Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

    HARBIN, Northeast China, July12 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame continued its journey in China's northernmost province Heilongjiang on Saturday, with the torch being relayed in Daqing, China's largest oil field.

    The relay got underway at 8:20 a.m. at the historical museum of Daqing oil field despite rain fall.

    Hu Zhiqiang, an excellent youth Oilfield worker, run the first leg of the relay.

    Located in the Songnen Plain, Daqing, which is known as "oil city", is an important base of petroleum and petrochemistry in China.