The Asian Games torch "The Tide" was relayed in Guangzhou City on November 9.

The torch toured from the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, through Zhenhai Tower, the Statue of Five Goats, the Museum of the West Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Haizhu Square, Haizhu Bridge, the Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion, Canton Tower, and finally got to Pazhou Tower Park.

The whole tour covered about 18 kilometres and took 208 torchbearers four hours to relay. Along the tour, Guangzhou citizens cheered up with their greatest passion.

At 9 a.m., the first torchbearer Yang Yilin received the torch from Zhang Guangning, Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The torch travelled through 207 torchbearers' hands to the last torchbearer Timothy Fok, Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Fok lit the cauldron with Yang Wu, Director of the Torch Relay Operation Centre.

The flame will be relayed in Dafushan Mountain in Panyu District and Guangzhou University Town (Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre) respectively from November 10 to November 11.

(GAGOC November 9, 2010)