The sacred Olympic flame arrived in Changchun, capital city of Jilin Province, Northeast China late Sunday afternoon, and kicks off on Monday.

The torch relay in Changchun on Monday is the first leg in Jilin Province.

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, kicks off at 8:10 a.m. local time at Changchun Sports Center, July 14, 2008.

The other three cities that the torch will tour are Songyuan and Jilin, two important petrochemical cities alongside Song Hua River and Yanji, the capital of China's only Korean Autonomous Prefecture Yanbian.

All together 624 torchbearers will participate in the torch relay in those four cities.

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, kicked off at 8:10 a.m. local time at Changchun Sports Center.

The first torchbearer is Wang Jiaqi, an academician of Chinese Academy of Science.

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, kicks off at 8:10 a.m. local time at Changchun Sports Center, July 14, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency July 14, 2008)