Spectators cheer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

Shadowboxing, Wushu, sports dancing and magic art were played in the community celebration.

People perform dragon dance during the launching ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, situated north of Hong Kong. The location was chosen to attract industrial investments from Hong Kong since the two places are nearby each other and share the same culture. Shenzhen is a center of foreign investment and since the late 1970s has been one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is also the busiest port in the China after Shanghai.

Shenzhen is the earliest of the five Special Economic Zones in China. Deng Xiaoping is usually credited with the opening up of economic revival in China, often epitomized with the city of Shenzhen, which profited the most from the first legacies of Deng.

A girl waves flags while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

The concept proved to be a great success, propelling the further opening up of China and continuous economic reform. Shenzhen eventually became one of the largest cities in the Pearl River Delta region, which has become one of the economic powerhouses of China as well as the largest manufacturing base in the world.

The Olympic torch is set to carry on its relay in Huizhou, the third stop in Guangdong province on Friday.

(Xinhua News Agency May 9, 2008)