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{{Short description|Male giant panda (born 2003)}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Mei Sheng, the Han ''[[fu (poetry)|fu]]'' poet.}}

'''Mei Sheng''' ({{zh|美生}}, <small>lit.</small> "Beautiful Life" or "Born in the USA"; born August 19, 2003) is a male [[giant panda]] born at the [[San Diego Zoo]].  He is the second panda to be born at the zoo and is the first offspring of [[Bai Yun]] and [[Gao Gao]].  He is the half-brother of [[Hua Mei (giant panda)|Hua Mei]] and the brother of [[Su Lin (giant panda, born 2005)|Su Lin]], [[Zhen Zhen]], [[Yun Zi]], and [[Xiao Liwu]].<ref name=profiles>{{cite web|title=Meet the Pandas |url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/meet.html |publisher=San Diego Zoo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012154/http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/meet.html |archivedate=December 3, 2013 }}</ref>

Mei Sheng was sent to China on November 5, 2007.  He was reported to have arrived safely at the [[Wolong National Nature Reserve]] on November 8, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home is where the heart is for "Born in USA" panda|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINT36601820071107|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709072922/http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINT36601820071107|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|publisher=Reuters India|author=Chan, Royston|date=2007-11-07}}</ref>

After the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]], Mei Sheng was relocated to [[Bifengxia Panda Base]], just outside Ya'an, where, in May 2009, he successfully copulated with a female giant panda, Ying Ying.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gao Gao grandbabies?|url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conservation/gao-gao-grandbabies/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914152029/http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conservation/gao-gao-grandbabies/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2012|author=Hall, Suzanne|publisher=San Diego Zoo|date=2009-05-14}}</ref> Ying Ying's  female cub, born August 26, and named Shu Qing, was sired by either Mei Sheng or another male, Lu Lu.

==See also==
* [[List of giant pandas]]
* [[List of individual bears]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/index.html San Diego Zoo Giant Panda Research Station]

{{Famous giant pandas}}
{{San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance}}

[[Category:Individual giant pandas]]
[[Category:2003 animal births]]
[[Category:San Diego Zoo]]