Siqingaowa, a renowned performing artist, lit the cauldron at Civilian Square at 9:45a.m. on Thursday, bringing the end to the Olympic Torch Relay in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Torchbearer Na Risu?displays the Olympic torch in Chifeng, Inner?Mongolia Autonomous Region July 10.
Chifeng's torch relay started its tour at 8:00 a.m. as Na Risu, Director of Chifeng City Tourism Bureau, was the first to carry the torch. The whole journey covers 6.2 kilometers.
Na Risu relays the Olympic flame to another torchbearer in Chifeng, Inner?Mongolia Autonomous Region July 10.
Altogether 208 torchbearers carried the Olympic flame along this stretch of the Journey of Culture.
Inner Mongolia, the 71st leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay in China, is the last ethnic autonomous region to host the Olympic flame.
Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, will embrace the Olympic flame on Friday.
(Xinhua News Agency July 10, 2008)