Hundreds of candidates are in the final stages of two-day interviews to serve as Expo volunteers in management positions.

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They will assist work from March to November at the Expo site next year.

A total of 501 applicants aged between 18 and 70 are being interviewed by Expo organizers together with experts in psychology and foreign languages.

The candidates are from 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions and 318 of them are students.

Most hold at least a bachelor's degree and many candidates can speak other languages apart from Chinese and English.