Volunteers mirror society

While facing disasters like quakes, Chinese volunteers have contributed to the rescue work and shouldered their social responsibility, says an article in People's Daily. The following is an excerpt:

To some extent, the volunteering spirit represents the spiritual pursuit of human beings and is a driving force for the progress of societies and civilizations. It is much needed at a time when the society is facing difficulties.

Volunteers were easily seen in the rescue work after the Wenchuan quake. In the quake areas, about 200,000 young volunteers had fought at the frontline, some of them from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and some others foreigners. Volunteers queued overnight to donate their blood to quake victims across the country.