An international student from Malaysia named Liu Jingyu has volunteered her time to help out at the 4th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in south China's Hainan Province, hoping to engage in more such activities to foster greater understanding of China.
The consumer products expo, which runs from April 13 to 18, has drawn over 4,000 brands from 71 countries and regions. It is China's only national-level exhibition featuring consumer products and the largest consumer expo in the Asia-Pacific region.
Liu is pursuing a degree at Haikou University of Economics. This year, she embarked on her first volunteer service at the consumer products expo. Her responsibilities involves serving exhibitors and visitors from different countries at the CICPE Badge Pick-up Point, where a constant flow of people came daily to obtain their certificates.
"I am a Malaysian and I can speak three languages. [The exhibitors and visitors] I met are from my hometown Malaysia, from Thailand, India, Russia, France, and the United States," she said.
Liu, an exhibition economics and management student, feels enriched by the valuable insights gained from this experience.
"In fact, I feel that the exhibition planning is worth learning," said Liu.
Meanwhile, Liu finds pride in her volunteer work at the expo, and she wishes to participate in more activities to promote better understanding of Hainan and China among foreign exhibitors, purchasers and visitors.
Liu is among the dedicated team of over a thousand volunteers at the expo, with the majority from renowned universities in Hainan. Their attentive and earnest service has garnered praise from both visitors and exhibitors.
"To ensure the services for this consumer products expo, we recruited more than 1,200 volunteers in the early stage. They can be seen inside and outside the exhibition hall, such as at our security checkpoint, the exhibition hall and our CICPE Badge Pick-up Point," said Wang Fei, volunteer service director of the expo.