在承载着中华民族千年文明的中华世纪坛前，北京奥运会又诞生了一项让世人惊叹的杰作——北京奥运会火炬。“渊源共生和谐共融的祥云”，“曾经推动世界文明发展的中国古代四大发明之一的纸卷轴”，“源自中国汉代的漆红色”，“充满动感活力的中国印”，再加上“传承奥林匹克精神的奥林匹克圣火”当这些元素完美地融合在一起时，一件精美绝伦的“艺术品”就此诞生。

A general view of the torch

The torch of the Beijing Olympic Games has a very strong Chinese flavour. It demonstrates the artistic and technical level of China. It also conveys the message of a Green Olympics, a High-tech Olympics and the People's Olympics. The shape of the paper scroll and the lucky clouds graphic, expresses the idea of harmony. Its stable burning technique and adaptability to the environment have reached a new technical level. The torch of the Beijing Olympic Games is designed, researched and produced in China. BOCOG owns all intellectual property rights.