Pan Pan (giant panda)
{{infobox animal
|species = Giant panda
|birth_date = 1985
|birth_place = Sichuan, China
|gender = Male
|death_date = {{death date and given age|2016|12|28|31}}
|death_place = Chengdu, China
|namedafter = Hope
}}
Pan Pan (1985 – 28 December 2016) was a male giant panda who was resident at the Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre in Chengdu, China. At the time of his death, he was the oldest male giant panda in captivity.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37672804 |title='Oldest' panda in captivity Jia Jia dies at the age of 38 |publisher=BBC World News, Asia |date=16 October 2016}} The oldest living giant panda in captivity at the time of Pan Pan's death was Basi, a female giant panda who was then 37.{{cite web|title=BASI SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AS OLDEST PANDA|url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2017-01/13/content_14804344.htm|accessdate=13 January 2017}}
Pan Pan (meaning "hope" or "expectation") was born in the wild in Baoxing County, Sichuan, China, in 1985, and after being rescued was placed in the Chengdu protection centre. He is thought to have over 130 descendants – more than a quarter of the world's captive-bred panda population. Pan Pan's children include Bai Yun (born 1991), Tian Tian (born 1997), Gu Gu (1999–2025) and Lin Hui (2001–2023).{{cite web |url=http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/2011/06/13/farewell-to-panda-dong-dong/ |title=Farewell to Panda Dong Dong |website=blogs.sandiegozoo.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616154230/http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/2011/06/13/farewell-to-panda-dong-dong |archive-date=2011-06-16}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/30/507539383/-panda-grandpa-pan-pan-dies-in-china|title = 'Panda Grandpa' Pan Pan Dies in China|website = NPR|date = 30 December 2016|last1 = Penman|first1 = Maggie}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pandasinternational.org/pan-pan-panda-spotlight/|title = Pan Pan | Panda Spotlight | Pandas International| date=13 April 2013 }}
Pan Pan is the great-grandfather{{Cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-complicated-legacy-of-a-panda-who-was-really-good-at-sex/|title = The Complicated Legacy of a Panda Who Was Really Good at Sex|date = 28 November 2017}} of Toronto-born panda twins Jia Yueyue and Jia Panpan (born 2015).
Pan Pan died aged 31 at the Dujiangyan branch of the centre on 28 December 2016, six months after being diagnosed with cancer. He was recognized for being good at breeding.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38466409 |title=World's oldest male panda Pan Pan dies aged 31 |publisher=BBC World News, Asia |date=30 December 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-oldest-male-giant-panda-9534482 |title=World's oldest male giant panda Pan Pan dies aged 31 |author=Natalie Evans |newspaper=Mirror Online |date=30 December 2016}}