shifted back to nature conservation and worked within World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) for ten years, focusing on landscape conservation for giant pandas in western China. In 2019, she left her post as the director of WWF’s panda conservation program to head up her own consulting firm to share her knowledge with visitors and research centers the world over. 

During the tour, make sure you keep the questions coming, as there’s little that doesn’t fall within Wan Hui’s expertise.  Whether it’s explaining the nuances of China’s biodiversity and ecosystem, or the effects of local populations on the distribution of China’s pandas – she’s got you covered (and then some).

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