China Fourth in Registration for Rio 2016 Rio 2016 Organizing Committee( 组委会 ) told Xinhua in a statement on Thursday that a total of 242,757 people signed up for the volunteer program of the Rio Olympic and Paralympic s( 残奥会 ), from all Brazilian states and 192 countries and regions since it was launched on August 28, 2014, among whom, 70,000 volunteers will be selected. (1)_________________________: Brazil, the US, Russia, China and the UK, many of whom have been inspired by the recent Olympic and Paralympic s held in their countries. (2)__________________________________: 8,283. Applicants will be asked to participate in a basic language test over the coming months and the selection process will start in March 2015. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age by February 2016 and available for at least ten days to take part in the s. There is no age limit. (3)________________________: customer care, sports, press and communications, operational support, ceremony production, protocol(n. 礼仪 ) and languages, healthcare, technology and transportation.