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“Once I met an old foreign couple. They don’t speak Chinese and the woman also had to take care of her husband as he was on wheelchair due to some health issues,” he said. “I helped them go through all the process smoothly and they got their vaccination certificates. I saw the joy in their eyes. They praised the government for arranging the volunteer service at the vaccination center.”

Muhammad called Shenzhen his second home.

“As a citizen, we have to do joint efforts for the development of the city and make the life of the people easier. You are doing well for the benefit of the society, which provides a natural sense of accomplishment,” he said.

Luca Baroli from Italy is well known for the remark — “Although I am a foreigner, I am not an outsider” he made in March when serving as a volunteer at nucleic acid test sites to help the city fight against a new wave of COVID cases.

Baroli could speak fluent Chinese and said that many foreigners in the city are just like him willing to contribute to the development of the city by working as a volunteer.

As of now, some 4,329 foreigners have registered as volunteers in Shenzhen, according to the latest data provided by the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.