The official website of China National Committee for IYV 2001(http://zyz.people.com.cn) co-sponsored with www.people.com.cn puts out formally from today.

　　www.people.com.cn is one of the domestic biggest news websites established and managed by the People's Daily. It releases news on a 24 hours ongoing basis, boasting over 1000 topics and a database of 20 billion Chinese characters and updating 3000 pieces of daily information. This informative website features timeliness, authoritativeness, good data availability and interactiveness.

　　The website contents fall into three major categories: news, data and on-line interaction. The first category includes such columns as latest news, international trends, authoritative voice, special event, volunteer's heartfelt wishes and insight into volunteer services. It will offer prompt and overall reports relating to the activities and events arising from China National Committee for IYV 2001.

　　The data centre offer profiles of the theme activity, the National Committee, the Chinese young volunteer program, well-known international volunteer's service organizations, etc. in an overall, abundant, full and accurate manner.

　　Interaction is one of the characteristics of the network, which this website will leverage on. Through various forms, such as volunteer's communicating with net explorer on line, guest's interview, net explorer's comments, will be employed to increase the influence of China for IYV 2001 and to make the volunteering spirit rooted in the hearts of the people.