2017 volunteer awarding ceremony held in Palace Museum

Volunteers are awarded for their 1,000 service hours in the Lecture Theater of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2018. The 2017 volunteer awarding ceremony was held in the Lecture Theater of the Palace Museum Satuarday. The volunteer team, set up in December 2004, boasts nearly 3,000 registered volunteers from all walks of life and differrent age groups, who have spent around 130,000 service hours serving nearly 600,000 tourists. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)