The Beijing Olympic Torch is of a curved surface form, with etching and anodizing being used during its production. it can keep burning for approximately 15 minutes in conditions where the flame is 25 to 30 centimetres high in a windless environment. The torch has been produced to withstand winds of up to 65 kilometres per hour and to stay alight in rain up to 50mm an hour. The flame can be identified and photographed in sunshine and areas of extreme brightness.

Approved by the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Olympic has got torch from Olympia in Greece with the traditional rituals on March 25. and held torch relay activities in next five days.On March 30, held torch handover ceremony in Greece panathinaik stadium (the first modern Olympic Games venue in 1896), and on March 31, the relay transmission route of Beijing Olympic torch had been announced.

On the evening of 26 April, Beijing and the International Olympic Committee announced the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch. It is learned that the Beijing Olympic torch is "XiangYun".