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The launch ceremony of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games Torch Relay was held on September 8 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, lit the torch from a cauldron at a ceremony held at the Yongjin Park Square and then announced the start of the relay.