BEIJING - China now has 422 giant pandas bred and living in captivity with a survival rate of about 88 percent, the State Forestry Administration (SFA) said Thursday.
In 2015, 43 cubs were born in captivity and 40 survived with 28 being twins, according to an SFA statement.
The country aims to increase the captive giant pandas population to 500 by 2020.
"The captive panda population enriches the gene pool, helping the species," said the statement.
A total of 1,864 giant pandas live in the wild in China. The country has 67 panda sanctuaries, covering 53.8 percent of their habitat and 66.8 percent of the wild population.h In the last five years, four giant pandas were successfully reintroduced into the wild. The SFA said the reintroduction will continue.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
