Located on the edge of Tibetan ¨CQinghai plateau and about 168km away from Chengdu , Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center is richly endowed with natural condition suitable for pandas . In history , this wild panda habitat was the original habitat for pandas . The first panda specimen was found around Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center . It is located at the altitude from 1100m to 1800m with an area of 144 acres . This whole simulated wild panda habitat is composed of three projects . The first project was finished in 2003 . And 20 pandas are now living in the first project in 16 enclosures . Each enclosure covers an area of 1/4 acre .This simulated wild panda habitat will be finished in 10 years .
Because of the earthquake , most of the 63 captvie pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve have been carried here . On July 6, the first twin pandas of the world were born in Bifengxia panda center .
By September 2 of 2008 , 9 panda babies have been born in Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center .