UN official hails volunteers' contribution to development

BEIJING - Volunteering has made a great contribution to development over the past three decades in China, and the nation's experience should be shared with other members of the international community, said a United Nations official.

Napoleon Navarro, UN Development Programme (UNDP) deputy country director, said: "Volunteerism has an important part to play in increasing China's contribution to global development through the dissemination of its numerous achievements in this field."

He made the remark at an event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of UN Volunteers (UNV) starting its first project in China in 1981, as well as the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers.