The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Baotou started at 14:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Gangtie Street in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

And the torch relay concluded at Alading Square at 14:55 p.m..

The torch will leave for the next relay city Chifeng, the birthplace of Hongshan culture.

Torchbearer Hu Gangjun displays the Olympic torch in in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region July 9.

Hu Gangjun starts the Olympic torch relay in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region July 9.