On the afternoon of September 1 1, a press conference was held at Ningbo Station of the Torch Relay of Hangzhou 19 Asian Games. The theme of the torch relay route in Ningbo is Ningbo, Binhai and Sailing World, and Beilun, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road and one of the areas with the earliest opening time, the highest opening degree and the most concentrated national functional areas in Zhejiang Province, is the torch relay area.

The total length of the relay route is12.7km, starting from China Port Museum, passing through Meishan Bay Beach Park, Meishan Bay Dam, Meishan Bay Trail, Geely Automobile Meishan Manufacturing Base and Meishan Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and finally reaching the container terminal of Meishan Port Area of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo for fire collection.

It is worth mentioning that the main vision of the opening and closing ceremonies of the torch relay in Ningbo Station highlights the coastal characteristics of Ningbo and forms an echo of sailing.

The stage of the groundbreaking ceremony is set in China Port Museum, with the design concept of "ship" as the main theme and integrated into the overall architectural modeling of the museum. From the air, it looks like a huge ship preparing to leave the port; The stage of the Torch Ceremony is set on a 300-meter-heavy ship, with books and scrolls as the main shapes, showing the urban temperament of Ningbo, which is "the collection of books is ancient and modern, and Hong Kong is connected to the world".

In order to fully convey the cultural charm of Ningbo, interactive programs with Ningbo logo have been carefully set up on the torch relay route, including Ningbo's non-legacy programs, such as Fenghua Dragon Dance and Meishan Lion Dance, dynamic beach volleyball and fashionable sailing. , highlighting the "Zhejiang Ningbo flavor" of the torch relay in Ningbo Station.

As the "core" of the torch relay, Ningbo Station of the torch relay was run by 170 torchbearers. How were they selected?

It is understood that Ningbo Station has 170 torchbearers, the same as other co-host cities. Among them, Ningbo selected 1 10 torchbearers, which were mainly selected by the way of organization recommendation and produced after being publicized by the local system; The Asian Organizing Committee recommended 60 candidates for the Olympic Council of Asia, Olympic Committees of other Asian countries (regions), Chinese Olympic Committee, Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee, cities in Zhejiang and sponsors of Hangzhou Asian Games.

Torchbearers are outstanding representatives from all walks of life, with 103 advanced model figures, including excellent party member, model of the times, model of morality, model of labor, "the most beautiful figure" and so on. Many of them are grassroots frontline representatives, and a certain number of ethnic minorities, compatriots from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and representatives of the disabled are torchbearers.

Among them, the first is Yuan, the captain of China women's volleyball team, the second is Qian Haijun, a "model of the times", and the last is Zhu Shijie, the bridge crane monitor of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, a great craftsman.

In addition, the torchbearers include Yao Lijun, an expert in electronic materials, Feng Hua, the head of a leading enterprise in the cultural tourism equipment industry, Yu Fuling, a national moral model, a girl who blocked the knife, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, Xie Longlong, an expert in the restoration of ancient books in Tianyi Pavilion, a famous Yong Opera artist, Fu Gongping and Shi.

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The youngest torchbearer, 14 years old, is a national first-class athlete and is known as "Ningbo Peter Pan". This year, she won two gold medals in women's100m and women's 200m u 1 1.56 seconds at the World Middle School Games. The oldest is 73, and the average age of torchbearers is 45.

They will show Ningbo's good image as a famous cultural city, an international port city, an intellectual innovation city, an Olympic champion city and a national civilized city through the media of "firewood". The tide surged eastward and passed down from generation to generation; Ningbo Binhai, sail for the Asian Games, just tomorrow! Looking forward to the wonderful transfer of the Asian Games flame in Ningbo!