Special report: 2008 Olympic Games
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Yang Shu'an (2nd R), executive vice
president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and Luo Baoming,
governor of Hainan Province, display the lantern carrying the Olympic
flame upon its arrival at the airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan
Province, on May 3, 2008. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in
Sanya will be held on May 4.(Xinhua Photo)
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SANYA, Hainan, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The chartered plane
carrying the Beijing Olympic Flame landed at Sanya Fenghuang International
Airport from Macao at 10:35 p.m. on Saturday.
Luo Baoming, governor of Hainan Province, received
the sacred flame from the Executive Vice President of the Beijing Olympic
Organizing Committee Yang Shu'an.
The arrival of the Olympic Flame will ignite the
enthusiasm of all the citizens and Sanya will develop the Olympic spirit and
promote the internationalization process of the city, said Lu Zhiyuan, mayor of
Sanya city.
The Olympic torch relay will kick off on May 4 in the
Fire Phoenix Square of Phoenix Island. A total of 208 torchbearers will run
through the 30.09 kilometers route that will end at the scenic spot of Tianya
Haijiao, passing the Crown of Beauty Center, Haiyue Square of Sanya Gulf and
Haihong Square.
After Sanya, the Olympic Flame will head to
Wuzhishan, another city of Hainan Province.
Flame finds fanfare in mainland
return
BEIJING, May 4 -- After
touring 21 countries and regions in its globe-trotting trek, the Olympic flame
is finally back on mainland soil. It arrived about 10 o'clock last night to much
pizzazz in Sanya, on the southwest island province of Hainan.
The Beijing Olympic Games torch relay resumes its journey
on the man-made Phoenix Island in Sanya Bay at 8am today. In all, 624
torchbearers will cover the 91.63-kilometer route in Hainan Province, passing by
landmarks in Wuzhishan and Wanning cities, before it ends in Haikou, capital of
the province, on Tuesday.
A total of 208 torchbearers, including officials,
businessmen and showbusiness figures like tele-vision hostess Yang Lan and movie
star Zhang Ziyi will run in the 30.9km Sanya leg of the relay. Full story
