Twenty-four volunteers from Beijing International Studies University (BISU) bid farewell to their families during Spring Festival and embarked on Feb 1 on their volunteer service journey from 14 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country.

They gathered in Harbin, ready to use their language expertise and cultural literacy to support the Asian Winter Games' opening and closing ceremonies, media operations, event security, medical services, and more at eight venues, to ensure the success of the games.

Lu Qiuyu from Guangxi will provide consultation and translation services in Arabic at the medical and anti-doping department. Before departing, she expressed her excitement, saying, "In these past few days, I have familiarized myself with the service procedures, memorized guiding knowledge and practiced common language expressions, all in the hopes of providing high-quality service at the Asian Winter Games. I am well aware that I represent not only myself but also the warmth and friendliness of Harbin, as well as the spirit of BISU students."

To ensure the success of the volunteer services at the sports event, the school used the resources of the Beijing International Volunteer Service Base, conducting multiple training sessions. BISU Publicity Department personnel provided volunteer photographers with specialized technique training. Three meetings were held to develop a publicity plan that highlights humanistic exchanges and showcases the volunteer spirit. A pre-departure mobilization meeting was organized, in which Ding Yi, deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League of BISU, outlined the arrangements for volunteer service positions, work requirements, publicity reporting procedures, outcome expectations and basic service support measures.

BISU saw to it that all was meticulously managed, ensuring that all volunteers' transportation, accommodation and basic material needs were fully met according to individualized plans, guaranteeing that volunteers could focus wholeheartedly on their service.

The volunteers are tasked with important responsibilities such as language translation and cultural exchange. They come from the School of Middle Eastern Studies, the School of Asian Studies and the School of Chinese Culture and Communication. In addition to English, they excel in various languages — such as Arabic, Persian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Kazakh — enabling them to provide high-quality language services to athletes, media reporters and spectators from Asian countries, telling Chinese stories and spreading Chinese voices in cross-cultural exchanges.