Among the many volunteers for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, 14,000 of them come from universities in Beijing. Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) sent 898 volunteers to serve the events.

BFSU send 898 volunteers to serve at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. [Photo provided to bfsu.edu.cn]

Zhai Ziqi is a BFSU student volunteer serving the Indian delegation in the Yanqing Olympic Village. She and her fellow volunteers paid several visits to the Olympic Village and took a series of training courses before the job. Wang Yinuo, also a volunteer student from BFSU, assists the Haiti Delegation in communicating with the media, providing interpreting services and solving problems. “Yinuo is a member of our delegation,” said the Head of the Haiti Delegation.

A group of 96 volunteers works at the Beijing 2022 Multi-lingual Call Center. They pick up phone calls and offer language services to people in need. All of them are BFSUers.

However, volunteer services go well beyond languages. Being a volunteer helps one grow. In 2008, the Multi-lingual Call Center provided services in 44 languages. And in 2022, it is again playing an important role in ensuring the success of the Winter Olympic Games. He Tengteng, a BFSU faculty member is the team manager at the Call Center. He was a student volunteer back in 2008. He fulfilled his dream of serving the Olympics again in 2022.

Translated by Yao Bin from Beijing Foreign Studies University