Ladies and gentlemen, friends, I am very happy to get together with old and new friends at the beautiful Xizi Lake to welcome the 19 Asian Games. First of all, on behalf of the government of China and the people of China, and on behalf of my wife and myself, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the distinguished guests. Today is the autumnal equinox solar term of China lunar calendar. On this day symbolizing harvest and reunion, the Asian Games flame will be lit again in China.

Since the bid, China has earnestly fulfilled its promise and made every effort to advance the preparatory work. We are willing to make joint efforts with the OCA and delegations from all countries and regions to dedicate a "China style, Asian style and splendid" sports event to the world and make new contributions to the development of Asian and international Olympic movements. The Asian Games bears the beautiful yearning of Asian people for peace, unity and tolerance.

Welcome speech of Asian Games

In the past few decades, the Asian region has remained generally stable, and the economy has continued to grow rapidly, which has achieved the Asian miracle of "unique scenery here". The Asian Games is a witness, participant and promoter of this miracle. As the fate of mountains and seas, we should promote peace through sports, adhere to being good neighbors and win-win results, resist the cold war mentality and camp confrontation, and make Asia an anchor of world peace and stability.

The registration scale and the number of events in this Asian Games have reached record highs, which reflects the ardent expectations and firm support of the Asian people for the Hangzhou Asian Games. At present, mankind is facing unprecedented global challenges. We should use sports to promote unity, seize historical opportunities, cooperate to meet challenges, practice the motto of the Olympic Council of Asia "forever", and broaden the road to Asia through development and opening up.