Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday met with foreign leaders and international sports organization officials who were in Guangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games.
Fifteen-year-old swimmer Cai Yuqingyan broke her own Asian record to win the first gold medal for China in the women's S9 400m freestyle competition at the inaugural Asian Para Games on Monday.
The 16th Asian Games in the Guangdong provincial capital Guangzhou presented audiences with a magnificent sporting feast. Now Asian people's attention will once again be on the booming Pearl River city as the Asian Para Games began on Sunday.
It was not all about spectacle or splendor at the opening ceremony of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games on Sunday night - humanity stole the show. 
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It is a new chapter for the Paralympics movement in Asia, as the inaugural Asian Para Games opened its arms to around 2,500 disabled athletes from all around the continent here on Sunday.Special
Opening ceremony of Asian Para Games
The Chinese delegation have set no expectation for the first-ever Asian Para Games to open here in Guangzhou on Sunday night, but they are determined to show the spirit power and fortitudinous image of Chinese disabled athletes.
With still one day to go before the opening of the first-ever Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) already can not wait to express its compliment and set the preparation work of the organizers as a "benchmark".
With passion, respect, friendship and love, Guangzhou is ready to embrace all the athletes, officials and representatives gathering in the city for the upcoming Asian Para Games.
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All preparations for the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games competitions have been in place for at least a week, according to a senior official from the Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (GAPGOC).
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping (Top) started the torch relay of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games in Beijing on DEC 4.
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