Mainland China Torch Relay Route
The total torchbearer counts for each city are available at the official website of the torch relay. The relay was suspended from May 19 – May 21 to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.
| Mainland China torch relay route | |||||
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| Date | China Province / City | Length | Notable torchbearers | # of torchbearers | |
| May 4 | Hainan | Sanya | 30.09 | Yang Yang (杨扬) – gold medalist speed skater Yi Jianlian (易建联) – basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks Yang Lan (杨澜) – businesswomen Zhang Zilin (张梓琳) – Miss World 2007 Huang Xiaoming (黄晓明) – actor Jackie Chan (成龙) – actor |
208 |
| May 5 | Wuzhishan | 1.2 km | 6 | ||
| May 5 | Wanning (including Qionghai) |
16.63 km (+13.51) |
113 (+89) | ||
| May 6 | Haikou | 30.2 km | 208 | ||
| May 7 | Guangdong | Guangzhou | 40.82 km | Yang Jinghui (杨景辉) – gold medalist diver Ulrika Knape – gold medalist Swedish diver Dong Zhaozhi (董兆致) – silver medalist fencer Shen Xiangfu (沈祥福) – former Chinese national football coach |
208 |
| May 8 | Shenzhen | 40 km | Xiao Jinfeng (肖劲峰) – gold medalist gymnist Wang Shi (王石) – head of China Vanke |
– | |
| May 8 | Mt Everest Summit | – | – | – | |
| May 9 | Guangdong | Huizhou | – | Liang Wenbo (梁文博) | – |
| May 10 | Shantou | – | Sun Shuwei (孙淑伟) – gold medalist diver Xu Yinchuan (许银川) – international master of Chinese chess |
208 | |
| May 11 | Fujian | Fuzhou | – | Zheng Meizhu (郑美珠) – gold medalist volleyball player Hou Yuzhu (侯玉珠) – gold medalist volleyball player Lin Qiang (林强), a sixth-generation descendant of Lin Zexu – person who opposed opium trade with the British in the Qing dynasty and led to the First Opium War |
208 |
| May 12 | Quanzhou | 20.35 km | – | 108 | |
| May 12 | Xiamen | 17.4 km | Guo Yuehua (郭跃华) – winner of 8 consecutive titles for table tennis Ji Xinpeng (吉新鹏) – gold medalist badminton player |
100 | |
| May 13 | Longyan | 30.5 km | Zhang Xiangxiang (张湘祥) – bronze medalist weightlifter Shi Zhiyong (石智勇) – gold medalist weightlifter Chen Hong (陈宏) – badminton player |
208 | |
| May 14 | Jiangxi | Ruijin | 15 km | – | 208 |
| May 15 | Jinggangshan | 14.5 km | – | ||
| May 16 | Nanchang | – | Peng Bo (彭勃) – gold medalist diver | ||
| May 17 | Zhejiang | Wenzhou | – | – | 108 |
| May 17 | Shaoxing | – | – | 100 | |
| May 18 | Hangzhou | – | Li Lingwei (李玲蔚) – badminton champion | 208 | |
| May 19 – May 21 | – | – | Relay suspended to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake | - | |
| May 22 | Ningbo | – | – | - | |
| May 22 | Jiaxing | 8.2 km | Lü Lin (吕林) – gold medalist table tennis player | 90 | |
| May 23 – May 24 | Shanghai | 62.84 km (day 1) + 136.55 km (day 2) |
Zhuang Yong (庄泳) – gold medalist swimmer Zhou Xun (周迅) – actress and singer Liu Xuegen (刘学根), father of Liu Xiang (刘翔 ) Li Bingbing (李冰冰) – actress Tony Leung Ka-Fai (梁家辉) – actor Sun Wen (孙雯) – football (soccer) player Chen Lu (陈露) – world champion figure skater Zhu Jianhua (朱建华) – medalist high jumper Lee Kaifu (李开复) – founder of Google China Cao Yanhua (曹燕华) – table tennis champion |
416 (including 44 foreign nationals) | |
| May 25 | Jiangsu | Suzhou | 17 km | – | 104 |
| May 25 | Nantong | 20 km | – | 104 | |
| May 26 | Taizhou | 12.8 km | – | 104 | |
| May 26 | Yangzhou | 11 km | – | 104 | |
| May 27 | Nanjing | 12.9 km | Yang Yang (杨阳) – badminton player Chen Peisi (陈佩斯) – actor Gao Yuanyuan (高圆圆) – actress |
208 | |
| May 28 | Anhui | Hefei | – | Fan Xueping (范雪平) – wushu champion Jiang Xiaoyu (蒋效愚) – executive VP of Beijing Organizing Committee |
