Torchbearers from seven foreign countries are set to participate in the Olympic torch relay in southwestern china's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a local government official said Thursday.

The seven foreign countries are South Korea, Germany, France, Britain, Poland, Canada and Chile.

The number of the torchbearers at Guangxi leg amounts to 624, in which 23 are from Hong Kong, Macao and the above-mentioned foreign countries, said the official.

(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2008)