An array of activities has been arranged to celebrate the 100-day countdown of the Beijing Olympic Games. And we start with the events in Beijing.

Today's first celebration activity involved more than 10,000 people in Beijing. They ran a long distance race near the National Stadium to express their best wishes for the country''s first ever Olympic Games.

Today's first celebration activity involved more than 10,000 people in Beijing. They ran a long distance race near the National Stadium to express their best wishes for the country's first ever Olympic Games.

Run to the Bird's Nest, run for the Olympics. The clock counted down to the 100-day mark before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games. And thousands of local residents gathered at Olympic Boulevard, west of the Bird's Nest, to participate in a long-distance run race.