The volunteer program for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is open to all
people in the world.
The volunteer program for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is open
to all people in the world and the Games organizers welcome those
institutions and individuals who wish to become volunteers to take
part in the program, BOCOG Executive Vice President Li Binghua
said.
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In a meeting with Mr. Lester Monts of Michigan University, USA,
Li said the volunteer program is moving on schedule with the
recruitment and training due to start this year.
Satisfactory progress has been made in the preparatory work of
the 2008 Olympiad in the past years, which cannot be separated from
BOCOG's effort to strengthen international communication and uphold
an open-up approach, Li said, adding the volunteer program will
also abide by the open-up principle.
The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
(BOCOG) is willing to cooperate with institutions concerned at home
and abroad to jointly push forward the volunteer recruitment, Li
went on.
Monts said Michigan Uiversity hopes to join the program and
wishes to make contribution to the 2008 Games.
(China Daily May 16, 2006)