世博网4月21日消息：记者从今天下午召开的上海世博会志愿者招募新闻发布会上了解到，上海世博会志愿者招募将于2009年5月1日启动。
　　上海市世博会筹办工作领导小组志愿者组副组长、市委宣传部副部长、市文明办主任马春雷，志愿者组副组长、上海世博局党委副书记许伟国，志愿者组副组长、上海团市委书记潘敏等出席了新闻发布会。
　　上海世博会志愿者将于2009年5月1日至12月31日公开招募，招募对象为在世博会园区提供志愿服务工作的世博会园区志愿者和园区外城市志愿服务站开展各类志愿服务工作的世博会城市志愿服务站志愿者。据悉，园区志愿者将招募包括园区信息咨询、接待协助、残障人士援助、活动/论坛组织协调、参观者秩序引导协助、语言翻译、媒体服务、志愿者管理协助等8大类岗位。
　　记者了解到，按照目前规划，若以服务两周为基本周期测算，预计招募人员为7万人左右。城市志愿服务站志愿者将招募包括文明宣传、信息咨询、语言翻译和应急救援4类岗位，预计招募人数为10万人左右。
　　凡符合世博会志愿者招募条件、有志愿服务意愿并能保证在世博会运营期间（2010年5月1日至10月31）能累计服务14天的个人，均可报名参加。园区志愿者的年龄要求为1992年4月30日前出生，城市志愿服务站志愿者的报名对象则为1994年4月30日前出生，城市志愿服务站志愿者招募主要针对本地居民。有意向者可登录上海世博会官方网站（http://www.expo2010.cn/）、上海世博会志愿者招募网站（http://www.expovol.com/）、上海世博会志愿者网（http://www.expo2010volunteer.cn/）、上海文明网（http://www.wmsh.gov.cn/）、U网（http://www.cityyouth.cn/）和上海大学生在线（http://www.21campus.cn/）或前往组织方设立的世博会志愿者工作站了解相关信息并报名。
　　据悉，申请人在提交报名表后，组织方将按照统一选拔标准和流程，按照岗位要求，分阶段、分批次在申请人中录用世博会志愿者。预计志愿者的培训选拔过程将在2010年3月底结束。
　　People who want to help out at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo can sign up to become volunteers starting May 1.
　　Foreigners, seniors and even the physically challenged can apply to take part in the World Fair, the Expo organizer said yesterday.
　　Around 70,000 volunteers will be recruited to work inside the Expo site and another 100,000 to staff more than 1,000 service centers around the city during the event, which is expected to attract 70 million visitors, Ma Chunlei, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China's Shanghai Committee and deputy leader of the Expo volunteer recruitment team, told a press conference.
　　Each volunteer must agree to work at least a total of 14 days at the Expo, which starts on May 1, 2010, and will last 184 days.
　　Volunteers who work inside the site must be at least 18 years old, and those outside should be older than 16. There is no upper limit on age.
　　Volunteers must be in good health and agree to take part in training prior to their service.
　　Local young people are expected to make up the bulk of the volunteer team, Ma said.
　　The organizer will also recruit some physically challenged volunteers who have language skills or other abilities, according to Ma.
　　Volunteers who work inside the Expo site will be used as information consultants, assistant receptionists, aids for physically challenged people, event coordinators, assistant guides, interpreters, media coordinators and management assistants for volunteers.
　　Those who work in the outside service areas will help with information consultation, translation, emergency rescue and promoting good manners.
　　The organizer will provide volunteers with insurance, uniforms, equipment and meals. It will not pay for accommodation for those coming in from abroad or other provinces.
　　Recruitment and training will be finished in March. The organizer will provide special training for foreign volunteers, putting modules on the Internet for study abroad, Ma said.
　　Prospective volunteers can apply online at http://www.expo2010.cn/, http://www.expovol.com/, http://www.expo2010volunteer.cn/, http://www.wmsh.gov.cn/, and http://www.21campus.cn/ or dial 962010, the Expo hotline, starting on May 1. English service is available.
　　Applicants can also go to 19 sites located around the city's 18 districts and Chongming Island as well as 53 universities. Deadline for applications is December 31.