Pandas International supports the work of Dr. Tang Chunxiang. Dr. Tang has been the Senior Veterinarian at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda for the past 21 years and is now in the process of establishing a new panda base at Bifengxia.

With the best scientific estimates placing the number of pandas at only 1,000, time and money are of the essence in assisting Dr. Tang's efforts to breed and care for the Giant Panda.

• Pandas International provides medical supplies and equipment to the panda centers and reserves. Current needs for the new panda base at Bifengxia include:
  • Ground scales to weight the pandas
  • A monitoring system for the pandas in outdoor enclosures
  • Incubators for hand raising newborn pandas
  • VetScan for blood serum analysis
  • Whole blood test machine
  • Anesthesia machine
  • Air-piped anesthesia gun
  • Ultrasound machine
  • X-ray machine
  • Microscopes
  • Special thermometer for semen freezing
  • Monitors of pulse and respiration
  • Blood pressure machines M
• Pandas International strives to increase public awareness of the panda's plight and their status as a highly endangered species.