The Beijing Olympic torch was lit in Greece on March 24, 2008, introduced to Sanya on May 4, 2008, and on August 8, 2008

On March 24, 2008, the Olympic flame was lit again in Greece. After completing its transmission in Greece, it will travel to 19 cities on five continents and Hong Kong and Macau in China. The Beijing Olympic Games Torch Relay takes "Journey to Harmony" as its theme and "Ignite Passion to Deliver Dreams" as its slogan. The planned route is based on the ancient "Silk Road". The torch relay will last 33 days outside the country, passing through West Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.

From May 4 to August 8, 2008, the Beijing Olympic Games torch will carry out 97 days of relay activities in the country. The planned relay route of the torch in my country is: Taipei-Hong Kong-Macau-Hainan Province (Sanya, Wuzhishan, Wanning, Haikou)-Guangdong Province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Shantou)-Fujian Province (Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen , Longyan)—Jiangxi Province (Ruijin, Jinggangshan, Nanchang)—Zhejiang Province (Wenzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jiaxing)—Shanghai City—Jiangsu Province (Suzhou, Nantong, Taizhou, Yangzhou, Nanjing)—Anhui Province (Hefei, Huainan, Wuhu, Jixi, Huangshan)—Hubei Province (Wuhan, Yichang, Jingzhou)—Hunan Province (Yueyang, Changsha, Shaoshan)—Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guilin, Nanning, Baise)—Yunnan Province (Kunming, Lijiang, Shangri-La)— Guizhou Province (Guiyang, Kaili, Zunyi) - Chongqing City - Sichuan Province (Guang'an, Mianyang, Guanghan, Leshan, Zigong, Yibin, Chengdu) - Tibet Autonomous Region (Shannan Region, Lhasa) - Qinghai Province (Golmud, Qinghai Lake, Xining )—Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Urumqi, Kashgar, Shihezi, Changji)—Gansu Province (Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Jiuquan, Tianshui, Lanzhou)—Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Zhongwei, Wuzhong, Yinchuan)—Shaanxi Province (Yan’an, Yangling, Xianyang, Xi’an )—Shanxi Province (Yuncheng, Pingyao, Taiyuan, Datong)—Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Hohhot, Ordos, Baotou, Chifeng)—Heilongjiang Province (Qiqihar, Daqing, Harbin)—Jilin Province (Songyuan, Changchun, Jilin, Yanji)—Liaoning Province (Shenyang, Benxi, Liaoyang, Anshan, Dalian)—Shandong Province (Yantai, Weihai, Qingdao, Rizhao, Linyi, Qufu, Tai’an, Jinan)—Henan Province (Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Anyang)—Hebei Province (Shijiazhuang , Qinhuangdao, Tangshan)—Tianjin City—Beijing City.

To sum up, the Beijing Olympic torch relay lasted 33 days overseas and 97 days domestically. The overseas relay was one-third of the domestic relay.