Organizing Committee of 2008 Olympic Games inspecting routes

According to the introduction, after crossing the "Silk Road", the Olympic flame will come to Nanjing on May 24. At night of May 21, the Olympic flame will enter into Jiangsu from Shanghai. At night of May 23, the Olympic flame will arrive in Nanjing. On May 24, Olympic torch relay will be held in Nanjing.

Last June, the routes of torch relay have been confirmed. According to our understanding, Olympic torch relay in Nanjing may set off from Mausoleum of Sun Yatsen to Olympic Center.

At 8:30 a.m. of May 24, the torch relay will held. Olympic torch relay in Nanjing may set off from Mausoleum of Sun Yatsen to Olympic Center at 7:00 p.m..

Stop of Confucius Temple to be "cancelled"
 
According to our understanding, this February, officials of Organizing Committee of 2008 Olympic Games came to Nanjing to inspect routes again. They offered some suggestions and the stop of Confucius Temple will be cancelled.

On May 24, the Olympic flame will come to Nanjing. "There will be 208 persons. Everyone will run 200 meters." According to the different conditions, some people will run longer routes.

An insider told the reporter: "This is a very complex thing. Such as jumping-off point and end point, from the Mausoleum of Sun Yatsen, we will contact Department of Garden and Forest. In Olympic Center, we will contact Olympic Center. "
 
Routes embody "Green Card"

In fact, when the 11th Asian Games was held in Beijing in 1990, Nanjing had welcomed torch relay of Asian Games. The Olympic flame will go through Nanjing. Routes in Nanjing will embody the unique scenery and display the "Green Card".

The theme of this Olympic torch relay is "Harmonious Travel". The theme not only embodies Olympic spirit of solidification, friendship and progress, but also expresses the traditional ideal of Chinese people. The torch relay in Nanjing will also embody the element.