A summary and commendation conference of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was held at the Shougang Industrial Park in Beijing on April 19.

Yang Dan, deputy Party secretary of the CPC committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and president of the university, and 20 volunteer representatives for the Games attended the event.

The conference summarized successful experiences during the Games and commended advanced groups and individuals. 

BFSU voluntary service team and the Beijing 2022 multilingual call center were titled advanced groups for the Games. Two volunteers from the university, Liu Zhipeng and Yewen Xiaoyu, were honored as advanced individuals.

A summary and commendation conference of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is held in Beijing on April 19. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

The BFSU volunteer team and the Beijing 2022 multilingual call center are titled advanced groups for the Games. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Awards were presented to the winners and Yewen went on stage to receive the award as the representative for the advanced volunteers.

A total of 20 BFSU volunteer representatives attend the commendation conference in Beijing on April 19. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

BFSU volunteer representatives pose for a group photo at the commendation conference on April 19. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn] 

BFSU has sent 900 volunteers to serve the 10 competition zones in urban Beijing and Zhangjiakou, as well as the 13 non-competition venues such as three Winter Olympic villages, Medals Plazas, the headquarters of the Beijing organizing committee, the Main Media Center, the Zhangjiakou Mountain Broadcasting Center and contracted hotels during the Games.

Mainly constructed by BFSU, the multilingual call center provided language services for 91 and 46 delegations during the Olympics and Paralympics, respectively.

The first BFSU volunteers took up their posts on Dec 20, 2021, and all volunteers from the university finished their tasks on March 16 and returned on April 7.

BFSUers shared stories about the Beijing Olympics to the world in multiple languages.