Observation of the Universiade | The popularity of "Little Green Pepper" reflects the broad mindedness of Chinese youth, showcasing their commitment to the world at the Universiade | Chengdu | Youth
Volunteers are an important support for large-scale sports events. In order to ensure the smooth hosting of the Chengdu Universiade, the Organizing Committee of the Chengdu Universiade conducted comprehensive evaluations through written tests, interviews, and other methods, recruiting and selecting 20000 competition volunteers from major universities. Their figures are active in competition venues, Universiade villages, main media centers, opening and closing ceremonies, technical officials' residences, airports, stations, and other places, fully ensuring the orderly progress of the competition.
The picture shows volunteers at the Chengdu Universiade picking up stations
Reporter Chen Cheng from Guangming Daily/Photo taken
"All volunteers in our positions are striving to shine, and they are like screws sticking to their most ordinary positions, interpreting the spirit of voluntary service of dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress with their practical actions." On August 7th, at the special press conference on service guarantee for the Chengdu Universiade, Li Mingwei, the Deputy Director of the Volunteer Department of the Human Resources Department of the Chengdu Universiade, affirmed the performance of all volunteers.
Li Mingwei said that volunteers' warm and considerate service attitude and professional and efficient service level not only made them "out of circles" and numerous fans on the Internet, but also won the praise of FISU officials, members of delegations and tourists to Chengdu. Reno Ed, Acting President of the International Federation of Sports Federations, highly praised the volunteer work, saying, "The volunteers at the Chengdu Universiade are very friendly, they are willing to help others, and always have a smile on their face.". Chinese athlete Cao Maoyuan, the first gold medalist of the Chengdu Universiade, said, "It is the hard work of the volunteers that has enabled the competition to proceed smoothly.". The competition audience and citizens also gave high praise to the volunteers, and some netizens even commented, "This year's college student affairs focus on one thing, you can rest assured!"
The picture shows volunteers performing service work for the Chengdu Universiade
Reporter Chen Cheng from Guangming Daily/Photo taken
In Li Mingwei's view, the Chengdu Universiade is not only an international sports event, but also a grand event for youth exchanges. Volunteers have played a significant role in enhancing urban civilization and promoting Chinese cultural communication and dissemination. "In addition to the competition volunteers, we also have 11000 city volunteers participating, providing convenient services, city promotion, event promotion, language translation and other volunteer services, so that friends from all over the world can feel the inclusiveness and openness of Chengdu as a city."
Li Mingwei said that everyone knows that volunteers are called "little green peppers", which is an important seasoning in Sichuan cuisine. However, in reality, green peppers also have two meanings: youth education and youth communication. "'Little Green Pepper 'actually symbolizes the exchange, interaction, and communication between our university students in Chengdu and those from all over the world through international events, allowing the world to understand Chinese youth and Chengdu, and giving Chengdu's youth the opportunity to exchange and communicate with outstanding young people from all over the world."
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