The Western Plan is jointly implemented by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and provides voluntary services to the grassroots in the west for a period of 1 to 3 years. According to "Introduction to Volunteer Service Projects for Western College Students" issued by inquiring about the volunteer service plan for western college students, it can be known that the volunteer service plan for western college students was implemented by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Ministry of Education, with relevant policies and financial support from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The plan has been implemented since 2003. According to the methods of open recruitment, voluntary registration, organizational selection and centralized dispatch, a certain number of fresh graduates or graduate students from ordinary colleges and universities will be recruited every year to carry out voluntary services such as education, health, agricultural technology and poverty alleviation in the western grassroots, with a term of 1 to 3 years. Main service places: including Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with a total of 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).