The Beijing Paralympic Torch Relay in Nanjing started at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday from the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

Hou Jingjing, China's first "female doctor in a wheelchair," is the first torchbearer.

First torchbearer Hou Jingjing carries the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Torch Relay in Nanjing, Sept. 2, 2008. [Xinhua]