After Pre-ceremony performance, the hosts give interactive guidance to the audience for 40 minutes.

Countdown started several children displayed cards with "60", "50" and "20" after distributing fireworks in Tiananmen Square for 10 seconds and starting at 19:59:50 China Standard Time at the country and sky above the stadium is the same as the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony from "10" to "1" with all voice screaming as "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" or "Shi!!

[4] Cartoon marathon athletes wear suits of different colors to form a line of rainbow.

Then the sunbird flies down to the golden meadow in the field to awaken a blind singer from his sleep.

[6] The sunbird and the blind singer Yang Haitao (杨海涛) walk onto the center stage in the field together referred to as the "White Jade Plate".

If I can see the light for three days, I want to see my father, my mother and you the most…"[6] A white cloud appears, then a trumpeter plays the music of "Hello, Stars" and 300 deaf girls communicate with sign languages, led by 50 sign language teachers.

[6] She is circled by a group of ballet performers dancing with arm aerobics wearing shoes in their hands.

Blind pianist Jin Yuanhui (金元辉) plays the piano to accompany the four seasons theme.

They change into the four forms of frog, seagull, cow and duck with a popular cartoon dance.

Thousands of luminous silver threads pull the whole Earth, as if he is carrying a traveling bag full of mountains, rivers and lands of the whole world.

[6] Liu Qi, head of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games accompanies Philip Craven, president of the IPC, to the podium to give an address.

[6] Paramount leader Hu Jintao then declares the Paralympics games opened at 22:36 Beijing time.

[2][7] After a performance of the theme song Flying with the Dream by Han Hong and Andy Lau, the Paralympic flag was raised by PLA Army from Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion and the Paralympic anthem played.

[8][9] The first torchbearer, Jin Jing, brought in the Olympic torch lit from the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.

[7] The Paralympic flame is transferred last by Ping Yali to Hou Bin, the high jump gold medalist with one leg.