STORY: Volunteers ready to serve Hangzhou Asian Games
DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:34
LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SPORTS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of volunteers training for the Hangzhou Asian Games
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZEKAI, Volunteer for 19th Asian Games
3. various of volunteers training for the Hangzhou Asian Games
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LUPENG, Coordinator for Central Asia of National Paralympic Committee
5. various of volunteers training for the Hangzhou Asian Games

STORYLINE:

After several rounds of recruiting, training and practicing, 37,600 volunteers for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province are ready to serve the Games.

According to the organizing committee, the volunteers for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games are mainly students from 46 universities in Zhejiang, with additional professionals in competition organization and management, foreign languages, medical care, among others, as well as 400 volunteers from outside the province and about 400 from other representative groups.

They will provide various services including but not limited to competition operation services, registration and certification services, concierge and language services.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZEKAI, Volunteer for 19th Asian Games
"We've undergone many trainings. Our university provided us with general training, which helped us gain basic knowledge about the Games and master basic volunteering skills, and training that helped us understand more about different countries and regions in Asia."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LUPENG, Coordinator for Central Asia of National Paralympic Committee
"We hope to help volunteers better communicate and serve foreign delegations in different languages, and help them know more about the history and culture of participating countries and regions."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hangzhou, China.
(XHTV)