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{{Short description|Female giant panda in Thailand}}
{{update|date=January 2016}}
[[File:Lin Bing 2009-08.jpg|thumb|250px|Lin Bing in August 2009]]
'''Lin Bing''' ({{langx|th|หลินปิง}}, {{zh|c=林冰}}) (also called Lin Ping) is a female [[giant panda]] in [[Thailand]].  Born on 27 May 2009 at [[Chiang Mai Zoo]] in [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] by [[Gamete intrafallopian transfer]] (GIFT) to [[Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui|Lin Hui and Chuang Chuang]], she is the first giant panda born in Thailand. Her name, meaning the "Forest of Ice", was chosen after a nationwide name selection contest that attracted 22 million votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baby panda officially named Lin Bing|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/travelnews/151408/baby-panda-given-official-name|publisher=Bangkok Post|date=August 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New-born gian panda in N. Thailand named "Lin Bing"|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/10/content_11858729.htm|date=August 10, 2009|publisher=news.xinhuanet.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075016/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/10/content_11858729.htm|archivedate=March 4, 2016}}</ref>  "Bing" also sounds similar to the name of the [[Ping River]], which flows through Northern Thailand, where the zoo is located.
Like her parents, Lin Bing is considered the property of [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Therefore, Lin Bing was scheduled to be sent to China after she turns two years old.  The news of her birth and subsequent publicity have attracted many more tourists to the zoo, influencing the organisation's decision to build a 60 million baht (approximately $1.5 million) worth dome for residing the cub.  The care of the panda is undertaken by Thai scientists and veterinarians specially trained by China's giant panda specialists.
On July 8 2017, Lin Bing was delivered of two baby twin pandas, one male and one female.
Lin Bing's father [[Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui|Chuang Chuang]] died on September 16, 2019, in his enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo at the age of 19.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1752154|title=Zoo awaits Chinese experts for Xuang Xuang's autopsy|last=Tanraksa|first=Panumet|date=September 17, 2019|newspaper=Bangkok Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>
Lin Bing's mother [[Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui|Lin Hui]] died on April 19, 2023, at Chiang Mai Zoo at the age of 21.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/lifestyle/travel/1063763 | title=ด่วน! ปิดตำนาน 'หลินฮุ่ย' เสียชีวิต ทูตสันถวไมตรีไทย-จีน | date=19 April 2023 }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of giant pandas]]
* [[List of individual bears]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Famous giant pandas}}
[[Category:Individual giant pandas]]
[[Category:2009 animal births]]
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