Olympic host Beijing has picked out 870 volunteers who had
served in 14 sports events held in Beijing in August and September
to be volunteers for next year's Olympics and Paralympic Games,
according to the Beijing Olympic organizing authorities.
The volunteers, chosen from 11,185 volunteers, mainly came from
colleges, companies and hospitals. They showed warm-heartedness and
devotion in their services in sports events.
A total of 100,000 Games-time volunteers will be chosen for the
Beijing Olympics and Paralympics - about 70,000 for the Olympics
and about 30,000 for the Paralympics. Around 560,000 people from
both home and abroad have offered applications.
Most of the recruitment will be finished by the end of next
May.
(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2007)