Raring for the games to begin

"It really is a pleasure to see that, after three years of the pandemic, the interest that these games have generated is huge because this will be the first major multisport international event which will be held without any restrictions. So we're very happy to be here in Hangzhou, and hopefully with all the support, we will have the best Asian Games in history."

Zhou Jian, director of the Olympic Council of Asia's Media and Broadcast Department

"The preparation work has gone perfectly and the organizers have put in a huge amount of effort. We can see this in the competition schedule, the preparation of venues, as well as the set-up and adjustment of all the hardware and software facilities. I prefer to save my emotions for the opening day. But the ceremony must be truly wonderful because many of my colleagues who saw rehearsals said they were so stunned and they even shed tears."