National Youth Games torch relay comes to Hohhot
Local residents in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region show the virtual torch for the upcoming National Youth Games, on April 24. [Photo/nmgnews]
Swarms of locals gathered to login with the smart phones and participate in a virtual torch relay for the second National Youth Games which came to Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on April 24.
Nearly 3,000 residents in the region's capital city lit up the online torch with their smart phones.
The National Youth Games, which will open on August 17 in Shanxi, is the largest national multi-sport event organized by the national sports authority in 2019.
The organizing committee launched a torch lighting event on March 28. In addition to six traditional torches, a virtual torch featuring VR technology was unveiled.
The virtual torch relay will run online for 130 days and pass through all China before it finally comes back to the host city on August 8. Hohhot was the 24th station in the relay.