Panda’s earliest transistor radio was the Panda transistor radio in the 1970s. The Panda transistor radio in the 1970s had 5624×3748 pixels.

The radios produced by Nanjing Radio Factory have always used two trademarks, first the Red Star brand, and later the Panda brand. The early Panda was not an independent brand, but a sub-brand used by the Red Star radio when exporting.

According to existing information, the earliest Panda radio was the export version of the Red Star 504 five-lamp model 551 in 1956, followed by the Panda brand models 552 and 553. All three Panda five-lamp models were Use big eight pins, electronic tubes, and wooden chassis.

The Global brand five-lamp radio manufactured in Changsha in 1936 set a precedent in the history of China's radio manufacturing industry. In September 1946, the factory moved to Nanjing and was mainly engaged in the manufacturing of communication machines and switches.

In 1953, China’s first nationally produced radio, the Red Star radio, was created. In 1956, the Panda trademark was born and registered internationally, becoming the first internationally registered trademark of the Chinese electronics industry. In 1959 Launched the Panda brand high-end combo audio system for recording, singing, and recording as a gift to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Day. In 1978, the Panda brand black and white TV set took the market by storm.

Since the 1990s, Panda brand satellite communications, shortwave communications, color TVs and other products have successively won the National Technology Progress Award. On May 15, 2007, China Electronics Information Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City jointly invested to establish China Electronics Panda Information Industry Group Co., Ltd., reorganizing seven original affiliated enterprises in Nanjing including Panda Electronics.