16. What ways of training are there for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volunteers as well as overseas volunteers?

A: There are mainly remote training and personal instruction. General training takes remote training as the main way. The volunteer program channel of the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games (volunteers.beijing2008.cn) will provide relevant resources for training. Professional training is delivered according to the professional requirements of volunteers' posts and the competition requirements. Training on venues and the training at the post take the form of personal instruction, which are carried out in Beijing before the opening of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

17. How to give training for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volunteers as well as overseas volunteers?

A: General training will be delivered by regional centers for recruitment in accordance with the "Program for General Training for Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games Volunteers (Trial Version)". It may take the forms of remote training, personal instruction and others. Now the volunteer program channel of the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games (volunteers.beijing2008.cn) has published the teaching materials for general training. Professional training, training on venues and training at the post will be sponsored by the BOCOG before the opening of Beijing 2008 Olympic.

18. How can Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volunteers and applicants as well as overseas volunteers and applicants get the training materials? Are all the training materials free of charge? Is it possible for them to get bi-lingual or multilingual training materials?

A: They can download free of charge the electronic training materials and relevant data from the Internet。

The BOCOG will provide the English versions of the teaching materials for general training. Personal instruction will be given in Chinese.

19. Is it possible to offer training on standard spoken Chinese for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volunteers and applicants as well as overseas volunteers and applicants?

A: The training on standard spoken Chinese will be carried out through self-study.

20. How are training and examination to be carried out for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volunteers as well as overseas volunteers?

A:The way of examination to be decided, according to the practical circumstances.