2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games: A timeline of China's preparations Graphic: Xu Zihe/GT

The Olympic flame for Beijing 2022 Winter Games on display during a welcoming ceremony held at the Olympic Tower in Beijing, China on Oct. 20, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Special representative and vice president of Beijing 2022 Yu Zaiqing (L) holds up a lantern containing the Olympic flame as he walks out of the cabin at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Oct. 20, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
A welcome ceremony for the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games has started at the Beijing Olympic Tower near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in the Chinese capital on Wednesday.

The flame landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning after being flown from Athens, Greece.