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| May 29 | Huainan | – | Zhou Tao (周涛) – TV presenter Zhang Yan (张燕) – singer |
100 | |
| May 29 | Wuhu | – | Vicki Zhao (赵薇) – actress and singer | 100 | |
| May 30 | Jixi | – | Ding Junhui (丁俊晖) – snooker player | 80 | |
| May 30 | Huangshan | – | Ye Qiaobo (叶乔波) – speed skating champ | 120 | |
| May 31 | Hubei | Wuhan | 20.7 km | Li Xiaoshuang (李小双) – gold medalist gymnast | |
| June 1 | Yichang | 10 km | Li Ting (李婷) – gold medalist tennis player Karen Mok (莫文蔚)- singer |
208 | |
| June 2 | Jingzhou | 18.6 km | Zeng Li (曾黎) – actress |
208 | |
| June 3 | Hunan | Yueyang | 16.9 km | – | |
| June 4 | Changsha | – | Zhong Zhihua (钟志华) – head of Hunan University Xiong Ni (熊倪) – 3-time gold medalist diver |
208 | |
| June 5 | Shaoshan | 79.1 km | 208 | ||
| June 6 | Guangxi | Guilin | – | Xiao Jiangang (肖建刚) – weightlifting champion Tang Lingsheng (唐灵生) – gold medalist weighlifter |
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| June 7 | Nanning | 16.5 km | Chen Wenzhong (陈文忠) – olympic sprinter Mo Huilan (莫慧兰) – gymnast |
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| June 8 | Baise | – | – | ||
| June 9 | Yunnan | Kunming | 8.3 km | Angela Chang (张韶涵) – Taiwanese singer and actress | 208 |
| June 10 | Lijiang | 26 km | – | - | |
| June 11 | Xamgyi'nyilha | 40.36 km | Zhang Guowei (张国伟) – track & field | – | |
| June 12 | Guizhou | Guiyang | 16.9 km | – | 208 |
| June 13 | Kaili | 19.3 km | – | 208 | |
| June 14 | Zunyi | 6.3 km | – | 208 | |
| June 15 – June 16 | Chongqing | – | 17 km | Gu Li (古力) – Go champion | 208 |
| June 17 | Xinjiang | Ürümqi | 12.5 km | Wang Yanhong – gold medalist archer Abuduxikeer Mijiti – boxing champion |
208 |
| June 18 | Kashi | 7.43 km | – | 208 | |
| June 19 | Shihezi | – | – | - | |
| June 19 | Changji | 4.4 km | – | 104 | |
| June 21 | Tibet | Lhasa | 11 km | Cedai Drolma – singer | 156 |
| June 22 | Qinghai | Golmud | 7.5 km | – | - |
| June 23 | Qinghai Lake | 6 km | – | 162 | |
| June 24 | Xining | – | Li Chunxie – medalist racewalker | - | |
| June 25 | Shanxi | Yuncheng | 9.8 km | Lu Shuming – actorZhang Weihong (张维红) – medalist handball player | 104 |
| June 25 | Pingyao | – | – | ||
| June 26 | Taiyuan | 39 km | Yan Weiwen – singer Tan Jing – singer Robin Li (李彦宏) – CEO of Baidu |
208 | |
| June 27 | Datong | 4 km | – | 208 | |
| June 28 | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 22 | Fei Junlong (费俊龙), Nie Haisheng (聂海胜) – crew of Shenzhou spacecraft 6 | – | |
| June 29 | Ningxia | Zhongwei | 3.3 km | – | - |
| June 30 | Wuzhong | 5.6 km | – | 193 | |
| July 1 | Yinchuan | – | – | - | |
| July 2 | Shaanxi | Yan'an | 6.31 km | – | 208 |
| July 3 | Yangling | 6.53 km | – | 95 | |
| July 3 | Xianyang | 6.9 km | – | 113 | |
| July 4 | Xi'an | – | Tian Liang (田亮) – gold medalist diver | 200 | |
| July 5 | Gansu | Dunhuang | 7.6 km | Fan Jinshi – director of Dunhuang Research Institute | 120 |
| July 6 | Jiayuguan | 13.8 km | – | 208 | |
| July 7 | Lanzhou | – | – | - | |
| July 8 | Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | 6.2 km | Mengke Bateer (巴特尔) – pro basketball player Pan Gang – president of Yili group |
208 |
| July 9 | Ordos | 6.3 km | – | 104 | |
| July 9 | Baotou | – | – | 104 | |
| July 10 | Chifeng | 6.2 km | Siqingaowa (斯琴高娃) – actress | 208 | |
| July 11 | Heilongjiang | Harbin | 14.86 km | Zhang Dan (张丹) & Zhang Hao (张昊) – pairs figure skating Shen Xue (申雪) & Zhao Hongbo (赵宏博) – pairs figure skating Sun Xue – singer |
208 |
| July 12 | Daqing | 7.6 km | – | 208 | |
| July 13 | Qiqihar | 7.5 km | – | 208 | |
