Lighting
- Date: August 28, 2008
- Place: Tiantan, Beijing, China
- Host and hostess in post-ceremony and pre-ceremony: Pu Cunxin, Yang Lan
- Host of the ceremony: Guo Jinlong, Mayor of Beijing, Executive President of BOCOG
- Speeches:
- Deng Pufang, President of the Chinese Disabled Person's Association, Executive President of the BOCOG
- Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee
- Liu Qi, President of the BOCOG
- Gather Flame: Jiang Xintian
- Urn Holder: Jin Jing, a famous Paralympic athlete
- Lighting the Flame: Liu Qi
- Cauldron Lighter and Begin Announcer: Wen Jiabao, Premier of People's Republic of China
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