The launching ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic torch relay was held in Beijing on the 2nd. Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council and leader of the leading group for the 24th Winter Olympic Games, attended the ceremony, lit the torch of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and announced the beginning of the torch relay. On the morning of the 2nd, the square outside the South Gate of Beijing Olympic Forest Park was filled with a festive and peaceful atmosphere. At about 9:00, the launching ceremony of the torch relay of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games officially began, and the National Anthem of the people's Republic of China and the Olympic Anthem were played on site. In the expectation of the audience, three fire guards came on the stage with fire lamps, torches and ignition sticks respectively, and one fire guard led out the fire from the fire lamp and lit the fire platform. Han Zheng went to the kindling platform to light the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, held it high to greet the audience, and handed it to Luo Zhihuan, the first torchbearer and China's first world speed skating champion. At about 9:16, Han Zheng announced that the torch relay of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games began! Suddenly, applause and cheers came and went, and the Olympic Forest Park was boiling. With the song "together to the future" sounded, the torchbearer held the torch high, showed it to the audience and started the torch relay. At the ceremony, Cai Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party committee and chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, delivered a speech, and played a video of Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee. About 400 people attended the ceremony, including relevant departments of central and state organs, responsible comrades of Beijing Municipality, Hebei Province and Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, torchbearers, athletes, volunteers, representatives of all sectors of society and news media reporters. The theme of the torch relay of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is "meeting the appointment of ice and snow and heading for a better future". The torch will pass through three competition areas: Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. On February 4, the Beijing Winter Olympic torch, passed by about 1200 torchbearers, will light the main torch tower of the National Stadium and usher in an exciting Olympic moment. [News Agency]