The Olympic torch will continue its relay on Monday in Taizhou and Yangzhou respectively.

It will be the flame's third and forth stop in East China's Jiangsu Province.

At the launching ceremonies of the Taizhou and Yangzhou legs, all of torchbearers and spectators will observe a minute of silence to victims of the recent 8.0-magnitude earthquake.

On Sunday, the Olympic torch relay successfully concluded in Nantong city in Jiangsu Province.

Former Olympic Table Tennis gold medalist Li Ju served as the first torchbearer. Donation boxes were set up along the 20-kilometer relay route to collect money for relief work in quake-hit Sichuan province.

Nantong has produced 14 Olympic and World champions, giving it a reputation as the "Cradle of World Champions."

Earlier in the day, the flame passed Suzhou, a city also known as the "Venice of the East" .

Sun Zhi'an, the first badminton world champion from Jiangsu Province, started the 19-kilometer relay.

"I never participated in the Olympic Games. By passing on the Olympic flame, I feel as though I were taking part in the Games. And I am sure that people in the quake-hit areas will unite as one and win the battle against the disaster."