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      In 1997, the laboratory for research on the conservation of special Chinese endangered species was set up at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Over 150 million RMB was invested jointly by the State Planning Commission of China, the Chengdu Municipal Planning Commission and the Chengdu Research Foundation of Giant Panda Breeding.

      After four years of continuous efforts, not only are the research facilities and management strategies becoming more and more polished, but great achievements have been obtained by putting the results of research into practice. In 2001, the lab was formally named the “Sichuan Pilot Lab for Breeding and Conservation Genetics of Endangered Animals” by the Sichuan Provincial Government, with support from the Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC and Science and Technology Bureau of Sichuan Province. Professor Zhang Anju was appointed director of the lab and Mr. Xiang Zhonghuai, the academician of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences was appointed director of the academic committee. Focusing on reproductive sciences, conservation genetics and wildlife ecology, the lab has become one of China’s high level academic research centers in the field of endangered wildlife conservation.

Research fields:

      Disease, rearing, breeding, nutrition, reproductive endocrinology, embryo engineering, conservation genetics and ethology.

Research personnel:

      Regular staff:The lab.currentlypresently has 46 employees engaged in science and technology research, including 1 academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 14 professors and researchers, 22 associated professors and associated researchers, and 8 doctor tutors and 16 master tutors. Out ofAmong them, 5 are titled research pioneers of Sichuan province, 15 researchers have obtained doctoral degrees and 80% are under the age of 45.

      Guest experts: 5 doctors and 10 masters from universities and research institutes in America, Japan, UK, and China

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