Hangzhou Asian Games | Asian Games Digital Torchbearer Breaks 100 Million People
Hangzhou, September 15th (Xinhua) - According to the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee on September 15th, the total number of participants in the "Asian Games Digital Torchbearer" event has exceeded 100 million.
In November 2022, the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee launched the "Asian Games Digital Torchbearer" event worldwide. In June, with the successful collection of Asian Games torches at the Liangzhu Ancient City site, the online torch relay activity using blockchain technology also began simultaneously.
It is reported that since the launch of the event, netizens from more than 130 countries and regions around the world have become digital torchbearers of the Asian Games. According to statistics, there are hundreds of millions of digital torchbearers, with the oldest being 98 years old and the youngest being 12 years old.
At the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games on the 23rd, the first ever digital ignition ceremony in the history of the Asian Games will also be held. The global digital torchbearers of the Asian Games will jointly light the Olympic flame in the digital world.