Volunteer offers computer classes, soccer lessons

Program puts university graduates in rural schools in less-developed autonomous region

Liu Xuan graduated from a top university this summer, but he didn't look for a job. Instead, he chose to volunteer as a teacher at a rural middle school in northwestern China's less-developed Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Liu, 24, is one of more than 100 volunteers whom the University of Science and Technology of China has sent to Ningxia as well as Qinghai province since 1999. The students have participated in the program after completing their undergraduate studies.