Actress Bai Qing, the last torchbearer in Songyuan, Jilin Province, reached Dongzhen Square to begin the closing ceremony, which would mark the end of this leg of the Olympic Torch Relay at 8:47 a.m.

The relay got off to an early start, shortly after 7 a.m., as the Olympic torch will be traveling to Jilin City in the afternoon to begin the Torch Relay there.

Li Shu, former director of the Standing Committee of the Changchun People's Congress, served as the first of 110 torchbearers.

(BOCOG July 15, 2008)