Countdown to Beijing 2022 | Beijing welcomes Olympic flame, unveils torch relay itinerary

Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee (BOCOG), lights the cauldron during the welcoming ceremony for the flame of Olympic Winter Games at the Olympic Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2021. The Olympic flame, ignited for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Ancient Olympia in western Greece, arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning. A welcoming ceremony was held at the Olympic Tower, an iconic landmark from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)