7th Military Games torch rally lauds PLA birth

A torch relay for the upcoming 7th International Military Sports Council Military World Games began on Thursday in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.

The flame was lit at a ceremony on Thursday morning in front of a sculpture of Communist Party of China revolutionaries inside the Nanchang August 1st Memorial Hall.

Fang Minglu, the great-granddaughter of Fang Zhimin, a revolutionary martyr, lit the torch with a concave mirror using the sun's rays. Later, she passed the flame to a PLA soldier who transferred it to a carrier.