Beijing Prepares First-Rate Human Resources for Olympics

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Actor Pu Cunxin registers as Beijing Paralympics volunteer

The various departments of the Beijing municipal government have drawn¹ up an action plan to prepare sufficient competent personnel for the 2008 Olympic Games, taking advantage of this golden opportunity to create a lasting² pool of talent for the city's future.

The city will select about 300 excellent young and middle-aged³ talents in the organizations under the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China, state-owned enterprises, higher learning institutions, districts and counties, and assign them to different posts within the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOOCG), said Xin Tieliang, director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Personnel.

Trained through the Olympic Games, these new talents are expected to integrate their knowledge and professional skills with the training of other cadres citywide, thus increasing the overall capacity of the city to serve the Olympics well, Xin told a press conference held by the Beijing Olympic Media Center on Wednesday.

The city will prepare a professional media management team and a creative and market-sensitive team for cultural management and service.

A 12,000-strong security contingent⁴ for the Olympic Games under the Municipal Public Security Bureau will be created: it will be quick, efficient, competent and united, Xin added.

Beijing's transportation agency will recruit 20,000 talents for the Olympic transport service. They will be equipped with the necessary knowledge of the Olympic Games, possess the skills of organization, management, vehicle dispatch and driving, which should make for smoother traffic during the Olympics.

In the area of public health, the functional⁵ department will train all doctors and health service personnel in the fields of Olympic knowledge and procedure of medical services. At the same time, the selection and training of the personnel for doping test will be enhanced.

The foreign affairs office of the municipal government will recruit 5,000 specialized⁶ volunteers from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas to train volunteers in proper etiquette⁷, translation and other skills.

Xin said the Beijing Tourism Administration will build a professional tourism service and management contingent of some 55,000 people to meet the demand of the Olympics.

He also highlighted the preparation of quality personnel for environmental protection, law-enforcement and food security.

As far as the volunteer work is concerned, the director said the youth league of the city will build a 100,000-strong volunteer armada of passionate⁸ and dedicated⁹ people. In addition, the city plans to train some 5,000 key members of volunteer technical backbone¹⁰ and 1,000 volunteers who know the operational rules of the Olympic Games and are proficient¹¹ in volunteer management.

Vocabulary:

pool of talent：人才库

volunteer armada：志愿者队伍

doping test： 禁药检查