Torchbearer Wu Shude holds up the torch during the launching ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Nanning, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 7, 2008

NANNING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Nanning started at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at Minzu Square in Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the first leg run by the 23th Olympic Games weightlifting champion Wu Shude.