Two foreign participants carry a life-sized, eye-catching plastic model of Terry Fox to the run, October 13, 2007. The ninth Beijing Terry Fox Run kicked off on Saturday morning in Chaoyang Park, east downtown Beijing.

The run started at 10:30 am on the west side of Lihua Square and ended on its east side, a distance of approximately 8 km. The Chinese Cancer Institute and Hospital and the Canadian Embassy of Beijing co-organized the run. The China Cancer Foundation, International Red Cross (Beijing Branch), Chaoyang District Health Bureau and Chaoyang Park are the main coordinators.

Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut, was invited to fire the starting gun. Some 3,000 people at home and abroad participated into the event, despite the cold and intermittent showers.

(Beijing Review, Xinhua News Agency October 16, 2007)