Nine-month-old Taotao is a giant panda undergoing wilderness survival training at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province.

Hetaoping Wilderness Training Base at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. [Wang Qian/china.org.cn]

Taotao was born to a captive father and a wild mother, Caocao, in Bifengxia Panda Base in Ya'an, just south of Wenchuan. He was selected for Wolong's wilderness training as part of a program that aims to improve the survival rate of captive pandas when they are released into the wild.