(CHEN YEHUA)

Zhou Ziqian, a graduate of Shenzhen University, who was the first to bring the torch of the 26th World University Games in Shenzhen into the stadium, impressed many Chinese these days.

Before the opening of the games, Zhou, 29, a Shenzhen native, bicycled across China to promote the Shenzhen Universiade and its green concept.

He traveled 29,230 km, covering 18 provinces, three municipalities of the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, on his bicycle, for 400 days from March 31, 2010 to May 4 this year.

During the trip, Zhou took thousands of photographs of people he met on his grueling trip, smiling with UU, the mascot of this year's Universiade.