The CIFIT Organizing Committee held a ceremony on November 6, 2009 to commend 24 voluntary translators who had provided exceptional services for the 13th CIFIT. These top-performing voluntary translators were honored by Li Liuquan and Yuan Yuan, both of whom are Vice Director of the Operations Department of the CIFIT Organizing Committee and Vice Director of China (Xiamen) International Investment Promotion Center.

The 24 outstanding voluntary translators came from Xiamen University, Jimei University, and the Xiamen University of Technology. They had been selected through a rigorous evaluation process. They worked for the Center’s various offices and the Organizing Committee’s liaison department, providing reception services for overseas delegations, as well as services for the exhibition booths. Their services were well received by the guests and the Organizing Committee. At the ceremony, Lin Shourong, a teacher from the Xiamen Returned Overseas Chinese Students Association, spoke on behalf of the translators. He stated that providing voluntary translation service for the CIFIT has become a regular part of his association’s operations, and that his association will continue to support the CIFIT. Other translations also shared their ideas about the CIFIT’s reception and logistical services, ticketing, and translator management. They expressed their pride in working for the CIFIT as voluntary translators.

At the end of the ceremony, Vice Directors Liu and Yuan presented certificates of merits to the voluntary translators and took a group photo with them.