Around 44,000 volunteers are providing services for the Paralympic Games at sports venues and media centers. Wearing white-and-blue T-shirts, these volunteers can be seen anytime at every Paralympic venue. Participants say their warm smiles and professional service has become an indispensable part of the Games.

Our reporter Liao Jibo gives you a closer look at these unsung heroes.

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You don't know their names. But if you need them, they are everywhere. That's exactly how Paralympic volunteers make you feel. They are considered as the image ambassadors of the Games. They are also some of the busiest people during the Games.

Outside the National Aquatics Center, the Water Cube, two young men are busily answering all kinds of questions from passers-by and spectators. They are Chen Ping and Liu Guangjie, junior students from the Beijing Forestry University. Now, they are service assistants inside the Olympic Green.

Everyday, they work from 5 o'clock in the morning to 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Ping says they've received special training to serve people in wheelchairs.

"For example, if there is a downward slope ahead, you cannot stand behind the wheelchair. You need to turn the wheelchair around and walk backwards to ensure the person doesn't fall from the wheelchair. Also when you are talking to people in wheelchairs, you need to bend down, otherwise they have to look up all the time and will feel tired."

He adds his fatigue would disappear every time he heard a "thank you" from satisfied spectators.
Compared to Chen Ping, 71-year-old Hao Tong is a veteran volunteer. His first time he volunteered was back in 1990 at the Beijing Asia Games. Now, he is the oldest volunteer inside the Main Press Center.

"The Olympics is a rare chance, once in a hundred years. It is also a national event. I hope I can take part in it, and do my bit."

Aiden Scott is from Sheffield Hallam University in England. As a journalism major, he's selected to work as a volunteerfor the Paralympic News Service, interviewing athletes and coaches after events and providing first-hand news to the international media.

Scott says he used to work in the Worker's Stadium, where the Olympic football matches were held.

"I think working at the Worker's Stadium was an unforgettable experience for me, because the members I worked with. Just being here in Beijing is thrilling in itself, and I'm very happy. I will never forget this experience."

Liao Jibo, CRI news.

(Page Editor: Cao Jie)