This aerial photo taken on Sept 16, 2015 shows the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province. China will host the 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in the eastern city of Hangzhou, a tourism city best known for its West Lake scenic spot, on Sept 4-5. (Photo/Xinhua)
The volunteers, who are mostly college students and teachers who can speak a foreign language, were chosen from over 26,000 applicants from 15 universities across Zhejiang province, said Xinhua, citing volunteer coordinator Wang Huilin.
Wang said around 3,200 volunteers will assist participants during the meeting. Some 700 people will be on standby.
Among the listed volunteers, 33 of them are representatives from Beijing and Shanghai.
There are also 25 international students from overseas countries, such as Russia, Germany, Australia and Kazakhstan.
The volunteers have undergone training, including event services and first aid.
According to the official website of G20, the summit was initiated in 1999 and consists of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the EU.
The first G20 Leaders' Summit was held in 2008.
In September 2009, the Pittsburgh Summit announced G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation, marking an important progress in global economic governance reform. The tenth Summit was held in Antalya, Turkey in November, 2015.
Some guest countries and the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the Financial Stability Board, the International Labour Organisation, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development were also invited to attend the G20 Summit.
