On the afternoon of February 4, academician Dai Qionghai, chairman of CAAI, as one of the representatives of scientists, served as the 94th bearer of the torch relay at the Grand Canal Forest Park Station of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and successfully completed the Olympic torch relay. The Olympic torch relay in Beijing once again, carrying the flame of the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger, together ", crossing the Great Wall and shining with the light of peace and friendship on the land of China.

1200 torchbearers relay the flame of the Beijing Winter Olympics

On the morning of February 2, the much-anticipated torch relay of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games kicked off. The three-day torch relay has been carried out in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou from February 2 to 4, including 12 relay points such as Beijing Winter Olympic Park, Badaling Great Wall, Summer Palace and Grand Canal Forest Park.

There are about 1200 torchbearers of Beijing Winter Olympic Games. They come from all walks of life. Most of them have made outstanding achievements or contributions in their fields, including athletes, astronauts, scientists, builders of Winter Olympic venues, and foreign ambassadors, etc.

Academician Dai Qionghai honored as torchbearer

The theme of the Grand Canal Forest Park is the ancient and modern thoroughfare. Its core connotation is to show the long-standing cultural charm of the Grand Canal. It is an important symbol of the connection with the world. Academician Dai Qionghai, dressed in red and white torchbearers' clothes of "passion for ice and snow", held the torch "flying" and completed an extraordinary journey by the Grand Canal to successfully complete the Olympic torch relay.

AI empowerment, "ancient and modern thoroughfare". The cross integration of Beijing Winter Olympics and artificial intelligence will make the intelligent Winter Olympics a golden namecard of our country. Academician Dai Qionghai has long been committed to the theoretical and key technological innovation of artificial intelligence and computational imaging. The 100-million-pixel array image sensor light field camera developed by the laboratory has been deployed and used in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which can realize the effective monitoring of "large field of vision, multi-object and complex hybrid interaction" in the on-site closed-loop area. This technology has won the top ten product scheme award of "Smart Beijing of Science and Technology Winter Olympics" in 2020.

The sacred flame ignites global passion for snow and ice

The lighting and relay of the Olympic torch not only convey the dream of Chinese children, but also reflect the supreme glory of the world's first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

On the evening of February 4, after 1200 torchbearers’ relay of the Olympic torch, the Beijing Winter Olympic main torch tower of the National Stadium has been lit up at the opening ceremony, ushering in an exciting Olympic moment all over the world.