The first torchbearer Yang Jinghui (L) and Xu Jianhua, chairman of municipal committee of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, also chief of municipal committee of the Communist Party of China, hold the torch aloft during the inauguration ceremony of the torch relay for the 16th Asian Games in Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 27, 2010. [Xinhua/Liang Xu]