Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor receives the visiting mainland Olympians at the  Government House on Dec 3, 2021. They are in the city for a three-day visit. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Visiting mainland Olympians attended a welcome reception held by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government at the Government House on Friday.

The reception was followed by a government-hosted banquet at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.

The delegation — comprising 29 athletes and three coaches from 12 sports events — arrived in the city in the afternoon to kick off a three-day visit to the SAR.

They will attend a variety of activities including performances and presentations, and will also reach out to communities and schools to interact with Hong Kong youth.

China Daily's Edmond Tang and Raymond Chan took the photographs.

A banquet is held by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government to welcome the delegation of mainland Olympians visiting the city, Dec 3, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN/CHINA DAILY)

Lu Xinning, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, delivers a speech at a banquet to welcome the delegation of mainland Olympians visiting the city, Dec 3, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN/CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor delivers a speech at a banquet to welcome the delegation of mainland Olympians visiting the city, Dec 3, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN/CHINA DAILY)

Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, president of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, delivers a speech at a banquet to welcome the delegation of mainland Olympians visiting the city, Dec 3, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN/CHINA DAILY)

Yang Ning, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China, delivers a speech at a banquet to welcome the delegation of mainland Olympians visiting the city, Dec 3, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN/CHINA DAILY)