| July 14 | Jilin | Changchun | 9 km | Wang Chunlu – silver medalist short track skater | 218 |
| July 15 | Songyuan | – | – | 110 | |
| July 15 | Jilin City | 7.7 km | Wang Chunli – medalist skater | 108 | |
| July 16 | Yanji | – | Xie Jun (谢军) – chess champion | - | |
| July 17 | Liaoning | Shenyang | 10.08 km | Zhuang Xiaoyan – gold medalist in judo Han Xiaopeng (韩晓鹏) – gold medalist freestyle skier Li Yuwei – gold medalist shooter Gao Hongmiao – racewalking champion |
241 |
| July 18 | Anshan | 7.3 km | Wang Yifu (王义夫) – gold medalist shooter | 175 | |
| July 19 | Dalian | – | |||
| July 21 | Shandong | Qingdao | 14.5 km | Zhang Xiaodong – medalist windsurfer | 259 |
| July 21 | Linyi | 5.6 km | – | 109 | |
| July 22 | Qufu | 5.1 km | – | 100 | |
| July 22 | Tai'an | – | Bi Wenjing – uneven bars athlete Xing Aowei – gymnast |
120 | |
| July 23 | Jinan | 13.5 km | Xing Huina (邢慧娜) – gold medalist track & field Lin Weining – weighlifter Wu Minxia (吴敏霞) – gold medalist diver Qiao Yunping – table tennis champion Guo Jingjing (郭晶晶) – gold medalist diver |
243 | |
| July 25 | Henan | Zhengzhou | 7.6 km | 208 | |
| July 26 | Kaifeng | 6.6 km | Chang Wu (張武) – a designer of Dancing Beijing symbol Wang Liqun (王立群) – historian and professor of Henan University Mark Roswell (大山) – xiangsheng – actor Zheng Haixia (郑海霞) – medalist basketball player |
208 | |
| July 27 | Luoyang | 6.9 km | – | 208 | |
| July 28 | Anyang | 5.9 km | – | 208 | |
| July 29 | Hebei | Shijiazhuang | 9.3 km | Cai Yalin – medalist shooting champion Li Meisu – medalist in shot put |
188 |
| July 30 | Qinhuangdao | 7 km | Xi Enting – table tennis champion | 256 | |
| July 31 | Tangshan | 10.1 km | Qian Hong (钱红) – gold medalist swimmer |
208 | |
| August 1 – August 2 | Tianjin | 12 km | – | 225 | |
| August 3 | Sichuan | Guang'an | 7.3 km | Jiang Min – Policewoman | 189 |
| August 4 | Leshan | 8.2 km | Gao Min – gold medalist diver | 185 | |
| August 5 | Chengdu | 13.2 km | Zhang Shan – gold medalist shooter | 315 | |
| August 6 | Beijing (outside) |
16.4 km | Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) – film director Bai Yansong – CCTV anchor Yang Liwei (杨利伟) – astronaut Liu Qi (刘淇) – president of BOCOG Li Furong – VP of BOCOG Yao Ming (姚明) – basketball player Song Dandan (宋丹丹) – actress Liu Chuanzhi (柳传志) – founder of Lenovo Wu Shaozu – former chairperson of Chinese Olympic Committee Lang Lang – pianist Wang Hui (汪晖) – intellectual Yang Yuanqing (杨元庆) – Lenovo chairman Jiang Xiaoyu – executive VP of BOCOG JJ Lin (林俊杰) – singer Yu Dan (于丹) – professor Wu Jinglian (吴敬琏) – economist Li Yongbo (李永波) – medalist badminton player Dong Jiong (董炯) – medalist badminton player Winfried Vahland – president of Volkswagen China Song Taishan – Coca Cola Beijing general manager Luo Jing – Newsreporter |
433 | |
| August 7 | 14.58 km | Liu Xuan (刘璇) – medalist gymnast Song Zuying (宋祖英) – singer Yang Wenjun (杨文军) – gold medalist flatwater canoer Hu Kai – gold medalist sprinter Han Geng - Member of South Korean Boy Band Super Junior |
268 | ||
| August 8 | – | Feng Gong (冯巩) – xiangsheng performer Xu Zhihong – president of Peking University |
- | ||
| August 8 | Beijing (part of opening ceremony in Beijing National Stadium) |
– | Xu Haifeng (许海峰) – gold medalist shooter Gao Min (高敏) – gold medalist diver Li Xiaoshuang (李小双) – gold medalist gymnast Zhan Xugang (占旭刚) – gold medalist weighlifter Zhang Jun (張軍) – gold medalist badminton Chen Zhong (陈中) – gold medalist taekwondo Sun Jinfang – member of team that won China's first major championship in a team sport Li Ning (李宁) – gold medalist gymnast |
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