The Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has arrived in China.

Beijing — After departing Athens, Greece, the Olympic flame for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics arrived in the Chinese capital on Wednesday morning.

The welcoming ceremony will be held shortly at the Beijing Olympic Tower, located near the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium, the venue that hosted the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The Olympic flame was lit on Monday at the traditional ceremony in ancient Olympia, western Greece, and was handed over to the organizers of Beijing 2022 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on Tuesday.

(From ChinaDaily)