Qingdao gears up for SCO Summit

Qingdao is gearing up and sprucing up in every possible way as the coastal city in Shandong province gets ready to welcome visitors from afar at this weekend's 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.

According to the summit's organizing committee, more than 2,000 volunteers, mostly college students, will be on hand to help at the event.

And the welcoming mood has also spread among the general public, with a music video entitled Qingdao going viral on local residents' social media accounts.