--- description: Panda named Pan Pan celebrates 30th birthday at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Dujiangyan, China. title: Panda Celebrates 30th Birthday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How One of the World's Oldest Pandas Celebrates His 30th Birthday  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 22, 2015 6:17 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 22, 2015 6:17 PM CUT A panda who has been called the world’s oldest male panda in captivity, “Pan Pan,” celebrated his 30th birthday Monday with a cake made out of ice and decorated with carrots at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Dujiangyan, China. On July 28, “Jia Jia,” crowned the world’s oldest panda in captivity by Guinness World Records, [celebrated](http://time.com/3974844/oldest-panda-captivity-jiajia-birthday/ "undefined") turning 37 years old — believed to be about 110 in panda years — at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park with a cake made out of bamboo, vegetables, and ice.  ChinaFotoPress—Getty Images  ChinaFotoPress—Getty Images  ChinaFotoPress—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4044787/panda-pan-pan-30th-birthday-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4044787/panda-pan-pan-30th-birthday-china/"},"headline":"See How One of the World's Oldest Pandas Celebrates His 30th Birthday","datePublished":"2015-09-22T18:17:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:58.651Z","description":"He celebrated in relaxed setting, as opposed to pandamonium","url":"https://time.com/4044787/panda-pan-pan-30th-birthday-china/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4044787/panda-pan-pan-30th-birthday-china/","name":"See How One of the World's Oldest Pandas Celebrates His 30th Birthday"}}]}] ```