Paralympic Torch to be Lit on Aug. 28

The flame for the Beijing Paralympic Games will be lit on August 28 at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice-president of BOCOG, said at a press conference. The nine-day Paralympic torch relay will be held from August 29 until the start of the 13th Paralympic Games. Under the theme of "Transcendence, Integration and Equality," a total of 850 torchbearers will commence a journey of over 13,000km through an eleven-city route that has been designed to include areas that represent the modern and ancient elements of China.

According to BOCOG, as of August 22nd, over 400,000 tickets for the series of events for the Paralympic Games have been sold out. Public ticket sales for the Beijing Paralympics Games began since June 20.